Lexington, VA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LEXINGTON, VA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Lexington has an annual average temperature of 54.9°F with about 42.9 inches of precipitation per year and 13.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 23.3°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.80 in) and February the driest (2.76 in). Snow typically falls from December through March.
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →15 of 366 (4.1%) 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.
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 24 | |
| 1900s | 26 | |
| 1910s | 30 | |
| 1920s | 23 | |
| 1930s | 46 | |
| 1940s | 23 | |
| 1950s | 30 | |
| 1960s | 22 | |
| 1970s | 14 | |
| 1980s | 19 | |
| 1990s | 18 | |
| 2000s | 65 | |
| 2010s | 17 | |
| 2020s | 4 |
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 | 45.2°F | 23.3°F | 34.2°F | 3.15 in | 2.9 in | 9 |
| February | 49.3°F | 24.8°F | 37.0°F | 2.76 in | 4.7 in | 8 |
| March | 57.4°F | 31.2°F | 44.3°F | 3.52 in | 2.3 in | 10 |
| April | 68.4°F | 40.4°F | 54.4°F | 3.71 in | 0.1 in | 11 |
| May | 75.7°F | 50.5°F | 63.1°F | 4.11 in | — | 12 |
| June | 83.1°F | 59.4°F | 71.2°F | 4.80 in | — | 12 |
| July | 86.6°F | 64.0°F | 75.3°F | 4.10 in | — | 11 |
| August | 85.4°F | 62.6°F | 74.0°F | 3.31 in | — | 11 |
| September | 79.1°F | 55.5°F | 67.3°F | 3.67 in | — | 9 |
| October | 69.1°F | 42.9°F | 56.0°F | 3.06 in | — | 8 |
| November | 57.8°F | 31.9°F | 44.8°F | 3.23 in | 0.1 in | 8 |
| December | 48.3°F | 26.4°F | 37.3°F | 3.47 in | 3.4 in | 10 |
Climate twins of Lexington
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