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METRIC | IMPERIAL
Updated: 16-Sep-2025 @ 4:15 PM  
Temperature Current Conditions4 Forecast / 2 Hr. Lightning
Currently Outside: Colder 0.7°F than last hour.

91.7°F

Heat Index:  94.5°F
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High Today
93.0°F
3:44 PM
Low Today
69.1°F
7:38 AM
Yest High
91.5°F
3:48 PM
Yest Low
66.2°F
5:06 AM
Sta* High
92.4°F
2019
Sta* Low
42.1°F
2014
* This Station's Records Since 2008
Rec** High
100°F
1931
Rec** Low
34°F
1903
Avg** High
80°F
Avg** Low
54°F
** Records from NOAA
Station Record High
Mainly cloudy, Dry Mainly cloudy, Dry

Wind from SE Wind:  SE
0.6

Gusting to:
2.0 mph
Current Rain Rain:
0.00 in
This
Afternoon
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Hi 92°F Lo 65°F Hi 81°F
2 Hr. Lightning Map Unavailable
Dew Point Liquid Precipitation Wind Speed Sun/Moon
Current: Increased 0.1°F since last hour. 66.0°F
Last Hour: Increased 0.1°F since last hour. 0.1°F
High 12:11 PM: 70.4°F
Low 3:53 PM: 64.4°F
Record High: 84.0°F on
21-Aug-2023
Record Low: -24.7°F on
16-Feb-2021
Wetbulb: 74.7°F
Rain Today
rain graph

Today: 0.00 in
Yesterday: 0.00 in
Last 7 Days: 0.39 in
Sep Rain: 0.56 in
Sep to Date
  Avg:10
1.74 in
Sep to Date
  Diff from Avg:10
Under 1.18 in for the month 1.18 in
Sep Avg: 2.78 in
Diff from Avg: Under 2.22 in for the month 2.22 in
Season:1 12.850 in
YTD
  Avg:11
21.83 in
YTD
  Diff from Avg:11
Under 8.98 in for the year 8.98 in
Last Rain
Date/Time:
14-Sep-2025
at 4:30 PM
66 rain days in 2025
8 days in September
1 day since last rain
Current: SE  0.6 mph
1Hr Average: 4.4 mph
Wind Run: 27.43 miles
Wind Gust
Current: 2.0 mph mph
Today: 13.0 mph 1:29 PM
Month: 21.0 mph 8-Sep
Year: 41.4 mph 15-Jul
Record Gust: 48.0 mph
24-May-2008
Local Sunlight:
12 hrs 23 min
9 sec
of Sunlight Today
Which is
2 min 41 sec shorter than
yesterday
(Noon) graph (Midnight)
Legend

Waning Crescent
Waning Crescent, 24 days, 15 hours, 12 minutes in cycle
25%
Illuminated
Humidity Barometer
Current: Increased 1% since last hour. 43%
Last Hour: Increased 1% since last hour. 1%
High 7:29 AM: 87%
Low 3:53 PM: 39%
Record High: 100%
4-Feb-2008
Record Low: 0%
20-Aug-2017
Current: Falling 0.019  inHg/hr 29.996 inHg
Last Hour: Falling slowly
High 10:37 AM: 30.099 in.
Low 4:13 PM: 29.996 in.
Record High: 31.234 inHg
7-Jan-2015
Record Low: 26.899 inHg
18-Mar-2024
Cooling Degree Days WebCam Thumbnails Heat Index Air
Today: 7.0
Sep: 97.3
2025 to Date: 1359.5
Heating Degree Days
2025 to Date: 3207.7
PatioCam PatioCam Image facing North
StreetCam StreetCam Image facing South
Current: 94.5°F
High 1:42 PM: 95.9°F
Yesterday: 94.0°F
Record: 126.7°F
21-Aug-2023
Quality
Index6:

56


Moderate
Density:
1.15 kg/m3
US AQI
Current UV Index Current Solar Energy9
1.3
Sunburn in
86 Minutes
Highest:
12:59 PM
3.2
93 W/m2
21%
W/m2 SI
High Today:
2:31 PM
765  W/m2
Record:
1501 W/m2
SE Lincoln WX Almanac Irrig. Index5 Station All Time Records Cloud Level
Currently: Afternoon
YTD Avg Temp: 58.0°F
Sunrise: 7:09am
Sunset: 7:33pm
Moonrise: 1:20 am
Moonset: 5:04 pm
Full Moon: 7-Sep-2025
New Moon: 2:55 PM CDT
21-Sep-2025
Updated at Midnight
Current ET: 0.19 in
7-Days Rain: 0.39 in
7-Days ET: 1.17 in
7-Day:  0.783 in water in deficit of what evaporated in last 7 days. 0.783 in
September:  1.43 in water in deficit of what evaporated this month. 1.43 in
Season Countdown
Autumn
Begins:
1:19 PM CDT
22-Sep-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:3 | S3C2:0 | Ajax 3.xx
ISS:Ok | CON:2.8 | RCP:98%
METRIC | IMPERIAL
Updated: 16-Sep-2025 @ 4:15 PM  
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 16 of just the month of September for this station since 2008.   11 Historical average rain this season to day 16 of September for this station since 2008.
 NWS Weather Forecast  -   Outlook This Afternoon & Tonight
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Afternoon
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Hi 92°F
NWS forecast: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny. High near 92, with temperatures falling to around 89 in the afternoon. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
WXSIM forecast: Fair. Very hot. High 93°. Heat index up to 105°. UV index up to 5. Wind south-southeast around 8 mph, gusting to 17 mph.
Tonight

Tonight: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
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Lo 65°F
NWS forecast: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy. Low around 65, with temperatures rising to around 67 overnight. South southeast wind 2 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
WXSIM forecast: Partly cloudy in the evening, becoming partly to mostly cloudy after midnight. A chance of rain. Scattered thundershowers possible. Warm. Low 70°. Wind south-southeast around 8 mph, gusting to 15 mph, in the evening, becoming 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. Precipitation mostly less than a tenth of an inch.
 NWS Short Term Weather Forecast
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Hi 81°F Lo 64°F Hi 78°F Lo 60°F Hi 78°F Lo 60°F Hi 81°F
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