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METRIC | IMPERIAL
Updated: 17-Dec-2025 @ 9:21 AM  
Temperature Current Conditions4 Forecast / 2 Hr. Lightning
Currently Outside: Warmer 7.2°F than last hour.

37.6°F

Wind Chill:  37.1°F
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High Today
37.6°F
9:20 AM
Low Today
29.5°F
5:05 AM
Yest High
60.4°F
2:07 PM
Yest Low
29.1°F
7:05 AM
Sta* High
54.4°F
2023
Sta* Low
-3.8°F
2016
* This Station's Records Since 2007
Rec** High
71°F
1939
Rec** Low
-17°F
1981
Avg** High
39°F
Avg** Low
18°F
** Records from NOAA
Sunny, Dry Sunny, Dry

Wind from S Wind:  S
2.4

Gusting to:
2.0 mph
Current Rain Rain:
0.00 in
Today

Today: Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Tonight

Tonight: Chance Light Rain
Chance Light Rain
Thursday

Thursday: Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Hi 53°F Lo 38°F Hi 40°F
2 Hr. Lightning Map Unavailable
Dew Point Liquid Precipitation Wind Speed Sun/Moon
Current: Increased 5°F since last hour. 32.0°F
Last Hour: Increased 5°F since last hour. 5°F
High 9:16 AM: 32.0°F
Low 4:52 AM: 25.3°F
Record High: 84.0°F on
21-Aug-2023
Record Low: -24.7°F on
16-Feb-2021
Wetbulb: 35.5°F
Precipitation Today
rain graph

Today: 0.00 in
Yesterday: 0.00 in
Last 7 Days: 0.00 in
Dec Precip: 0.04 in
Dec to Date
  Avg:10
0.67 in
Dec to Date
  Diff from Avg:10
Under 0.63 in for the month 0.63 in
Dec Avg: 1.06 in
Diff from Avg: Under 1.02 in for the month 1.02 in
Season:1 16.760 in
YTD
  Avg:11
26.37 in
YTD
  Diff from Avg:11
Under 9.61 in for the year 9.61 in
Last Precip
Date/Time:
1-Dec-2025
at 9:29 AM
87 precip days in 2025
1 day in December
15 days since last precip
Current: S  2.4 mph
1Hr Average: Calm
Wind Run: 0.06 miles
Wind Gust
Current: 2.0 mph mph
Today: 5.0 mph 9:19 AM
Month: 33.0 mph 10-Dec
Year: 41.4 mph 15-Jul
Record Gust: 48.0 mph
24-May-2008
Local Sunlight:
9 hrs 15 min
10 sec
of Sunlight Today
Which is 15 sec shorter than
yesterday
(Noon) graph (Midnight)
Legend

Waning Crescent
Waning Crescent, 27 days, 8 hours, 36 minutes in cycle
5%
Illuminated
Humidity Barometer
Current: Decreased 7% since last hour. 80%
Last Hour: Decreased 7% since last hour. 7%
High 8:21 AM: 88%
Low 12:00 AM: 71%
Record High: 100%
4-Feb-2008
Record Low: 0%
20-Aug-2017
Current: Falling 0.016  inHg/hr 29.997 inHg
Last Hour: Falling slowly
High 2:59 AM: 30.057 in.
Low 9:19 AM: 29.996 in.
Record High: 31.234 inHg
7-Jan-2015
Record Low: 26.899 inHg
18-Mar-2024
Heating Degree Days WebCam Thumbnails Wind Chill Air
Today: 11.7
Dec: 588.2
2025 to Date: 4635.5
Cooling Degree Days
2025 to Date: 1533.3
PatioCam PatioCam Image facing North
StreetCam StreetCam Image facing South
Current: 37.1°F
Low 5:05 AM: 29.4°F
Yesterday: 21.9°F
Record: -37.3°F
22-Dec-2022
Quality
Index6:

33


Good
Density:
1.28 kg/m3
US AQI
Current UV Index Current Solar Energy9
0.0
Sunburn in
720 Minutes
Highest:
12:00 AM
0.0
178 W/m2
100%
W/m2 SI
High Today:
9:20 AM
178  W/m2
Record:
1501 W/m2
SE Lincoln WX Almanac Irrig. Index5 Station All Time Records Cloud Level
Currently: Morning
YTD Avg Temp: 56.2°F
Sunrise: 7:46am
Sunset: 5:01pm
Moonrise: 5:47 am
Moonset: 2:53 pm
Full Moon: 4-Dec-2025
New Moon: 7:44 PM CST
19-Dec-2025
Updated at Midnight
Current ET: 0.01 in
7-Days Rain: 0.00 in
7-Days ET: 0.20 in
7-Day:  0.201 in water in deficit of what evaporated in last 7 days. 0.201 in
December:  0.32 in water in deficit of what evaporated this month. 0.32 in
Season Countdown
Winter
Begins:
9:03 AM CST
21-Dec-2025
 
HIGHS: LOWS:
106.9°F
24-Aug-2023
-19.8°F
16-Feb-2021
Daytime Records
  106.0°F
15-Jun-2016
  -8.7°F
14-Jan-2024
Nitetime Records
  91.0°F
25-Jul-2012
  -12.8°F
16-Feb-2021
ICN:0 | S3C2:0 | Ajax 3.xx
ISS:Ok | CON:2.8 | RCP:98%
METRIC | IMPERIAL
Updated: 17-Dec-2025 @ 9:21 AM  
1 Rain season: Jan 1st to Dec 31st.   4 Chandler Burning Index (CBI) Updates Continuously.   5 Estimated amount of water needed to replace the water used by plants and evaporation from the past week. (Negative numbers mean amount of water needed, positive numbers mean excess water is present).   6 Air Quality Index is provided by Douglas County Health Department in Omaha, NE. AQI Data for Lincoln, NE is currently unavailable as an RSS feed..   9 Solar Index represents either an absolute scale of solar energy (W/m²) using the station’s recorded maximum or a percentage of computed theoretical solar maximum using the station’s location and time of day. These indices differ most when the sun is low on the horizon. The current scale is shown, and will toggle if it or the icon is clicked.   10 Historical average only to day 17 of just the month of December for this station since 2007.   11 Historical average rain this season to day 17 of December for this station since 2007.
 NWS Weather Forecast  -   Outlook Today & Tonight
Today

Today: Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny

Hi 53°F
NWS forecast: Mostly sunny. High near 53, with temperatures falling to around 51 in the afternoon. South wind 5 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
WXSIM forecast: Sunny in the morning, becoming partly to mostly sunny in the afternoon. Unusually mild. High 59°. Wind south around 2 mph in the morning, becoming 11 mph, gusting to 19 mph, in the afternoon.
Tonight

Tonight: Chance Light Rain
Chance Light Rain

Lo 38°F
NWS forecast: A chance of rain between 9pm and 3am. Mostly cloudy. Low around 38, with temperatures rising to around 41 overnight. West southwest wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
WXSIM forecast: Partly to mostly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy to cloudy after midnight. A chance of rain after midnight. Breezy and relatively mild. Low 39°, but temperatures rising after midnight. Wind south around 14 mph, gusting to 21 mph, in the evening, becoming west-southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. Precipitation mostly less than a tenth of an inch.
 NWS Short Term Weather Forecast
Thursday

Thursday: Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Thursday
Night
Thursday Night: Mostly Clear
Mostly Clear
Friday

Friday: Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Friday
Night
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
Saturday

Saturday: Partly Sunny
Partly Sunny
Saturday
Night
Saturday Night: Partly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
Sunday

Sunday: Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Hi 40°F Lo 19°F Hi 50°F Lo 36°F Hi 48°F Lo 25°F Hi 43°F
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