When is Lincoln's hottest day each year?
Earliest Annual Hottest Day: May 14, 1915 and May 14, 2013.
Latest Annual Hottest Day: Sept. 5, 1899, Sept. 5, 1908, Sept. 5, 2020.
Average Annual Hottest Day: July 21.
Recent:
Year 2023 = August 22: 105°F and, August 24: 105°F
Year 2022 = June 13, 103°F & September 20: 103°F;
Year 2021 = June 17: 103°F;
Year 2020 = September 5: 97°F;
Year 2019 = June 29; July 17; July 19: 99°F;
Highest Temperature (°F) Each Year in Lincoln, Nebraska
Years 1887-2024
Note most years there is a single day that is the hottest.
Some years (27 out of 137 years, 1887-2023) the hottest day value occurs several times within a month or also occurs in multiple months.
These multiple identical hottest days within any year are noted in RED with an "m".
For example, in year 2019, the hottest temperature for the year was 99°F,
which occurred on June 29, July 17 & July 19.
| Year | Month | Day | Max | Year | Month | Day | Max | Year | Month | Day | Max | ||
| 1887 | 7 | 29 | 102 | 1933 | 7 | 1 | 108 | 1979 | 6 | 14 | 100 | ||
| 1888 | 7 | 12 | 100 | 1934 | 7 | 15 | 112 | 1980 | 7 | 13 | 106 | ||
| 1888m | 8 | 2 | 100 | 1935 | 8 | 8 | 106 | 1980m | 7 | 19 | 106 | ||
| 1889 | 7 | 6 | 94 | 1936 | 7 | 25 | 115 | 1981 | 7 | 12 | 104 | ||
| 1889m | 7 | 7 | 94 | 1937 | 6 | 23 | 106 | 1982 | 8 | 3 | 100 | ||
| 1890 | 7 | 13 | 103 | 1937m | 8 | 15 | 106 | 1983 | 8 | 16 | 107 | ||
| 1891 | 7 | 11 | 95 | 1938 | 7 | 12 | 105 | 1984 | 8 | 28 | 103 | ||
| 1891m | 8 | 8 | 95 | 1939 | 7 | 12 | 111 | 1985 | 8 | 31 | 102 | ||
| 1892 | 7 | 21 | 102 | 1940 | 7 | 25 | 113 | 1986 | 7 | 28 | 98 | ||
| 1893 | 7 | 12 | 99 | 1941 | 7 | 23 | 106 | 1987 | 8 | 1 | 105 | ||
| 1893m | 7 | 13 | 99 | 1942 | 8 | 1 | 105 | 1988 | 6 | 21 | 107 | ||
| 1894 | 7 | 26 | 105 | 1943 | 8 | 23 | 103 | 1989 | 8 | 4 | 103 | ||
| 1895 | 7 | 26 | 102 | 1944 | 8 | 10 | 103 | 1990 | 7 | 2 | 108 | ||
| 1896 | 8 | 15 | 98 | 1945 | 7 | 23 | 101 | 1991 | 7 | 21 | 106 | ||
| 1897 | 6 | 16 | 101 | 1945m | 7 | 24 | 101 | 1992 | 6 | 16 | 93 | ||
| 1898 | 8 | 20 | 101 | 1946 | 6 | 15 | 108 | 1992m | 7 | 1 | 93 | ||
| 1899 | 9 | 5 | 101 | 1947 | 8 | 9 | 106 | 1992m | 7 | 4 | 93 | ||
| 1900 | 7 | 6 | 100 | 1948 | 8 | 22 | 103 | 1992m | 8 | 8 | 93 | ||
| 1901 | 7 | 21 | 106 | 1948m | 8 | 23 | 103 | 1992m | 8 | 9 | 93 | ||
| 1902 | 6 | 10 | 96 | 1949 | 6 | 30 | 99 | 1993 | 8 | 17 | 97 | ||
| 1902m | 7 | 16 | 96 | 1950 | 6 | 23 | 100 | 1994 | 5 | 30 | 96 | ||
| 1902m | 8 | 17 | 96 | 1951 | 8 | 5 | 102 | 1994m | 8 | 25 | 96 | ||
| 1903 | 7 | 9 | 99 | 1952 | 7 | 27 | 105 | 1995 | 7 | 12 | 108 | ||
| 1904 | 8 | 15 | 97 | 1953 | 6 | 18 | 105 | 1996 | 7 | 17 | 98 | ||
| 1905 | 7 | 16 | 99 | 1954 | 7 | 13 | 108 | 1997 | 7 | 25 | 103 | ||
| 1906 | 8 | 16 | 98 | 1955 | 7 | 30 | 104 | 1998 | 7 | 20 | 102 | ||
| 1907 | 7 | 5 | 100 | 1955m | 7 | 31 | 104 | 1999 | 7 | 29 | 104 | ||
| 1908 | 9 | 5 | 98 | 1955m | 8 | 26 | 104 | 2000 | 9 | 2 | 106 | ||
| 1909 | 8 | 16 | 103 | 1956 | 7 | 27 | 105 | 2001 | 7 | 6 | 102 | ||
| 1910 | 7 | 27 | 106 | 1957 | 7 | 12 | 104 | 2002 | 7 | 21 | 104 | ||
| 1911 | 7 | 5 | 110 | 1958 | 8 | 12 | 98 | 2003 | 7 | 17 | 105 | ||
| 1912 | 7 | 9 | 104 | 1958m | 8 | 14 | 98 | 2004 | 8 | 3 | 101 | ||
| 1913 | 7 | 16 | 109 | 1959 | 8 | 12 | 99 | 2005 | 7 | 23 | 105 | ||
| 1914 | 7 | 12 | 103 | 1959m | 8 | 21 | 99 | 2006 | 7 | 19 | 108 | ||
| 1915 | 5 | 14 | 96 | 1960 | 7 | 11 | 103 | 2007 | 7 | 7 | 100 | ||
| 1916 | 8 | 4 | 101 | 1961 | 6 | 30 | 105 | 2007m | 7 | 18 | 100 | ||
| 1917 | 7 | 30 | 106 | 1962 | 8 | 19 | 100 | 2007m | 8 | 13 | 100 | ||
| 1918 | 8 | 4 | 109 | 1963 | 8 | 2 | 103 | 2008 | 8 | 3 | 102 | ||
| 1919 | 7 | 26 | 103 | 1964 | 8 | 2 | 107 | 2009 | 8 | 8 | 102 | ||
| 1920 | 7 | 4 | 99 | 1965 | 8 | 12 | 99 | 2010 | 8 | 12 | 100 | ||
| 1920m | 7 | 21 | 99 | 1966 | 7 | 12 | 105 | 2011 | 8 | 1 | 104 | ||
| 1920m | 7 | 22 | 99 | 1967 | 5 | 24 | 100 | 2012 | 7 | 22 | 105 | ||
| 1921 | 8 | 25 | 103 | 1968 | 6 | 28 | 99 | 2013 | 5 | 14 | 100 | ||
| 1922 | 9 | 1 | 106 | 1968m | 6 | 29 | 99 | 2013m | 8 | 30 | 100 | ||
| 1923 | 7 | 10 | 98 | 1969 | 7 | 12 | 101 | 2013m | 9 | 9 | 100 | ||
| 1923m | 7 | 23 | 98 | 1969m | 7 | 13 | 101 | 2014 | 7 | 21 | 102 | ||
| 1924 | 8 | 3 | 101 | 1970 | 7 | 2 | 103 | 2015 | 7 | 24 | 100 | ||
| 1924m | 8 | 20 | 101 | 1971 | 6 | 24 | 102 | 2016 | 6 | 15 | 101 | ||
| 1925 | 7 | 1 | 103 | 1971m | 7 | 7 | 102 | 2017 | 7 | 21 | 100 | ||
| 1926 | 8 | 26 | 105 | 1972 | 6 | 30 | 98 | 2018 | 6 | 15 | 101 | ||
| 1927 | 7 | 6 | 100 | 1972m | 8 | 20 | 98 | 2019 | 6 | 29 | 99 | ||
| 1928 | 7 | 6 | 101 | 1973 | 6 | 24 | 101 | 2019m | 7 | 17 | 99 | ||
| 1929 | 8 | 21 | 104 | 1973m | 7 | 1 | 101 | 2019m | 7 | 19 | 99 | ||
| 1930 | 7 | 18 | 108 | 1974 | 7 | 21 | 106 | 2020 | 9 | 5 | 97 | ||
| 1930m | 7 | 27 | 108 | 1975 | 9 | 1 | 101 | 2021 | 6 | 17 | 103 | ||
| 1930m | 8 | 3 | 108 | 1976 | 7 | 9 | 103 | 2022 | 6 | 13 | 103 | ||
| 1931 | 7 | 28 | 105 | 1977 | 7 | 3 | 102 | 2022m | 9 | 20 | 103 | ||
| 1932 | 7 | 14 | 101 | 1978 | 7 | 5 | 104 | 2023m | 8 8 | 22 24 | 105 105 | ||
| 2024 | 6 | 24 | 103 |