38.034°N, 84.611°W · station LEXthr · 1872–2026 · 155 years of record
The Almanac Ribbon
Every day of the year at Lexington: the record high and record low ever set (outer lines), the everyday normal range (shaded band), and the full record envelope behind it.
Record highRecord lowNormal high–low band (1991–2020)hottest ever 108°F · coldest ever -21°F
Records by Month
Month
Record high
Record low
Jan
80°Jan 24, 1943
-21°Jan 24, 1963
Feb
80°Feb 23, 1996
-20°Feb 13, 1899
Mar
86°Mar 25, 1929
-2°Mar 5, 1960
Apr
91°Apr 30, 1942
15°Apr 18, 1875
May
96°May 22, 1941
26°May 10, 1966
Jun
104°Jun 29, 1936
39°Jun 1, 1966
Jul
108°Jul 10, 1936
47°Jul 2, 1937
Aug
105°Aug 19, 1936
42°Aug 29, 1965
Sep
103°Sep 5, 1954
32°Sep 30, 1899
Oct
97°Oct 1, 2019
20°Oct 28, 1976
Nov
83°Nov 1, 1987
-3°Nov 30, 1929
Dec
75°Dec 2, 1982
-19°Dec 22, 1989
All-time
108°Jul 10, 1936
-21°Jan 24, 1963
Longest-Standing Records
The daily records that have held the longest — set in the earliest years and never beaten since. Highs power Lexington on hottestsince.com; lows on coldestsince.com.
Oldest-standing record highs
Date
Record
Set
Standing
Jan 28
68°
1876
150yrs
Nov 25
72°
1887
139yrs
Jun 20
98°
1888
138yrs
Aug 3
99°
1888
138yrs
Feb 16
69°
1889
137yrs
Dec 18
68°
1889
137yrs
Dec 23
68°
1889
137yrs
Jan 12
71°
1890
136yrs
Feb 4
70°
1890
136yrs
Apr 16
87°
1891
135yrs
Apr 6
84°
1893
133yrs
Mar 19
81°
1894
132yrs
Oldest-standing record lows
Date
Record
Set
Standing
Feb 23
1°
1873
153yrs
Mar 3
-1°
1873
153yrs
Sep 19
41°
1873
153yrs
Oct 31
22°
1873
153yrs
Nov 19
6°
1873
153yrs
Apr 28
28°
1874
152yrs
Jan 9
-8°
1875
151yrs
Apr 15
20°
1875
151yrs
Apr 16
17°
1875
151yrs
Apr 17
15°
1875
151yrs
Apr 20
26°
1875
151yrs
Apr 21
26°
1875
151yrs
All-Time Extremes
Hottest ever
108°F
1936-07-10
Coldest ever
-21°F
1963-01-24
Longest heat streak
21 days
≥ 90°F · ended 1936-08-28
The Warming Trend
Lexington's annual mean temperature, each year a stripe — blue below the 1991–2020 average, red above.
Days Above / Below the Mark
17 days ≥90°F in 2026 · normal 22 · record 85 in 1936
54 days ≤32°F in 2026 · normal 85 · record 120 in 1976
The Full Record
Every day of the year, record and normal high & low with the year each record was set. Type to filter, click a column to sort.