All-time weather records — Lexington, MS

Record high
107.1°F
August 30, 2000
Record low
-8.0°F
January 12, 1962
Wettest day
7.40 in
October 17, 2006

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 #
1940s
·
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1950s
98
32
1960s
86
80
1970s
47
68
1980s
48
78
1990s
21
65
2000s
66
42
2010s
·
1

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 1954, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1944-2010.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 24, 1972 -8.0°F — Jan 12, 1962 4.80 in — Jan 20, 1979
February 84.0°F — Feb 23, 1996 1.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 5.90 in — Feb 10, 1966
March 90.0°F — Mar 17, 1963 9.0°F — Mar 9, 1996 4.56 in — Mar 3, 1997
April 91.0°F — Apr 21, 1987 21.9°F — Apr 4, 1987 6.30 in — Apr 26, 1970
May 96.1°F — May 15, 2001 36.0°F — May 4, 1971 5.30 in — May 22, 1967
June 102.9°F — Jun 28, 1954 44.1°F — Jun 1, 1966 5.70 in — Jun 10, 1997
July 104.0°F — Jul 1, 1954 48.9°F — Jul 15, 1967 4.25 in — Jul 6, 1967
August 107.1°F — Aug 30, 2000 50.0°F — Aug 28, 1968 5.15 in — Aug 16, 1964
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 34.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 4.22 in — Sep 29, 1964
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 1954 24.1°F — Oct 28, 1957 7.40 in — Oct 17, 2006
November 89.1°F — Nov 1, 1974 12.9°F — Nov 24, 1970 5.80 in — Nov 9, 2000
December 87.1°F — Dec 2, 1982 -4.0°F — Dec 24, 1989 4.80 in — Dec 30, 1969

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