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Lincoln Monthly and All-Time Records

 

MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS
Month Warmest
Temperature
(°F)
Date Coldest
Temperature
(°F)
Date Coldest
High Temp
(°F)
Date Warmest
Low Temp
(°F)
Date
January 70 1/6/1907
1/7/1907
1/24/1950
1/25/1950
-34 1/15/1927 -5 1/23/1936 54 1/7/1907
February 74 2/24/1930 -23 2/27/1934 2 2/9/1933
2/18/1936
2/3/1996
2/4/1996
56 2/25/1930
March 86 3/29/1985
3/30/1986
-14 3/10/1934 16 3/4/1960 63 3/10/1921
3/31/1998
April 93 4/11/1930 -2 4/2/2018 30 4/6/1982 68 4/24/1925
May 102 5/31/1934 24 5/10/1966 42 5/6/1989 75 5/27/1911
June 105 6/1/1034 35 6/11/1913
6/16/1917
54 6/3/1945 86 6/16/1987
July 113 7/15/1936 41 7/15/1930 65 7/20/1958 79 7/8/1980
7/13/1942
7/17/1959
7/27/1936
August 106 8/9/1934 36 8/31/1915 63 8/12/2004 81 8/4/1930
September 104 9/6/1954 28 9/28/1942 46 9/25/1942
9/26/1942
75 9/3/1911
October 95 10/2/1953
10/3/1954
7 10/30/1925 26 10/29/1925 71 10/3/1954
November 83 11/1/1950 -3 11/28/1930
11/30/1964
6 11/24/1950 63 11/6/1924
December 72 12/3/1970
12/5/1998
12/29/1984
-29 12/26/1914 -10 12/25/1983 60 12/3/1982

 

MONTHLY PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL RECORDS
Month Most Precipitation
(in)
Date Most Snowfall
(in)
Date
January 2.28 1/10/1975 11.0 1/13/1927
February 2.09 2/4/1942 13.0 2/23/1914
March 3.50 3/11/1939 7.5 3/16/1960
April 3.96 4/30/1998 6.0 4/4/1920
May 5.22 5/12/1914 T 5/3/1917
5/4/1917
5/2/1929
5/1/1940
5/11/1952
June 4.71 6/28/1951 - -
July 4.64 7/22/1990 - -
August 4.22 8/16/2002 - -
September 3.55 9/20/1986 - -
October 3.73 10/3/1991 2.7 10/23/1929
November 2.50 11/2/1936 7.8 11/17/1926
December 5.18 12/2/1982 10.0 12/25/1909

 


 

LINCOLN ALL-TIME RECORDS:

  • Highest temperature on record:  113 degrees on July 15, 1936.

  • Lowest temperature on record:   34 degrees below zero on January 15, 1927.

  • Most precipitation to fall in a 24-hour period:  5.22 inches on May 12, 1934.

  • Most snowfall to fall in a calendar day or a 24-hour period: 13.0 inches on February 23, 1914.


Records began in 1905.  Records incomplete for the following years:  1908, 1909, 1960, 1961, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991.