All-time weather records — Lexington, MO

Record high
113.0°F
July 15, 1936
Record low
-26.0°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
6.17 in
September 14, 1998

Climate change signal in Lexington

0%

of Lexington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
28
36
1900s
27
37
1910s
36
39
1920s
24
29
1930s
111
27
1940s
22
20
1950s
34
19
1960s
20
20
1970s
12
18
1980s
17
55
1990s
18
46
2000s
17
20

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1893, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1893-2009.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 25, 1950 -20.9°F — Jan 12, 1912 2.41 in — Jan 30, 1982
February 80.1°F — Feb 25, 1930 -26.0°F — Feb 12, 1899 2.28 in — Feb 9, 2001
March 91.9°F — Mar 23, 1910 -8.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 3.25 in — Mar 25, 1920
April 93.0°F — Apr 30, 1910 -4.0°F — Apr 12, 1984 3.48 in — Apr 22, 1944
May 105.1°F — May 30, 1934 25.0°F — May 4, 1907 5.90 in — May 27, 1915
June 107.1°F — Jun 19, 1936 42.1°F — Jun 4, 1990 4.50 in — Jun 21, 1947
July 113.0°F — Jul 15, 1936 48.9°F — Jul 5, 1997 5.78 in — Jul 15, 1907
August 111.0°F — Aug 10, 1934 41.0°F — Aug 28, 1986 4.21 in — Aug 31, 2003
September 106.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 28.0°F — Sep 26, 1912 6.17 in — Sep 14, 1998
October 97.0°F — Oct 1, 1897 18.0°F — Oct 28, 1925 5.64 in — Oct 5, 1998
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -5.1°F — Nov 8, 1991 5.54 in — Nov 17, 1928
December 73.9°F — Dec 6, 1939 -22.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.53 in — Dec 15, 1971

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Lexington.