Lincoln Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Lincoln

The next two tables list monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

10-year snowfall averages at Lincoln, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
2.2	January	6.0	15.3
2.5	February	9.7	24.6
0.4	March	2.1	5.2
0.1	April	0.4	1.0
0.1	May	0.3	0.7
0.1	October	0.4	1.1
0.4	November	1.3	3.4
1.3	December	3.9	9.9
7.1	Year	24.2	61.3

30-year snowfall averages at Lincoln, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
5.0	January	6.5	16.5
4.5	February	7.1	18.0
2.2	March	3.4	8.6
0.6	April	1.2	3.0
0.1	May	0.1	0.3
0.3	October	0.9	2.3
1.4	November	1.5	3.8
3.8	December	5.3	13.5
17.9	Year	26.0	66.0

These averages don't show how much the snowfall in Lincoln varies from year to year.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 6.2 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 2.1 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 9.7 inches, while the lightest years get less than 3.7 inches.

New snow for February ranges from over 9.9 inches in heavy snowfall years to under 2.3 inches in light years.

When Lincoln Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of winter for Lincoln usually arrives in November. But it can start snowing as early as October or as late as December.

The season's last snowfall typically happens in March. About once every three or four years, it also snows in April.

Lincoln is normally free of snow every year from May to September.

How Many Snowstorms Lincoln Gets

Most days of snowfall in Lincoln leave just a skiff, amounting to less than an inch, of fresh snow on the ground. For eight days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur once a year. But major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day are not normal here.

Number of days per month and year on average in Lincoln with a total snowfall of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
2.3	0.8	January	0.2	0.0
2.1	0.8	February	0.3	0.0
0.9	0.3	March	0.3	0.0
0.3	0.2	April	0.1	0.0
0.2	0.1	October	0.0	0.0
0.6	0.1	November	0.0	0.0
1.8	0.6	December	0.2	0.0
8.2	2.9	Year	1.1	0.0

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Lincoln

For about one-third of winter days, Lincoln has at least an inch of snow on the ground.

Typically on two or three days a year the snow covering Lincoln builds up to ten or more inches deep.

Average total days per month and year in Lincoln with snow depth of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches on the ground

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
12.9	7.0	January	4.2	1.0
10.9	5.8	February	3.1	0.6
3.2	1.8	March	1.2	0.1
0.5	0.3	April	0.1	0.0
0.4	0.2	October	0.1	0.0
1.8	0.6	November	0.3	0.0
8.0	3.7	December	1.8	0.9
37.7	19.4	Year	10.8	2.6