Climate averages 1991–2020
Lincoln weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Lincoln: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Omaha (79 km away). In August its highs average 28.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Lincoln, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lincoln ranks joint 264th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 261st of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Lincoln is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lincoln climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 25 | 4.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 3.8°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 31 | 5.1 | 10.611 h |
| March | 10.8°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 54 | 7.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 92 | 10.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 130 | 12.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 108 | 11.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 30.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 88 | 9.4 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 29.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 80 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 71 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 64 | 7.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.0°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 41 | 5.1 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.1°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 34 | 4.7 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Omaha in AugustUnited States · 79 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Sioux City in AugustUnited States · 190 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Saint Joseph in AugustUnited States · 192 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Topeka in AugustUnited States · 212 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in AugustUnited States · 237 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Kansas City in AugustUnited States · 260 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Overland Park in AugustUnited States · 264 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Olathe in AugustUnited States · 265 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 93 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lincoln) is explained once on the Lincoln year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.