Climate averages 1991–2020
Lincoln weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Lincoln: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Omaha (79 km away). In May its highs average 22.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Lincoln, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lincoln ranks joint 274th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 468th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Lincoln is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 mm to 108 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Omaha in MayUnited States · 79 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Sioux City in MayUnited States · 190 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Saint Joseph in MayUnited States · 192 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Topeka in MayUnited States · 212 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 144 mm rain
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in MayUnited States · 237 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 151 mm rain
- Kansas City in MayUnited States · 260 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 143 mm rain
- Overland Park in MayUnited States · 264 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 144 mm rain
- Olathe in MayUnited States · 265 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 144 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.