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Top Ten Wettest And Driest Months in Lincoln, Nebraska

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.
Precipitation measurement units are "inches"

January

Wettest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1949	3.15	1
1932	1.92	2
1889	1.88	3
1915	1.78	4
1936	1.64	5
1975	1.59	6
1891	1.58	7
2021	1.53	8
1941	1.50	9
1960	1.48	10

Driest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1986	0.00	1
1943	0.00	1
1919	0.03	3
2000	0.06	4
1928	0.06	4
1912	0.07	6
1987	0.08	7
1970	0.08	7
1927	0.09	9
2025	0.10	10

February

Wettest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1951	3.47	1
1927	3.13	2
1965	3.06	3
1919	2.92	4
1958	2.88	5
1971	2.79	6
1915	2.53	7
2005	2.22	8
1908	2.13	9
2012	2.10	10
1960	2.10	10

Driest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1897	0.00	1
1917	0.02	2
2022	0.03	3
1996	0.06	4
1890	0.06	4
2006	0.07	6
1923	0.07	6
1904	0.07	6
1977	0.08	9
1974	0.08	9

March

Wettest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1973	6.65	1
1987	6.53	2
1979	4.93	3
1959	4.56	4
1983	3.84	5
1906	3.67	6
1914	3.55	7
1977	3.54	8
1933	3.40	9
1957	3.33	10

Driest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1994	0.06	1
1929	0.08	2
1910	0.10	3
1968	0.11	4
2014	0.13	5
1988	0.13	5
1918	0.14	7
1936	0.18	8
2009	0.18	8
1989	0.24	10

April

Wettest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1978	7.21	1
1944	7.02	2
1984	6.52	3
1897	6.15	4
1986	5.71	5
1972	5.41	6
1952	5.37	7
1904	5.11	8
1920	5.06	9
1947	4.99	10

Driest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1910	0.02	1
1989	0.26	2
1890	0.33	3
1934	0.35	4
1926	0.36	5
1893	0.39	6
1946	0.51	7
1990	0.66	8
1966	0.66	8
2018	0.67	10
1902	0.67	10

May

Wettest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
2015	10.90	1
1903	10.72	2
2001	10.16	3
1896	10.11	4
1996	10.09	5
1892	9.55	6
1959	8.91	7
2013	8.44	8
2007	8.13	9
1984	7.97	10

Driest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1934	0.49	1
2023	0.51	2
1894	0.74	3
1989	0.91	4
1940	0.94	5
1912	0.96	6
1895	1.09	7
1955	1.23	8
1925	1.25	9
1897	1.48	10

June

Wettest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1967	12.93	1
1908	11.24	2
1965	10.71	3
1914	10.71	3
1947	10.20	5
2010	9.90	6
1951	9.76	7
2018	8.83	8
1902	8.83	8
2008	8.59	10

Driest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
2002	0.17	1
1911	0.56	2
2016	0.58	3
1976	0.63	4
2006	0.65	5
1988	0.65	5
1973	0.77	7
1981	0.85	8
1974	0.91	9
1977	0.99	10

July

Wettest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1993	12.50	1
1958	11.40	2
1902	11.35	3
1891	8.74	4
1908	8.08	5
1990	7.35	6
2024	7.23	7
1985	6.93	8
1906	6.85	9
1915	6.74	10

Driest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1936	0.08	1
2012	0.33	2
1983	0.37	3
1919	0.38	4
1934	0.40	5
1974	0.46	6
2014	0.51	7
1941	0.56	8
1917	0.56	8
1955	0.61	10

August

Wettest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1910	13.98	1
1954	10.14	2
1900	9.07	3
1982	8.57	4
2002	8.29	5
2014	7.54	6
1977	7.48	7
2011	6.89	8
1916	6.70	9
1905	6.45	10
1903	6.45	10

Driest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1976	0.07	1
2012	0.30	2
1913	0.31	3
1894	0.45	4
2022	0.55	5
1955	0.55	5
1941	0.67	7
1922	0.69	8
1973	0.75	9
1918	0.77	10

September

Wettest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1914	8.32	1
1989	8.28	2
1906	7.60	3
1973	7.52	4
1923	7.21	5
1905	6.91	6
2014	6.89	7
1958	6.78	8
1965	6.76	9
1968	6.33	10

Driest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1894	0.00	1
1888	0.08	2
1892	0.17	3
2024	0.20	4
1939	0.26	5
2005	0.28	6
1974	0.29	7
1980	0.33	8
1952	0.35	9
1899	0.39	10

October

Wettest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1986	5.40	1
1979	5.29	2
1973	4.92	3
2017	4.90	4
2002	4.90	4
1891	4.82	6
1918	4.80	7
2008	4.79	8
2019	4.69	9
1929	4.57	10

Driest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1952	0.00	1
1975	0.01	2
1893	0.01	2
1999	0.03	4
1988	0.03	4
1945	0.03	4
1958	0.05	7
1895	0.05	7
1933	0.09	9
2010	0.13	10

November

Wettest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1909	7.14	1
1931	5.60	2
1981	3.81	3
1926	3.76	4
1983	3.64	5
1972	3.58	6
1971	3.41	7
1930	3.40	8
1953	3.21	9
1998	3.20	10

Driest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1894	0.00	1
1989	0.01	1
1954	0.01	3
1949	0.02	4
1921	0.02	4
1976	0.03	6
1900	0.03	6
1932	0.04	8
1927	0.04	8
1914	0.04	8

December

Wettest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
2015	4.42	1
1913	4.03	2
1984	3.42	3
2018	3.32	4
2006	3.05	5
1909	2.59	6
2019	2.57	7
2009	2.42	8
1931	2.26	9
1911	2.24	10

Driest Year	Amount in Inches	Rank
1890	0.00	1
1889	0.00	1
2002	0.01	3
1943	0.02	4
1929	0.02	4
1912	0.02	4
1928	0.03	7
1976	0.04	8
1895	0.05	9
1905	0.06	10