All-time weather records — Lincoln, NE

Record high
108.0°F
July 2, 1990
Record low
-33.0°F
January 12, 1974
Wettest day
5.42 in
July 25, 1990

Climate change signal in Lincoln

25.7%

of Lincoln's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (94 of 366 records since 2015).

11.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (43 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 #
1940s
6
11
1950s
24
30
1970s
25
78
1980s
79
74
1990s
44
65
2000s
62
46
2010s
66
32
2020s
60
30

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1942-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 10, 1990 -33.0°F — Jan 12, 1974 1.40 in — Jan 3, 1949
February 81.0°F — Feb 26, 2024 -30.8°F — Feb 16, 2021 1.71 in — Feb 28, 1951
March 97.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -18.9°F — Mar 4, 1978 2.97 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 97.0°F — Apr 26, 1989 3.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 2.75 in — Apr 14, 2012
May 100.0°F — May 14, 2013 24.1°F — May 1, 1994 3.77 in — May 7, 2015
June 107.1°F — Jun 21, 1988 39.0°F — Jun 8, 1978 4.24 in — Jun 23, 1985
July 108.0°F — Jul 2, 1990 45.0°F — Jul 1, 1995 5.42 in — Jul 25, 1990
August 107.1°F — Aug 16, 1983 39.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 3.16 in — Aug 10, 2025
September 106.0°F — Sep 2, 2000 26.1°F — Sep 29, 1984 4.68 in — Sep 8, 1989
October 97.0°F — Oct 5, 2024 8.1°F — Oct 27, 1997 4.07 in — Oct 30, 1979
November 84.9°F — Nov 13, 1999 -5.1°F — Nov 29, 1976 2.34 in — Nov 29, 1997
December 73.9°F — Dec 15, 2021 -27.0°F — Dec 22, 1983 2.13 in — Dec 15, 1984

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Lincoln.