38.034°N, 84.611°W · station LEXthr · 155 years of record
97°F
HOTTEST SEP 3 SINCE 2011
forecast high · Sep 3
7-Day Forecast
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Lexington.
This Day in History
Every year's high 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 hottest on record.
Ranks
#13 / 141
warmest Sep 1 in 141 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 1 ever
101°F
set in 1953
Coolest Sep 1 ever
68°F
set in 1909
Forecast high 93°F — 13th warmest Sep 1 of 141 years · record 101°F (1953) · warmest since 2011.
Ranks
#8 / 141
warmest Sep 2 in 141 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 2 ever
100°F
set in 1953
Coolest Sep 2 ever
62°F
set in 1892
Forecast high 94°F — 8th warmest Sep 2 of 141 years · record 100°F (1953) · warmest since 2011.
Ranks
#3 / 141
warmest Sep 3 in 141 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 3 ever
100°F
set in 1953
Coolest Sep 3 ever
63°F
set in 1974
Forecast high 97°F — 3rd warmest Sep 3 of 141 years · record 100°F (1953) · warmest since 2011.
Ranks
#4 / 141
warmest Sep 4 in 141 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 4 ever
98°F
set in 1954
Coolest Sep 4 ever
68°F
set in 1891
Forecast high 95°F — 4th warmest Sep 4 of 141 years · record 98°F (1954) · warmest since 1999.
Ranks
#20 / 141
warmest Sep 5 in 141 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 5 ever
103°F
set in 1954
Coolest Sep 5 ever
67°F
set in 1994
Forecast high 90°F — 20th warmest Sep 5 of 141 years · record 103°F (1954) · warmest since 2023.
Ranks
#43 / 141
warmest Sep 6 in 141 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 6 ever
102°F
set in 1954
Coolest Sep 6 ever
61°F
set in 2011
Forecast high 87°F — 43rd warmest Sep 6 of 141 years · record 102°F (1954) · warmest since 2024.
Ranks
#53 / 141
warmest Sep 7 in 141 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 7 ever
97°F
set in 1899
Coolest Sep 7 ever
61°F
set in 2011
Forecast high 86°F — 53rd warmest Sep 7 of 141 years · record 97°F (1899) · warmest since 2024.
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
Hot Streaks
Current run
1 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever
21 days
record run, ended Aug 28 1936
So far in 2026
17 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Climate Normals
Normal high & low by month, from Lexington's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 84°F · forecast is +13° vs normal.
Lexington's observed daily high 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 high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.