Lincoln, Nebraska
Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months and Top Ten Wettest and Driest Years
Data record 1887 to Present .

All of the data on this page are from the official NWS data archives for Lincoln, NE

Additional data for Lincoln, NE can be found at the HPRCC web site.



NOTE:  SCROLL DOWN to see each month and the Annual Table

Precipitation measurement units are "inches"

    

JANUARY

WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1949
3.15
1
1986
0.00
1
1932
1.92
2
1943
0.00
1
1889
1.88
3
1919
0.03
3
1915
1.78
4
2000
0.06
4
1936
1.64
5
1928
0.06
4
1975
1.59
6
1912
0.07
6
1891
1.58
7
1987
0.08
7
1941
1.50
8
1970
0.08
7
1960
1.48
9
1927
0.09
9
1916
1.44
10
1899
0.11
10

 

Lincoln, Nebraska
Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months
Data record 1887 to Present

Precipitation measurement units are "inches"

FEBRUARY
WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1951
3.47
1
1897
0.00
1
1927
3.13
2
1917
0.02
2
1965
3.06
3
1996
0.06
3
1919
2.92
4
1890
0.06
3
1958
2.88
5
2006
0.07
5
1971
2.79
6
1923
0.07
5
1915
2.53
7
1904
0.07
6
2005
2.22
8
1977
0.08
7
1908
2.13
9
1974
0.08
9
1960
2.10
10
1968
0.09
10


Lincoln, Nebraska

Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months
Data record 1887 to Present

Precipitation measurement units are "inches"

MARCH
WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1973
6.65
1
1994
0.06
1
1987
6.53
2
1929
0.08
2
1979
4.93 
3
1910
0.10
3
1959
4.56
4
1968
0.11
4
1983
3.84
5
1988
0.13
5
1906
3.67
6
1918
0.14
6
1914
3.55
7
1936
0.18
7
1977
3.54
8
1989
0.24
8
1933
3.40
9
1956
0.25
9
1957
3.33
10
1902
0.37
10

 

Lincoln, Nebraska
Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months
Data record 1887 to Present

Precipitation measurement units are "inches"

APRIL
WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1978
7.21
1
1910
0.02
1
1944
7.02
2
1989
0.26
2
1984
6.52
3
1890
0.33
3
1897
6.15
4
1934
0.35
4
1986
5.71
5
1926
0.36
5
1972
5.41
6
1893
0.39
6
1952
5.37
7
1946
0.51
7
1904
5.11
8
1990
0.66
8
1920
5.06
9
1966
0.66
8
1947
4.99
10
1902
0.67
10

 

Lincoln, Nebraska
Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months
Data record 1887 to Present

Precipitation measurement units are "inches" 

MAY
WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1903
10.72
1
1934
0.49
1
2001
10.16
2
1894
0.74
2
1896
10.11
3
1989
0.91
3
1996
10.09
4
1940
0.94
4
1892
9.55
5
1912
0.96
5
1959
8.91
6
1895
1.09
6
2007
8.13
7
1955
1.23
7
1984
7.97
8
1925
1.25
8
1951
6.71
9
1897
1.48
9
1995
6.60
10
1906
1.53
10

 


Lincoln, Nebraska
Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months
Data record 1887 to Present

Precipitation measurement units are "inches"

JUNE
WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1967
12.93 
1
2002
0.17
1
1908
11.24 
2
1911
0.56
2
1965
10.71
3
1976
0.63
3
1914
10.71
3
2006
0.65
4
1947
10.20
5
1988
0.65
4
2010
9.90
6
1973
0.77
6
1951
9.76
7
1981
0.85
7
1902
8.83
8
1974
0.91
8
2008
8.59
9
1977
0.99
9
1964
8.56
10
1936
1.13
10

 

Lincoln, Nebraska
Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months
Data record 1887 to Present

Precipitation measurement units are "inches"

JULY
WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1993
12.50
1
1936
0.08
1
1958
11.40
2
1983
0.37
2
1902
11.35
3
1919
0.38
3
1891
8.74 
4
1934
0.40
4
1908
8.08
5
1974
0.46
5
1990
7.35 
6
1941
0.56
6
1985
6.93
7
1917
0.56
6
1906
6.85
8
1955
0.61
8
1915
6.74
9
1942
0.63
9
1900
6.66
10
1887
0.69
10

 

Lincoln, Nebraska
Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months
Data record 1887 to Present

Precipitation measurement units are "inches"  

AUGUST
WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1910
13.98
1
1976
0.07
1
1954
10.14
2
1913
0.31
2
1900
9.07
3
1894
0.45
3
1982
8.57
4
1955
0.55
4
2002
8.29
5
1941
0.67
5
1977
7.48
6
1922
0.69
6
1916
6.70
7
1973
0.75
7
1905
6.45
8
1918
0.77
8
1903
6.45
8
1929
0.92
9
1987
6.39
10
1971
0.95
10
 

Lincoln, Nebraska

Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months
Data record 1887 to Present

Precipitation measurement units are "inches"

SEPTEMBER
WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1914
8.32
1
1894
0.00
1
1989
8.28 
2
1888
0.08
2
1906
7.60
3
1892
0.17
3
1973
7.52
4
1939
0.26
4
1923
7.21
5
2005
0.28
5
1905
6.91
6
1974
0.29
6
1958
6.78
7
1980
0.33
7
1965
6.76
8
1952
0.35
8
1968
6.33
9
1899
0.39
9
1988
6.18
10
1979
0.40
10

 

Lincoln, Nebraska
Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months
Data record 1887 to Present

Precipitation measurement units are "inches"

OCTOBER
WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1986
5.40
1
1952
0.00
1
1979
5.29
2
1975
0.01
2
1973
4.92
3
1893
0.01
2
2002
4.90
4
1999
0.03
4
1891
4.82
5
1988
0.03
4
1918
4.80
6
1945
0.03
4
2008
4.79
7
1958
0.05
7
1929
4.57
8
1895
0.05
7
2007
4.50
9
1933
0.09
9
1957
4.36
10
1936
0.19
10

 


Lincoln, Nebraska

Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months
Data record 1887 to Present

Precipitation measurement units are "inches"

NOVEMBER
WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1909
7.14
1
1894
0.00
1
1931
5.60 
2
1989
0.01
1
1981
3.81
3
1954
0.01
3
1926
3.76
4
1949
0.02
4
1983
3.64
5
1921
0.02
4
1972
3.58
6
1976
0.03
6
1971
3.41
7
1900
0.03
6
1930
3.40
8
1932
0.04
8
1953
3.21
9
1927
0.04
8
1998
3.20
10
1914
0.04
8
1919
3.20
10

Lincoln, Nebraska

Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months
Data record 1887 to Present

Precipitation measurement units are "inches"

DECEMBER
WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1913
4.03 
1
1890
0.00
1
1984
3.42
2
1889
0.00
1
2006
3.05
3
2002
0.01
3
1909
2.59
4
1943
0.02
4
2009
2.42
5
1929
0.02
4
1931
2.26
6
1912
0.02
4
1911
2.24
7
1928
0.03
7
1973
2.15
8
1976
0.04
8
1897
2.10
9
1895
0.05
9
2007
2.09
10
1905
0.06
10

 

Lincoln, Nebraska
Top Ten Wettest and Driest Years
Data record 1887 to Present

Precipitation measurement units are "inches" .

ANNUAL
WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1951
42.17
1
1936
14.09
1
1965
41.33
2
1890
14.81
2
1902
41.22
3
1895
15.94 
3
1891
40.60
4
1894
16.14 
4
1914
40.12
5
1934
17.23
5
1993
40.00
6
1953
17.55 
6
1986
39.81
7
1976
17.90
7
1973
39.21
8
1955
18.17
8
1982
38.44
9
1988
18.37
9
1896
38.17
10
1937
19.36
10

 

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