40.848°N, 96.765°W · station LNKthr · 1887–2026 · 140 years of record
The Almanac Ribbon
Every day of the year at Lincoln: the record high and record low ever set (outer lines), the everyday normal range (shaded band), and the full record envelope behind it.
Record highRecord lowNormal high–low band (1991–2020)hottest ever 115°F · coldest ever -33°F
Records by Month
Month
Record high
Record low
Jan
73°Jan 10, 1990
-33°Jan 12, 1974
Feb
83°Feb 29, 1972
-31°Feb 16, 2021
Mar
97°Mar 21, 2026
-19°Mar 11, 1948
Apr
97°Apr 28, 1910
3°Apr 3, 1975
May
104°May 30, 1934
24°May 1, 1994
Jun
108°Jun 26, 1936
39°Jun 8, 1978
Jul
115°Jul 25, 1936
45°Jul 1, 1995
Aug
110°Aug 8, 1934
39°Aug 20, 1950
Sep
106°Sep 1, 1922
26°Sep 29, 1984
Oct
98°Oct 5, 1947
3°Oct 30, 1925
Nov
85°Nov 13, 1999
-15°Nov 27, 1887
Dec
75°Dec 6, 1939
-27°Dec 22, 1983
All-time
115°Jul 25, 1936
-33°Jan 12, 1974
Longest-Standing Records
The daily records that have held the longest — set in the earliest years and never beaten since. Highs power Lincoln on hottestsince.com; lows on coldestsince.com.
Oldest-standing record highs
Date
Record
Set
Standing
Mar 10
79°
1887
139yrs
Dec 22
64°
1889
137yrs
Dec 24
65°
1889
137yrs
Dec 27
62°
1889
137yrs
Feb 4
67°
1890
136yrs
Dec 9
71°
1890
136yrs
Sep 23
95°
1892
134yrs
Apr 5
91°
1893
133yrs
Jan 16
66°
1894
132yrs
Dec 6
65°
1894
132yrs
Dec 19
64°
1894
132yrs
Mar 27
90°
1895
131yrs
Oldest-standing record lows
Date
Record
Set
Standing
Jan 2
-22°
1887
139yrs
Jan 3
-17°
1887
139yrs
Jan 8
-20°
1887
139yrs
Jun 22
46°
1887
139yrs
Jul 22
52°
1887
139yrs
Sep 7
40°
1887
139yrs
Oct 23
17°
1887
139yrs
Oct 24
15°
1887
139yrs
Nov 25
-2°
1887
139yrs
Nov 26
-15°
1887
139yrs
Nov 27
-2°
1887
139yrs
Jan 14
-18°
1888
138yrs
All-Time Extremes
Hottest ever
115°F
1936-07-25
Coldest ever
-33°F
1974-01-12
Longest heat streak
38 days
≥ 90°F · ended 1934-08-14
The Warming Trend
Lincoln's annual mean temperature, each year a stripe — blue below the 1991–2020 average, red above.
Days Above / Below the Mark
34 days ≥90°F in 2026 · normal 43 · record 82 in 1936
72 days ≤32°F in 2026 · normal 136 · record 168 in 2013
The Full Record
Every day of the year, record and normal high & low with the year each record was set. Type to filter, click a column to sort.