Date of Hottest Day Each Year 1887-2023

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When is Lincoln's hottest day each year?

Earliest Annual Hottest Day:  May 14, 1915 and May 14, 2013.
 Latest Annual Hottest Day:  Sept. 5, 1899, Sept. 5, 1908, Sept. 5, 2020.
Average Annual Hottest Day:  July 21.

Recent:
Year 2023 = August 22: 105°F and, August 24: 105°F
Year 2022 = June 13, 103°F  & September 20: 103°F;
Year 2021 = June 17: 103°F; 
Year 2020 = September 5: 97°F;
Year 2019 = June 29; July 17; July 19: 99°F;

Highest Temperature (°F) Each Year in Lincoln, Nebraska
Years 1887-2023  xmacis verified August 2023

Note most years there is a single day that is the hottest. 
Some years (27 out of 137 years, 1887-2023) the hottest day value occurs several times within a month or also occurs in multiple months. 
These multiple identical hottest days within any year are noted in RED with an "m".

For example, in year 2019, the hottest temperature for the year was 99°F,
which occurred on June 29, July 17 & July 19.

Year Month Day Max Year Month Day Max Year Month Day Max
1887 7 29 102 1933 7 1 108 1979 6 14 100
1888 7 12 100 1934 7 15 112 1980 7 13 106
1888m 8 2 100 1935 8 8 106 1980m 7 19 106
1889 7 6 94 1936 7 25 115 1981 7 12 104
1889m 7 7 94 1937 6 23 106 1982 8 3 100
1890 7 13 103 1937m 8 15 106 1983 8 16 107
1891 7 11 95 1938 7 12 105 1984 8 28 103
1891m 8 8 95 1939 7 12 111 1985 8 31 102
1892 7 21 102 1940 7 25 113 1986 7 28 98
1893 7 12 99 1941 7 23 106 1987 8 1 105
1893m 7 13 99 1942 8 1 105 1988 6 21 107
1894 7 26 105 1943 8 23 103 1989 8 4 103
1895 7 26 102 1944 8 10 103 1990 7 2 108
1896 8 15 98 1945 7 23 101 1991 7 21 106
1897 6 16 101 1945m 7 24 101 1992 6 16 93
1898 8 20 101 1946 6 15 108 1992m 7 1 93
1899 9 5 101 1947 8 9 106 1992m 7 4 93
1900 7 6 100 1948 8 22 103 1992m 8 8 93
1901 7 21 106 1948m 8 23 103 1992m 8 9 93
1902 6 10 96 1949 6 30 99 1993 8 17 97
1902m 7 16 96 1950 6 23 100 1994 5 30 96
1902m 8 17 96 1951 8 5 102 1994m 8 25 96
1903 7 9 99 1952 7 27 105 1995 7 12 108
1904 8 15 97 1953 6 18 105 1996 7 17 98
1905 7 16 99 1954 7 13 108 1997 7 25 103
1906 8 16 98 1955 7 30 104 1998 7 20 102
1907 7 5 100 1955m 7 31 104 1999 7 29 104
1908 9 5 98 1955m 8 26 104 2000 9 2 106
1909 8 16 103 1956 7 27 105 2001 7 6 102
1910 7 27 106 1957 7 12 104 2002 7 21 104
1911 7 5 110 1958 8 12 98 2003 7 17 105
1912 7 9 104 1958m 8 14 98 2004 8 3 101
1913 7 16 109 1959 8 12 99 2005 7 23 105
1914 7 12 103 1959m 8 21 99 2006 7 19 108
1915 5 14 96 1960 7 11 103 2007 7 7 100
1916 8 4 101 1961 6 30 105 2007m 7 18 100
1917 7 30 106 1962 8 19 100 2007m 8 13 100
1918 8 4 109 1963 8 2 103 2008 8 3 102
1919 7 26 103 1964 8 2 107 2009 8 8 102
1920 7 4 99 1965 8 12 99 2010 8 12 100
1920m 7 21 99 1966 7 12 105 2011 8 1 104
1920m 7 22 99 1967 5 24 100 2012 7 22 105
1921 8 25 103 1968 6 28 99 2013 5 14 100
1922 9 1 106 1968m 6 29 99 2013m 8 30 100
1923 7 10 98 1969 7 12 101 2013m 9 9 100
1923m 7 23 98 1969m 7 13 101 2014 7 21 102
1924 8 3 101 1970 7 2 103 2015 7 24 100
1924m 8 20 101 1971 6 24 102 2016 6 15 101
1925 7 1 103 1971m 7 7 102 2017 7 21 100
1926 8 26 105 1972 6 30 98  2018  6  15 101
1927 7 6 100 1972m 8 20 98 2019 6 29 99
1928 7 6 101 1973 6 24 101 2019m 7 17 99
1929 8 21 104 1973m 7 1 101 2019m  7  19 99
1930 7 18 108 1974 7 21 106 2020 9 5 97
1930m 7 27 108 1975 9 1 101 2021 6 17 103
1930m 8 3 108 1976 7 9 103 2022 6 13 103
1931 7 28 105 1977 7 3 102 2022m 9 20 103
1932 7 14 101 1978 7 5 104 2023m 8
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