THE TOP TEN HOTTEST AND COLDEST
MONTHS AND YEARS

For Lincoln, Nebraska, 1887-to present
(all values are degrees Fahrenheit)
NOTE:  If there is a tie for Rank #10, there are more than 10 years included

JANUARY Average Temperatures
HOTTEST COLDEST
YEAR  TEMP. RANK . YEAR  TEMP. RANK
2006 36.7 1 1940 6.4 1
1933 36.7  1 1979 7.2 2
1939 34.8 3 1888 8.3 3
1992 34.4  4 1978 9.9 4
1931 34.0 5 1982 11.9 5
1990 33.8 6 1912 12.2 6
1923 33.6  7 1918 12.7 7
1989 33.5  8 1977 13.0 8
1919 32.9  9 1937 13.2 9
1921 32.7 10 1963 14.0 10
1986 32.6 10 1963 14.0 10
1936 14.0 10

FEBRUARY Average Temperatures

HOTTEST COLDEST
YEAR  TEMP. RANK . YEAR  TEMP. RANK
1930 41.6  1 1936 8.2 1
1954 40.5 2 1979 13.0 2
1931 38.1 3 1978 13.1 3
1991 37.6  4 1899 14.1 4
1992 37.3 5 1905 16.1 5
1987 37.2 6 1989 16.3 6
1926 36.9 7 1887 18.9 7
1976 36.9 7 1900 19.1 8
1921 36.4  9 1929 19.2 9
1984 36.0 10 1975 20.1 10



MARCH Average Temperatures
HOTTEST
COLDEST
YEAR 
TEMP.
RANK
.
YEAR 
TEMP.
RANK
1910
53.4
1
  
1960 
24.3
1
1946
50.3
2
  
1912 
26.4
2
2007
48.0
3
  
1965 
26.4
2
1918
46.7
4
  
1899 
27.7
4
1945
46.1
5
  
1906 
28.6
5
1905
46.0
5
  
1891 
29.1
6
1938
45.8
7
  
1915 
29.3
7
1986
45.8
8
  
1888 
29.9
8
1921
45.6
9
  
1944 
30.4
9
2004
45.0
10
  
1969 
30.5
10

 

APRIL Average Temperatures

HOTTEST COLDEST
YEAR  TEMP. RANK . YEAR  TEMP. RANK
1955  59.7 1 1907  43.5 1
1925  59.5  2 1920  44.0 2
1915  59.3 3 1944  44.6 3
1981  58.7 4 1997  45.1 4
1895  57.3 5 1983  45.3 5
1896  57.1 6 1904  45.5 6
1946  57.0 7 1951  46.0 7
1977  56.6 8 1950  46.0  7
1948  56.3 9 1909  46.3 9
1910  55.8 10 1953  46.6 10

 

MAY Average Temperatures

HOTTEST COLDEST
YEAR  TEMP. RANK . YEAR  TEMP. RANK
1934  71.9 1 1892  53.7 1
1962  70.1 2 1935  55.7 2
1939  69.6 3 1924  55.7 3
1977  68.4 4 1945  56.3 4
1936  68.2 5 1907  56.3 5
1918  68.0 6 1995  56.6 6
1964  67.8 7 1917  56.7 7
1988  67.6 8 1954  56.9 8
1970  67.4 9 1888  57.3 9
1987  67.3 10 1947  57.4 10


JUNE Average Temperatures

HOTTEST COLDEST
YEAR  TEMP. RANK . YEAR  TEMP. RANK
1933  80.4 1 1945  64.7 1
1934  79.8 2 1951  65.9 2
1953  78.8 3 1903  66.5 3
1911  78.7 4 1982  66.7  4
1952  78.7 4 1928  66.8 5
1931  78.4 6 1902  66.9 6
1988  77.8 7 1915  67.3 7
2002 77.7 8 1916  67.8 8
1918 77.3 9 1904  67.8 8
1956  77.2 10 1969  68.1 10

JULY Average Temperatures

HOTTEST COLDEST
YEAR  TEMP. RANK . YEAR  TEMP. RANK
1936  87.9 1 1891  71.1 1
1934  86.7 2 1950  71.6 2
1901  85.4  3 1915  71.7  3
1935  85.0 4 1906  72.4 4
1955  84.3 5
 1905  72.5 5
1974  83.8 6 1994  72.6 6
1954  83.0 7 1904  72.7 7
1930  82.8 8 1992  72.8 8
1919  82.2 9 1924  72.9 9
1980  82.2 9 1889  73.4 10

 

AUGUST Average Temperatures

HOTTEST COLDEST
YEAR  TEMP. RANK . YEAR  TEMP. RANK
1937  84.3 1 1915  67.9 1
1947  84.0 2 1927  69.8 2
1983  83.4 3 1992  70.2 3
1936  83.2 4 1950  70.2 4
1913  82.6 5 1967  70.6 5
1955  81.2 6 1974  70.7  6
1959  81.1 7 1986  71.0 7
1918  80.9 8 1890  71.2 8
1938  80.2 9 1985  71.3 9
1909  80.1 10 1893  71.3 9

SEPTEMBER Average Temperatures
HOTTEST COLDEST
YEAR  TEMP. RANK . YEAR  TEMP. RANK
1897  74.8 1 1993  59.6 1
1931  74.6 2 1965  60.5 2
1939  72.9 3 1951  60.9 3
1922  72.2 4 1974  60.9  3
1895  71.9 5 1949  61.1 5
1936  71.5 6 1902  61.6 6
1933  71.5 7 1975  61.6 6
1921  71.3 8 1896  61.9 8
1938  71.3 9 1967  62.0 9
1954  71.2 10 1918  62.1 10

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OCTOBER Average Temperatures
HOTTEST COLDEST
YEAR  TEMP. RANK . YEAR  TEMP. RANK
1938  64.4 1 1925  42.8 1
1963  64.2 2 1917  46.5 2
1947  63.6 3 2002  46.7 3
1924  61.8 4 1976 47.2 4
1900  61.6 5 1987 48.4 5
1940  61.3 6 1972 49.0 5
1956  61.3 6 1969  49.0 7
1920  60.5 8 1898 49.7 8
1934  60.2 9 1887 50.0 9
1899  59.5 10 1970 50.1 10
1919 50.1 10

 

NOVEMBER Average Temperatures
HOTTEST COLDEST
YEAR  TEMP. RANK . YEAR  TEMP. RANK
2001 48.4 1 1985  29.0 1
1899 46.7 2 1896  31.2 2
1999 46.6 3 1991  31.7 3
1913  46.4 4 1976  32.1 4
1954  45.6 5 1996  32.6 5
1949 45.5 6 1911  33.5 6
1963  45.0 7 1955  33.7 7
1917  44.9 8 1959  33.8 8
1914 44.8 9 1992  33.8 8
1990 44.7 10 1929  34.3 10
1898  34.3 10

 

 

DECEMBER Average Temperatures

HOTTEST COLDEST
YEAR  TEMP. RANK . YEAR  TEMP. RANK
1889 38.6 1 1983 8.1 1
1896 37.0 2 1909 15.2 2
1931 37.0 2 1914 18.1 3
1939 36.0 4 1924 18.5 4
1957 35.3 5 1917 18.6  5
1923 35.1 6 1989 19.0 6
1959 35.0 7 1963 19.4 7
1965 34.8 8 1919 20.4 8
1891 34.5 9 1927 20.6 9
1918 34.4 10 1945 20.7 10

 

ANNUAL Average Temperatures

HOTTEST COLDEST
YEAR  TEMP. RANK . YEAR  TEMP. RANK
1934 55.7 1 1978 47.8 1
1931 55.7 1 1951 48.0 2
1921 55.5 3 1993 48.3 3
1938 55.2 4 1888 48.5 4
1939 55.2 4 1996 48.7 5
1933 54.3 6 1950 48.7 5
1987 54.2 7 1979 48.8 7
1953 54.0 8 1972 49.0 8
1954 53.8 9 1887 49.1 9
1946 53.7 10 1985 49.2 10