Lincoln, NE

Nebraska · Records since 1887–2026

☁️ 62°F
Currently in Lincoln
As of 9:15 PM CDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

95°F

September 26, 1990

+19° from 76° normal

❄ Record Low

28°F

September 26, 1984

-22° from 50° normal
🌞 Normal high: 76°F 🌑 Normal low: 50°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Lincoln

🔥
115°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 25, 1936
❄
-33°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 12, 1974
🌧
5.45"
Wettest Day Ever
Aug 29, 1910
☃
19.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Feb 11, 1965

First & Last Dates — Lincoln

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
217 days
Longest growing season
1924
117 days
Shortest growing season
1940
164 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 95°F September 26, 1990
2 94°F September 26, 1897
3 93°F September 26, 2021
4 93°F September 26, 2020
5 93°F September 26, 1946
6 92°F September 26, 1998
7 91°F September 26, 1956
8 91°F September 26, 1938
9 91°F September 26, 1898
10 90°F September 26, 2013

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 28°F September 26, 1984
2 31°F September 26, 1975
3 34°F September 26, 1980
4 34°F September 26, 1942
5 34°F September 26, 1928
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1887–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Lincoln

threshold: 97°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.5
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
103°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
36
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1887–2026
45
2026 so far
43
Avg/year 1970–2025
51
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
82
Most in a year (1936)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Lincoln

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 8, 1901 – Jul 27, 1901 20 106°F (Jul 21) 102°F 75°F
2 Jul 8, 1934 – Jul 25, 1934 18 112°F (Jul 15) 105°F 78°F
3 Jul 2, 1936 – Jul 19, 1936 18 112°F (Jul 17) 104°F 77°F
4 Jul 12, 1932 – Jul 22, 1932 11 101°F (Jul 14) 99°F 76°F
5 Aug 9, 1936 – Aug 18, 1936 10 110°F (Aug 18) 105°F 75°F
6 Jul 24, 1987 – Aug 2, 1987 10 105°F (Aug 1) 100°F 71°F
7 Jul 17, 2012 – Jul 26, 2012 10 105°F (Jul 22) 102°F 72°F
8 Jul 25, 1955 – Aug 3, 1955 10 104°F (Jul 30) 100°F 78°F
9 Jul 17, 1940 – Jul 25, 1940 9 113°F (Jul 25) 105°F 73°F
10 Aug 30, 1913 – Sep 7, 1913 9 103°F (Aug 30) 101°F 73°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

51
2026 total
above-normal nights
43.5
Avg / summer
1970–2020
66
Most in a summer
1934

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1887–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1887, annual totals have trended +0.20" per decade, about +2.7" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Lincoln is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

156 of 267 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

27.90"
2026 YTD
Normal: 24.30"
+3.60"
3.55"
September so far
September normal: 2.90"
+0.65"
7
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Lincoln is 3.60" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 18 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
68.2°F
Average temperature
29th-warmest of 140
+4.3°
vs. average
Normal: 63.9°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1887–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.05° per decade (cooling since 1887)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1887–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.01" per decade (wetter since 1887)

Warmest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1920 76.3°F
2 1892 76.1°F
3 1935 75.3°F
4 1891 75.3°F
5 2017 75.0°F
6 1908 74.8°F
7 2016 74.8°F
8 2019 73.8°F
9 1898 73.1°F
10 1940 72.3°F

Coolest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1942 51.9°F
2 1995 52.4°F
3 1965 52.6°F
4 1991 54.4°F
5 1975 54.7°F
6 1912 55.2°F
7 1982 55.6°F
8 1896 55.8°F
9 1971 56.4°F
10 1913 56.6°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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