Lexington, OR

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from HEPPNER, OR US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 8a USDA hardiness Zone 8a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Lexington has an annual average temperature of 51.7°F with about 13.1 inches of precipitation per year and 12.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.8°F), and the coldest is December (average low 27.2°F). May is typically the wettest month (1.71 in) and August the driest (0.28 in). Snow typically falls from October through March.

Annual swing
36.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,148
Cooling need
342

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

28 of 366 (7.7%) 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.

1890s
17
1900s
27
1910s
29
1920s
26
1930s
41
1940s
18
1950s
25
1960s
29
1970s
40
1980s
31
1990s
28
2000s
24
2010s
12
2020s
19

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 43.6°F 27.6°F 35.6°F 1.32 in 3.0 in 11
February 47.4°F 29.2°F 38.3°F 1.07 in 3.4 in 10
March 54.7°F 33.6°F 44.2°F 1.36 in 0.9 in 12
April 60.8°F 37.8°F 49.3°F 1.46 in 0.1 in 11
May 69.4°F 44.5°F 56.9°F 1.71 in 10
June 76.6°F 49.5°F 63.1°F 1.35 in 7
July 86.8°F 55.1°F 71.0°F 0.31 in 3
August 86.1°F 54.7°F 70.4°F 0.28 in 2
September 77.3°F 48.3°F 62.8°F 0.43 in 4
October 63.8°F 39.5°F 51.7°F 1.17 in 0.2 in 9
November 51.0°F 32.2°F 41.6°F 1.37 in 0.9 in 12
December 42.5°F 27.2°F 34.9°F 1.26 in 4.3 in 12

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