Lincoln, Nebraska, Heat Wave Climatology
1887-2010 (through October 8, 2010)
The hottest day ever recorded in Lincoln, NE:
July 25, 1936High: 115 F Low: 91 F
Average temperature for the day = 103F !With an overnight low of only 91 F after a daytime high of 115 F, residents of Lincoln spent the
night on the capitol lawn to escape the heat inside their non-air conditioned dwellings.
(Photo courtesy: Nebraska Historical Society)
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The total number of days with the temperature
90 degrees F or higher for Lincoln, NE
2010, 2009 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and (1936 and 1934, the worst years ever) and Normals.
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 NORMALS* APRIL 0 days 1 day 0 days 1 day 0 days 0 days 0 days 0 days 0 days MAY 0 days 2 days 0 days 1 day 5 days 1 day 2 days 13 days 2 days JUNE 7 days 9 days 3 days 5 days 11 days 12 days 17 days 17 days 8 days JULY 11 days 2 days 18 days 16 days 21 days 20 days 29 days 28 days 16 days AUGUST 20 days 8 days 11 days 19 days 12 days 9 days 23 days 19 days 12 days SEPTEMBER 4 days 0 days 1 day 3 days 1 day 10 days 11 days 1 day 4 days OCTOBER 1 day 0 days 0 days 0 days 3 days 3 days 0 days 1 day 0 days TOTAL 43 days 22 days 33 days 45 days 53 days 55 days 82 days 79 days 42 days NORMALS* (standard 1971-2000, 30-year normals)
Year 2010 Lincoln Heat Wave Days: (Temperatures 90 F or Higher)
June 1: 91 F
June 5: 91 F
June 11: 90 F
June 17: 96 F
June 22: 92 F
June 25: 93 F
June 26: 94 F
July 2: 90 F
July 13: 91 F
July 14: 96 F
July 16: 91 F
July 17: 93 F
July 18: 90 F
July 22: 95 F
July 23: 91 F
July 26: 90 F
July 27: 93 F
July 30: 93 FAugust 1: 90 F
August 2: 94 F
August 3: 91 F
August 7: 92 F
August 8: 98 F
August 9: 95 F
August 10: 96 F
August 11: 99 F
August 12: 100 F
August 13: 95 FAugust 14: 92 F
August 16: 90 F
August 19: 95 F
August 21: 95 F
August 22: 94 F
August 23: 94 F
August 28: 91 F
August 29: 93 F
August 30: 94 F
August 31: 94 FSeptember 5: 90 F
September 6: 91 F
September 12: 92 F
September 20: 91 F
October 8: 91 F
The 13 hottest days ever recorded
in Lincoln, NE (All 110 degrees F or higher).
DATE HIGH TEMPERATURE July 25, 1936 115 F July 25, 1940 113 F July 15, 1934 112 F July 17, 1936 112 F July 12, 1939 111 F July 19, 1934 111 F July 24, 1940 111 F July 24, 1936 111 F July 4, 1936 110 F July 5, 1911 110 F July 20, 1934 110 F August 8, 1934 110 F August 18, 1936 110 F
Highest Temperature (Max) Each Year in Lincoln, Nebraska
Year 1887-2010
Year Month Day Max Year Month Day Max Year Month Day Max 1887 7 29 102 1929 8 21 104 1971 6 24 102 1888 7 12 100 1930 7 18 108 1972 7 10 98 1889 7 6 94 1931 7 28 105 1973 6 24 101 1890 7 13 103 1932 7 14 101 1974 7 21 106 1891 7 11 95 1933 7 1 108 1975 9 1 101 1892 7 21 102 1934 7 15 112 1976 7 9 103 1893 7 12 99 1935 8 8 106 1977 7 3 102 1894 7 26 105 1936 7 25 115 1978 7 5 104 1895 7 26 102 1937 6 23 106 1979 6 14 100 1896 8 15 98 1938 7 12 105 1980 7 13 106 1897 6 16 101 1939 7 12 111 1981 7 12 104 1898 8 20 101 1940 7 25 113 1982 8 3 100 1899 9 5 101 1941 7 23 106 1983 8 16 107 1900 7 6 100 1942 8 1 105 1984 8 28 103 1901 7 21 106 1943 8 23 103 1985 8 31 102 1902 6 10 96 1944 8 10 103 1986 7 28 98 1903 7 9 99 1945 7 23 101 1987 8 1 105 1904 8 15 97 1946 6 15 108 1988 6 21 107 1905 7 16 99 1947 8 9 106 1989 8 4 103 1906 8 16 98 1948 8 22 103 1990 7 2 108 1907 7 5 100 1949 6 30 99 1991 7 21 106 1908 9 5 98 1950 6 23 100 1992 6 16 93 1909 8 16 103 1951 8 5 102 1993 8 17 97 1910 7 27 106 1952 7 27 105 1994 5 30 96 1911 7 5 110 1953 6 18 105 1995 7 12 108 1912 7 9 104 1954 7 13 109 1996 7 17 98 1913 7 16 109 1955 7 31 108 1997 7 25 103 1914 7 12 103 1956 7 27 106 1998 7 20 102 1915 5 14 96 1957 7 12 105 1999 7 29 104 1916 8 4 101 1958 6 4 99 2000 9 2 106 1917 7 30 106 1959 8 11 100 2001 7 6 102 1918 8 4 109 1960 7 11 101 2002 7 21 104 1919 7 26 103 1961 6 30 102 2003 7 17 105 1920 7 4 99 1962 8 19 97 2004 8 3 101 1921 8 25 103 1963 8 2 101 2005 7 23 105 1922 9 1 106 1964 8 2 107 2006 7 19 108 1923 7 10 98 1965 8 12 102 2007 8 13 100 1924 8 3 101 1966 7 12 106 2008 8 3 102 1925 7 1 103 1967 5 24 103 2009 8 8 102 1926 8 26 105 1968 7 21 100 2010 8 12 100 1927 7 6 100 1969 7 3 101 1928 7 6 101 1970 7 2 102 Year Month Day Max Year Month Day Max Year Month Day Max
All of the above data are the Official National Weather Service data for Lincoln, NE.
These data were acquired from the High Plains Regional Climate Center
Applied Climate Science
School of Natural Resources
