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Lexington, KY

38.034°N, 84.611°W · station LEXthr · 155 years of record
64°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Lexington.
73°WED9/275°THU9/374°FRI9/471°SAT9/566°SUN9/664°MON9/765°TUE9/8

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

#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.
1873: 55°F1874: 62°F1875: 62°F1889: 51°F1890: 67°F1891: 56°F1892: 54°F1893: 66°F1894: 72°F1895: 66°F1896: 51°F1897: 64°F1898: 54°F1899: 71°F1900: 72°F1901: 65°F1902: 61°F1903: 62°F1904: 58°F1905: 61°F1906: 66°F1907: 56°F1908: 62°F1909: 57°F1910: 70°F1911: 68°F1912: 71°F1913: 70°F1914: 65°F1915: 66°F1916: 72°F1917: 65°F1918: 52°F1919: 73°F1920: 62°F1921: 65°F1922: 72°F1923: 63°F1924: 47°F1925: 76°F1926: 60°F1927: 69°F1928: 59°F1929: 68°F1930: 66°F1931: 61°F1932: 57°F1933: 61°F1934: 58°F1935: 54°F1936: 65°F1937: 64°F1938: 68°F1939: 64°F1940: 60°F1941: 66°F1942: 66°F1943: 54°F1944: 61°F1945: 70°F1946: 63°F1947: 64°F1948: 64°F1949: 58°F1950: 55°F1951: 54°F1952: 55°F1953: 57°F1954: 68°F1955: 58°F1956: 60°F1957: 57°F1958: 60°F1959: 70°F1960: 69°F1961: 67°F1962: 48°F1963: 53°F1964: 57°F1965: 61°F1966: 55°F1967: 56°F1968: 59°F1969: 68°F1970: 69°F1971: 69°F1972: 51°F1973: 60°F1974: 55°F1975: 50°F1976: 50°F1977: 69°F1978: 61°F1979: 61°F1980: 68°F1981: 60°F1982: 56°F1983: 64°F1984: 46°F1985: 69°F1986: 54°F1987: 67°F1988: 45°F1989: 68°F1990: 71°F1991: 60°F1992: 67°F1993: 61°F1994: 51°F1995: 58°F1996: 68°F1997: 61°F1998: 69°F1999: 59°F2000: 57°F2001: 71°F2002: 63°F2003: 54°F2004: 65°F2005: 59°F2006: 54°F2007: 72°F2008: 63°F2009: 62°F2010: 64°F2011: 58°F2012: 68°F2013: 59°F2014: 60°F2015: 66°F2016: 66°F2017: 47°F2018: 67°F2019: 60°F2020: 55°F2021: 56°F2022: 63°F2023: 66°F2024: 66°F2025: 45°F64° forecast455055606570758018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 764°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record45°F
This-date rank#81 of 140
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-21°F (1963)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1872–2026

Record Book

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.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan80°FJan 24, 1943-21°FJan 24, 1963
Feb80°FFeb 23, 1996-20°FFeb 13, 1899
Mar86°FMar 25, 1929-2°FMar 5, 1960
Apr91°FApr 30, 194215°FApr 18, 1875
May96°FMay 22, 194126°FMay 10, 1966
Jun104°FJun 29, 193639°FJun 1, 1966
Jul108°FJul 10, 193647°FJul 2, 1937
Aug105°FAug 19, 193642°FAug 29, 1965
Sep103°FSep 5, 195432°FSep 30, 1899
Oct97°FOct 1, 201920°FOct 28, 1976
Nov83°FNov 1, 1987-3°FNov 30, 1929
Dec75°FDec 2, 1982-19°FDec 22, 1989
All-time108°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
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan60°FJan 3, 2004-3°FJan 12, 1918
Feb62°FFeb 20, 2018-3°FFeb 9, 1899
Mar65°FMar 28, 190714°FMar 1, 1980
Apr70°FApr 30, 189931°FApr 17, 1875
May74°FMay 31, 191842°FMay 15, 1895
Jun80°FJun 8, 193354°FJun 4, 1945
Jul83°FJul 8, 187468°FJul 8, 1891
Aug81°FAug 31, 193259°FAug 30, 1915
Sep78°FSep 1, 193247°FSep 30, 1924
Oct71°FOct 6, 190030°FOct 30, 1917
Nov67°FNov 6, 202414°FNov 30, 1929
Dec62°FDec 2, 19820°FDec 22, 1989
All-time83°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.
Jan: 42°FJan: 25°FFeb: 46°FFeb: 28°FMar: 55°FMar: 36°FApr: 66°FApr: 45°FMay: 75°FMay: 55°FJun: 83°FJun: 63°FJul: 86°FJul: 67°FAug: 86°FAug: 65°FSep: 80°FSep: 58°FOct: 68°FOct: 47°FNov: 55°FNov: 36°FDec: 45°FDec: 30°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:08 AM
Sunset6:08 PM
Solar noon11:38 AM
Daylight13h 00m · losing 17 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

38.03°N, 84.61°W

Nearby Stations

Louisville, KY61 mi WCincinnati, OH69 mi NJackson, KY77 mi EWilmington, OH106 mi NEHuntington, WV113 mi EDayton, OH131 mi N

The Last 6 Weeks

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.
Lexington, KY — last six weeks of daily low

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.
Lexington, KY — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1872

Each cell is one day's low at Lexington, coloured by temperature — 155 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Lexington, KY daily low heat map 1872–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Lexington — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
54 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 104th most in 155 years. Normal for this point: 55. Record: 78 in 1947.

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