Lincoln (1 mi SE), Kansas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Lincoln (1 mi SE)'s normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 29.1 inches of precipitation and 15 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.1°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 34°C, 738 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLincoln (1 mi SE)
- Station IDUSC00144712
- Location39.03°N 98.13°W
- Elevation1,401 ft (427 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Lincoln (1 mi SE) is 67°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 18%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lincoln (1 mi SE).
- Jan 41° 16°
- Feb 45° 19°
- Mar 56° 28°
- Apr 66° 38°
- May 76° 50°
- Jun 87° 61°
- Jul 93° 66°
- Aug 90° 64°
- Sep 82° 55°
- Oct 70° 41°
- Nov 55° 28°
- Dec 43° 19°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Lincoln (1 mi SE) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.62 in), the least in January (0.71 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F | 16°F | 28.3°F | 0.71 | 4.3 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 45°F | 19°F | 32.0°F | 1.03 | 3.9 | 5 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 56°F | 28°F | 42.3°F | 1.62 | 1.5 | 6 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 66°F | 38°F | 51.9°F | 2.60 | 0.9 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 50°F | 62.8°F | 4.62 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 87°F | 61°F | 74.3°F | 3.97 | 0.0 | 9 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 93°F | 66°F | 79.5°F | 4.02 | 0.0 | 9 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 90°F | 64°F | 76.9°F | 3.87 | 0.0 | 8 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 82°F | 55°F | 68.4°F | 2.42 | 0.0 | 7 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 41°F | 55.2°F | 1.92 | 0.2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 55°F | 28°F | 41.5°F | 1.17 | 1.6 | 5 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| December | 43°F | 19°F | 30.8°F | 1.11 | 2.9 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 40°F | 53.7°F | 29.06 | 15.3 | 80 | 69 | 142 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −9°C | −2.1°C | 18 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 7°C | −7°C | 0.0°C | 26 mm | 10 cm |
| March | 14°C | −2°C | 5.7°C | 41 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 19°C | 3°C | 11.1°C | 66 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 24°C | 10°C | 17.1°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 16°C | 23.5°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 19°C | 26.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 18°C | 24.9°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 13°C | 20.2°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 5°C | 12.9°C | 49 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 13°C | −2°C | 5.3°C | 30 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 6°C | −7°C | −0.7°C | 28 mm | 7 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00144712; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Lincoln (1 mi SE)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (6).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00144712.
When is the last frost at Lincoln (1 mi SE)?
In Lincoln (1 mi SE), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 28 in half of years and after May 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 15 in half of years and before September 29 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 281 year in 10 after May 9; 9 in 10 after April 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 151 year in 10 before September 29; 9 in 10 before October 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 170 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 189 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 17 in half of springs and before October 23 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lincoln (1 mi SE) in zone 6b in ZIP code 67455, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (28 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Kansas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00144712; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Lincoln (1 mi SE)?
In a normal year in Lincoln (1 mi SE), 69 days a year reach 90°F (17 of them 100°F or more), 142 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 80 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 69a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 17a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 142a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 24high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 80a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 6a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1912) is 119°F, on July 13, 1934; the lowest is −27°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1951, with 51.28 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 53.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00144712; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00144712. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Lincoln (1 mi SE)?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Lincoln (1 mi SE), 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (86%) and February the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.4 |
| February | 75% | 3.2 |
| March | 75% | 4.3 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 77% | 6.2 |
| June | 84% | 7.0 |
| July | 86% | 6.8 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 83% | 4.9 |
| October | 79% | 3.6 |
| November | 80% | 2.7 |
| December | 76% | 2.1 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Lincoln (1 mi SE) record?
A normal year at Lincoln (1 mi SE) brings 5,498 heating degree days, 2% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,407 cooling degree days, 55% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,914 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,136 | 0 |
| February | 924 | 0 |
| March | 705 | 1 |
| April | 403 | 10 |
| May | 153 | 83 |
| June | 13 | 293 |
| July | 1 | 450 |
| August | 3 | 372 |
| September | 67 | 170 |
| October | 328 | 26 |
| November | 707 | 1 |
| December | 1,059 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,498 | 1,407 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00144712. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Lincoln (1 mi SE) been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 54.4°F, 0.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.7°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55.0°F | +1.3°F | 28.77 | 11.7 |
| 2022 | 53.7°F | at normal | 22.27 | 14.0 |
| 2023 | 55.5°F | +1.8°F | 20.46 | 8.1 |
| 2024 | 56.1°F | +2.4°F | 22.91 | 11.9 |
| 2025 | 54.4°F | +0.7°F | 29.49 | 24.0 |
Over 95 complete years from 1913 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.6°F per century (+0.03°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00144712; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lincoln (1 mi SE)'s climate compare?
Lincoln (1 mi SE) is warmer than 38 of the 137 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 59. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.7°F is warmer than 56%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lincoln (1 mi SE) is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Lincoln (1 mi SE) share this climate record?
3 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Lincoln Center, KS1,160 people · 1 mi NW
- Beverly, KS135 people · 8 mi E
- Barnard, KS58 people · 12 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Lincoln (1 mi SE)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Lincoln (1 mi SE)?
January, with a normal high of 41°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow at Lincoln (1 mi SE)?
Yes: 15 inches in a normal year, falling on 8 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (4.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Lincoln (1 mi SE)?
May, with 4.62 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.71 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lincoln (1 mi SE) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lincoln (1 mi SE) in zone 6b in ZIP code 67455, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come at Lincoln (1 mi SE)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 28; in one year in ten it comes after May 9. Waiting until May 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Wilson, KS20 miles from this station, 54.8°F a year
- Ellsworth, KS21 miles from this station, 54.7°F a year
- Minneapolis, KS24 miles from this station, 55.0°F a year
- Beloit, KS30 miles from this station, 54.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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