Lincoln Airport

KLNK · Nebraska, United States

Climate Lincoln Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lincoln Airport (KLNK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.0 50 57 90 60 59
February 79.6 79 75 93 79 88
March 68.3 77 60 78 78 58
April 82.3 90 84 86 85
May 77.7 83 69 78 74
June 93.6 95 95 94 95
July 91.7 87 90 89 91
August 88.2 80 93 96 96
September 86.1 83 94 90 81
October 81.9 82 99 79 82
November 85.5 92 85 93 85
December 76.2 64 64 88 78
Average 80.3 68.7 79.1 86.7 84.3 81.2

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.9 60 85 94 82 77
February 90.7 91 92 99 87 96
March 87.6 94 87 95 87 77
April 94.6 99 96 97 94
May 91.6 93 89 96 90
June 97.8 99 98 98 99
July 97.3 96 97 97 99
August 96.7 93 98 99 99
September 94.3 92 98 99 93
October 92.3 95 100 94 95
November 95.3 99 98 97 95
December 89.0 82 78 94 90
Average 91.4 81.6 92.7 95.5 94.1 92.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.1 -1 3 5 3 2
February 5.4 14 8 7 -4 7
March 12.5 15 11 14 15 13
April 18.7 21 19 19 19
May 24.2 27 24 23 22
June 31.0 31 31 32 32
July 31.3 30 32 31 31
August 30.5 32 33 32 31
September 28.2 30 30 29 26
October 18.9 20 22 21 17
November 11.9 14 11 14 15
December 6.2 8 4 10 6
Average 17.2 8.8 19.6 19.8 19.0 18.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -8.3 -9 -6 -10 -6 -7
February -8.5 -2 -7 -9 -13 -6
March -1.7 0 -2 -2 2 2
April 4.1 5 4 5 2
May 11.9 12 13 12 11
June 18.1 17 18 18 20
July 20.0 20 20 19 21
August 18.5 19 19 20 18
September 14.6 15 14 15 12
October 5.9 8 5 8 4
November -2.7 -1 -2 1 0
December -6.7 -3 -6 -4 -7
Average 4.7 -4.0 6.4 5.8 6.5 5.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.7 17 10 5 8 8
February 5.6 2 4 1 10 3
March 6.5 4 8 8 9 5
April 6.5 5 6 8 6
May 5.4 1 13 4 7
June 2.7 3 3 1 1
July 2.9 3 5 1 3
August 3.2 4 3 1 1
September 4.0 1 3 3 7
October 6.1 3 3 5 2
November 4.9 9 6 1 6
December 7.5 16 7 0 6
Average 5.5 7.5 5.3 5.1 4.0 4.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.4 9 9 10 9 10
February 10.2 10 11 12 8 11
March 11.7 12 12 13 12 11
April 12.1 13 14 11 11
May 9.8 9 11 10 10
June 9.4 8 10 8 12
July 7.8 7 9 8 8
August 8.0 8 8 9 9
September 9.4 8 9 9 10
October 10.1 11 10 9 10
November 10.3 9 12 10 11
December 9.1 8 11 10 8
Average 9.8 10.3 9.4 10.6 9.4 10.0

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 325° 329° 294° 331° 315°
February 288° 312° 322° 002° 315°
March 003° 345° 352° 162° 249°
April 283° 258° 298° 318°
May 134° 133° 146° 016°
June 148° 187° 172° 175°
July 064° 184° 166° 154°
August 159° 160° 163° 171°
September 168° 159° 178° 256°
October 317° 268° 321° 329°
November 246° 280° 264° 238°
December 313° 265° 284° 322°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.