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Lexington, KY 38.034°N, 84.611°W · station LEXthr · 155 years of record
90°F
HOTTEST JUL 15 SINCE 2024
forecast high · Jul 15
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Lexington.
86° MON 7/13 88° TUE 7/14 90° WED 7/15 90° THU 7/16 90° FRI 7/17 89° SAT 7/18 88° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 15
Today ranks #22 / 142
warmest Jul 15 in 142 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 15 ever 106°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 15 ever 70°F
set in 1917
Hottest Jul 15 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 15 at Lexington. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
70 88 106 1873: 83°F 1874: 87°F 1875: 85°F 1876: 86°F 1888: 78°F 1889: 76°F 1890: 87°F 1891: 78°F 1892: 90°F 1893: 91°F 1894: 87°F 1895: 83°F 1896: 88°F 1897: 81°F 1898: 89°F 1899: 94°F 1900: 93°F 1901: 96°F 1902: 88°F 1903: 78°F 1904: 88°F 1905: 88°F 1906: 85°F 1907: 86°F 1908: 89°F 1909: 86°F 1910: 86°F 1911: 91°F 1912: 91°F 1913: 90°F 1914: 83°F 1915: 89°F 1916: 90°F 1917: 70°F 1918: 86°F 1919: 87°F 1920: 83°F 1921: 88°F 1922: 87°F 1923: 90°F 1924: 76°F 1925: 89°F 1926: 76°F 1927: 83°F 1928: 79°F 1929: 76°F 1930: 80°F 1931: 94°F 1932: 94°F 1933: 78°F 1934: 94°F 1935: 91°F 1936: 106°F 1937: 94°F 1938: 88°F 1939: 82°F 1940: 87°F 1941: 91°F 1942: 90°F 1943: 93°F 1944: 91°F 1945: 75°F 1946: 86°F 1947: 78°F 1948: 85°F 1949: 88°F 1950: 79°F 1951: 88°F 1952: 95°F 1953: 89°F 1954: 88°F 1955: 79°F 1956: 85°F 1957: 89°F 1958: 87°F 1959: 87°F 1960: 75°F 1961: 81°F 1962: 86°F 1963: 85°F 1964: 79°F 1965: 83°F 1966: 80°F 1967: 72°F 1968: 88°F 1969: 89°F 1970: 89°F 1971: 85°F 1972: 88°F 1973: 75°F 1974: 81°F 1975: 87°F 1976: 89°F 1977: 93°F 1978: 78°F 1979: 83°F 1980: 93°F 1981: 84°F 1982: 88°F 1983: 95°F 1984: 88°F 1985: 90°F 1986: 86°F 1987: 77°F 1988: 90°F 1989: 83°F 1990: 74°F 1991: 84°F 1992: 88°F 1993: 86°F 1994: 80°F 1995: 96°F 1996: 87°F 1997: 90°F 1998: 74°F 1999: 89°F 2000: 87°F 2001: 85°F 2002: 88°F 2003: 83°F 2004: 81°F 2005: 84°F 2006: 89°F 2007: 90°F 2008: 84°F 2009: 80°F 2010: 90°F 2011: 88°F 2012: 88°F 2013: 90°F 2014: 78°F 2015: 81°F 2016: 89°F 2017: 84°F 2018: 84°F 2019: 89°F 2020: 87°F 2021: 87°F 2022: 90°F 2023: 82°F 2024: 97°F 2025: 88°F 90° forecast 1873 1936 2025 Forecast high · Jul 15 90°F Hottest this date since 2024 This-date record 106°F This-date rank #22 of 142
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 108°F (1936) 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 high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 21 days
record run, ended Aug 28 1936
So far in 2026 7 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Lexington's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 87°F · forecast is +3° 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 high 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 high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high 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 high at Lexington — counted through Jul 15 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
7 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 63rd most in 155 years. Normal for this point: 8 . Record: 42 in 1944.
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