Lexington, NC
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LEXINGTON, NC US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Lexington has an annual average temperature of 59.3°F with about 45.5 inches of precipitation per year and 3.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 89.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 28.0°F). July is typically the wettest month (4.68 in) and October the driest (3.05 in). Snow typically falls from December through March.
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All-time records →26 of 366 (7.1%) of Lexington's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1900s | 33 | |
| 1910s | 1 | |
| 1930s | 11 | |
| 1940s | 67 | |
| 1950s | 83 | |
| 1960s | 30 | |
| 1970s | 47 | |
| 1980s | 20 | |
| 1990s | 16 | |
| 2000s | 24 | |
| 2010s | 20 | |
| 2020s | 14 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51.5°F | 28.0°F | 39.7°F | 3.75 in | 2.0 in | 9 |
| February | 55.8°F | 30.8°F | 43.3°F | 3.18 in | 0.4 in | 9 |
| March | 63.8°F | 37.0°F | 50.4°F | 3.86 in | 0.3 in | 10 |
| April | 73.4°F | 45.3°F | 59.3°F | 3.96 in | — | 9 |
| May | 79.8°F | 54.8°F | 67.3°F | 3.33 in | — | 10 |
| June | 86.1°F | 63.1°F | 74.6°F | 4.18 in | — | 9 |
| July | 89.1°F | 67.1°F | 78.1°F | 4.68 in | — | 11 |
| August | 87.5°F | 65.6°F | 76.6°F | 4.44 in | — | 9 |
| September | 82.0°F | 59.5°F | 70.8°F | 4.27 in | — | 8 |
| October | 72.8°F | 47.3°F | 60.0°F | 3.05 in | — | 7 |
| November | 62.3°F | 36.3°F | 49.3°F | 3.37 in | — | 8 |
| December | 53.9°F | 30.8°F | 42.3°F | 3.40 in | 0.6 in | 9 |
Climate twins of Lexington
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