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Lexington, KY 38.034°N, 84.611°W · station LEXthr · 155 years of record
67°F
COLDEST JUL 14 SINCE 2024
forecast low · Jul 14
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Lexington.
67° TUE 7/14 68° WED 7/15 70° THU 7/16 71° FRI 7/17 71° SAT 7/18 71° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 14
Today ranks #57 / 142
coldest Jul 14 in 142 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 14 ever 53°F
set in 1975
Mildest Jul 14 ever 77°F
set in 1874
Coldest Jul 14 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 14 at Lexington. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
53 65 77 1873: 68°F 1874: 77°F 1875: 71°F 1876: 70°F 1888: 58°F 1889: 70°F 1890: 71°F 1891: 70°F 1892: 70°F 1893: 74°F 1894: 69°F 1895: 66°F 1896: 68°F 1897: 55°F 1898: 66°F 1899: 67°F 1900: 63°F 1901: 68°F 1902: 63°F 1903: 58°F 1904: 62°F 1905: 68°F 1906: 67°F 1907: 64°F 1908: 74°F 1909: 67°F 1910: 69°F 1911: 66°F 1912: 68°F 1913: 72°F 1914: 70°F 1915: 70°F 1916: 69°F 1917: 67°F 1918: 64°F 1919: 74°F 1920: 70°F 1921: 71°F 1922: 62°F 1923: 69°F 1924: 68°F 1925: 62°F 1926: 55°F 1927: 68°F 1928: 63°F 1929: 66°F 1930: 60°F 1931: 73°F 1932: 72°F 1933: 64°F 1934: 68°F 1935: 65°F 1936: 74°F 1937: 71°F 1938: 68°F 1939: 66°F 1940: 54°F 1941: 65°F 1942: 69°F 1943: 68°F 1944: 67°F 1945: 66°F 1946: 63°F 1947: 63°F 1948: 68°F 1949: 69°F 1950: 58°F 1951: 68°F 1952: 68°F 1953: 64°F 1954: 76°F 1955: 73°F 1956: 64°F 1957: 71°F 1958: 67°F 1959: 65°F 1960: 68°F 1961: 67°F 1962: 68°F 1963: 66°F 1964: 58°F 1965: 69°F 1966: 72°F 1967: 57°F 1968: 67°F 1969: 64°F 1970: 68°F 1971: 70°F 1972: 67°F 1973: 69°F 1974: 60°F 1975: 53°F 1976: 56°F 1977: 72°F 1978: 69°F 1979: 69°F 1980: 72°F 1981: 73°F 1982: 63°F 1983: 74°F 1984: 59°F 1985: 72°F 1986: 68°F 1987: 62°F 1988: 71°F 1989: 62°F 1990: 62°F 1991: 65°F 1992: 74°F 1993: 71°F 1994: 72°F 1995: 72°F 1996: 68°F 1997: 66°F 1998: 68°F 1999: 63°F 2000: 71°F 2001: 53°F 2002: 67°F 2003: 62°F 2004: 66°F 2005: 69°F 2006: 70°F 2007: 61°F 2008: 66°F 2009: 61°F 2010: 64°F 2011: 66°F 2012: 69°F 2013: 66°F 2014: 68°F 2015: 67°F 2016: 71°F 2017: 72°F 2018: 66°F 2019: 69°F 2020: 59°F 2021: 68°F 2022: 64°F 2023: 72°F 2024: 67°F 2025: 69°F 67° forecast 1873 1975 2025 Forecast low · Jul 14 67°F Coldest this date since 2024 This-date record 53°F This-date rank #57 of 142
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -21°F (1963) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1872–2026
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°F 1943 -21°F 1963 Feb 80°F 1996 -20°F 1899 Mar 86°F 1929 -2°F 1960 Apr 91°F 1942 15°F 1875 May 96°F 1941 26°F 1966 Jun 104°F 1936 39°F 1966 Jul 108°F 1936 47°F 1937 Aug 105°F 1936 42°F 1965 Sep 103°F 1954 32°F 1899 Oct 97°F 2019 20°F 1976 Nov 83°F 1987 -3°F 1929 Dec 75°F 1982 -19°F 1989 All-time 108°F 1936 -21°F 1963
Records set or tied at Lexington so far this year — through Jul 11.
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
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
Normal low & low by month, from Lexington's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 67°F · forecast is +0° vs normal .
Jan: 42°F Jan: 25°F Feb: 46°F Feb: 28°F Mar: 55°F Mar: 36°F Apr: 66°F Apr: 45°F May: 75°F May: 55°F Jun: 83°F Jun: 63°F Jul: 86°F Jul: 67°F Aug: 86°F Aug: 65°F Sep: 80°F Sep: 58°F Oct: 68°F Oct: 47°F Nov: 55°F Nov: 36°F Dec: 45°F Dec: 30°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:26 AM Sunset 7:02 PM Solar noon 11:44 AM Daylight 14h 36m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 38.03°N, 84.61°W 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.
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.
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.
How many days a year hit a given low at Lexington — counted through Jul 14 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
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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