All-time weather records — Lincoln, ND

Record high
104.0°F
June 5, 2021
Record low
-36.0°F
February 19, 2025
Wettest day
2.92 in
August 13, 2017

Climate change signal in Lincoln

76.5%

of Lincoln's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (280 of 366 records since 2015).

73.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (269 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
2010s
199
229
2020s
167
137

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 2011, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2011-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.1°F — Jan 5, 2012 -34.1°F — Jan 31, 2019 0.28 in — Jan 11, 2018
February 68.0°F — Feb 28, 2016 -36.0°F — Feb 19, 2025 0.29 in — Feb 23, 2017
March 81.0°F — Mar 16, 2012 -17.0°F — Mar 2, 2014 0.57 in — Mar 6, 2018
April 90.0°F — Apr 24, 2012 1.0°F — Apr 7, 2018 1.66 in — Apr 25, 2016
May 95.0°F — May 12, 2025 21.9°F — May 3, 2013 1.82 in — May 31, 2013
June 104.0°F — Jun 5, 2021 35.1°F — Jun 1, 2017 2.56 in — Jun 15, 2016
July 102.9°F — Jul 4, 2021 41.0°F — Jul 2, 2016 2.55 in — Jul 21, 2025
August 102.9°F — Aug 13, 2018 39.9°F — Aug 25, 2015 2.92 in — Aug 13, 2017
September 100.9°F — Sep 2, 2022 25.0°F — Sep 24, 2012 2.62 in — Sep 15, 2025
October 91.0°F — Oct 6, 2021 5.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 1.64 in — Oct 5, 2013
November 77.0°F — Nov 3, 2022 -13.0°F — Nov 15, 2014 1.23 in — Nov 11, 2022
December 66.0°F — Dec 2, 2021 -27.9°F — Dec 18, 2016 1.16 in — Dec 26, 2016

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