38.034°N, 84.611°W · station LEXthr · 155 years of record
64°F
COLDEST SEP 7 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Sep 7
7-Day Forecast
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Lexington.
This Day in History
Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Lexington — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
Ranks
#138 / 141
coldest Sep 2 in 141 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 2 ever
47°F
set in 1909
Mildest Sep 2 ever
78°F
set in 1932
Forecast low 73°F — 138th coldest Sep 2 of 141 years · record 47°F (1909) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#141 / 141
coldest Sep 3 in 141 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 3 ever
50°F
set in 1893
Mildest Sep 3 ever
76°F
set in 1953
Forecast low 75°F — 141st coldest Sep 3 of 141 years · record 50°F (1893) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#141 / 141
coldest Sep 4 in 141 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 4 ever
45°F
set in 1997
Mildest Sep 4 ever
75°F
set in 1925
Forecast low 74°F — 141st coldest Sep 4 of 141 years · record 45°F (1997) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#135 / 141
coldest Sep 5 in 141 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 5 ever
45°F
set in 1997
Mildest Sep 5 ever
75°F
set in 1899
Forecast low 71°F — 135th coldest Sep 5 of 141 years · record 45°F (1997) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#89 / 141
coldest Sep 6 in 141 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 6 ever
47°F
set in 1962
Mildest Sep 6 ever
76°F
set in 1925
Forecast low 66°F — 89th coldest Sep 6 of 141 years · record 47°F (1962) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#81 / 140
coldest Sep 7 in 140 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 7 ever
45°F
set in 1988
Mildest Sep 7 ever
76°F
set in 1925
Forecast low 64°F — 81st coldest Sep 7 of 140 years · record 45°F (1988) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#90 / 140
coldest Sep 8 in 140 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 8 ever
47°F
set in 1986
Mildest Sep 8 ever
74°F
set in 1903
Forecast low 65°F — 90th coldest Sep 8 of 140 years · record 47°F (1986) · coldest since 2025.
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Lexington in each calendar month, and for the whole 1872–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month
Record High
Record Low
Jan
80°FJan 24, 1943
-21°FJan 24, 1963
Feb
80°FFeb 23, 1996
-20°FFeb 13, 1899
Mar
86°FMar 25, 1929
-2°FMar 5, 1960
Apr
91°FApr 30, 1942
15°FApr 18, 1875
May
96°FMay 22, 1941
26°FMay 10, 1966
Jun
104°FJun 29, 1936
39°FJun 1, 1966
Jul
108°FJul 10, 1936
47°FJul 2, 1937
Aug
105°FAug 19, 1936
42°FAug 29, 1965
Sep
103°FSep 5, 1954
32°FSep 30, 1899
Oct
97°FOct 1, 2019
20°FOct 28, 1976
Nov
83°FNov 1, 1987
-3°FNov 30, 1929
Dec
75°FDec 2, 1982
-19°FDec 22, 1989
All-time
108°FJul 10, 1936
-21°FJan 24, 1963
2026 Records So Far
Records set or tied at Lexington so far this year — through Aug 30.
Record Highs in 2026
2 broke
plus 4 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026
0 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year
Record Warm Nights & Cold Days
Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.
Warmest low ever
83°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 8, 1874
Coldest high ever
-3°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 9, 1899
Month
Warmest low
Coldest high
Jan
60°FJan 3, 2004
-3°FJan 12, 1918
Feb
62°FFeb 20, 2018
-3°FFeb 9, 1899
Mar
65°FMar 28, 1907
14°FMar 1, 1980
Apr
70°FApr 30, 1899
31°FApr 17, 1875
May
74°FMay 31, 1918
42°FMay 15, 1895
Jun
80°FJun 8, 1933
54°FJun 4, 1945
Jul
83°FJul 8, 1874
68°FJul 8, 1891
Aug
81°FAug 31, 1932
59°FAug 30, 1915
Sep
78°FSep 1, 1932
47°FSep 30, 1924
Oct
71°FOct 6, 1900
30°FOct 30, 1917
Nov
67°FNov 6, 2024
14°FNov 30, 1929
Dec
62°FDec 2, 1982
0°FDec 22, 1989
All-time
83°FJul 8, 1874
-3°FFeb 9, 1899
Cold Streaks
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever
60 days
record run, ended Mar 8 1978
So far in 2026
54 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Climate Normals
Normal low & low by month, from Lexington's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 62°F · forecast is +2° vs normal.
Lexington's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
2026 So Far
Every day this year against Lexington's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.