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    Lincoln, IL · 41°F

    How much snow does Lincoln, Illinois get?

    No snow. The sky’s sulking.

    Clear skies now. No snow in the next 5 days.

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    Snow in the next 5 days

    • Satclear skies43° / 33°
    • Sunclear skies49° / 28°
    • Monclear skies52° / 29°
    • Tueclear skies54° / 33°
    • Wedclouds58° / 38°

    Not a flake in the Lincoln forecast. The clouds are clearly holding a grudge.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    A typical winter

    Snow a year
    19 in
    Days with 1 in or more
    7
    Winter high
    38°F
    Winter low
    21°F
    First freeze
    Oct 16
    Last freeze
    Apr 20
    Nights at 32°F or below
    126
    Dec, Jan, Feb snow
    4.9, 5.7, 6.2 in

    February is usually the snowiest of the three winter months here, with about 6 inches.

    The first fall freeze usually comes around Oct 16 and the last spring one around Apr 20, which leaves about 179 days without a freeze.

    A typical winter day runs from about 21°F to 38°F, and the low gets down to 32°F or colder on about 126 nights a year.

    Towns with about the same snow

    More towns in Illinois

    • Walnut: about 36 inches of snow a year
    • Mount Carroll: about 33 inches of snow a year
    • Morrison: about 32 inches of snow a year
    • Dixon: about 31 inches of snow a year
    • Marengo: about 31 inches of snow a year

    More about the weather around here

    Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, co-op station USC00115079 at Lincoln. Winter means December to February, and the freeze dates are the median dates of the first and last 32°F night.