All-time weather records — Lexington, NC

Record high
107.1°F
July 29, 1952
Record low
-6.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.57 in
October 15, 1954

Climate change signal in Lexington

7.1%

of Lexington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (26 of 366 records since 2015).

9.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (35 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 #
1900s
33
50
1910s
1
5
1930s
11
2
1940s
67
29
1950s
83
11
1960s
30
22
1970s
47
37
1980s
20
88
1990s
16
47
2000s
24
24
2010s
20
27
2020s
14
24

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 1903, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1902-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 28, 1944 -6.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.75 in — Jan 25, 2010
February 82.9°F — Feb 26, 1977 1.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.92 in — Feb 2, 1973
March 93.0°F — Mar 25, 1945 5.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.20 in — Mar 29, 1991
April 97.0°F — Apr 12, 1999 21.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 4.34 in — Apr 16, 1987
May 100.0°F — May 22, 1941 28.9°F — May 10, 1906 3.17 in — May 21, 1942
June 105.1°F — Jun 26, 1952 37.9°F — Jun 7, 1993 5.34 in — Jun 21, 1972
July 107.1°F — Jul 29, 1952 45.0°F — Jul 2, 1904 4.13 in — Jul 10, 2025
August 105.1°F — Aug 14, 1943 42.1°F — Aug 6, 2024 4.99 in — Aug 30, 1906
September 102.9°F — Sep 9, 1939 35.1°F — Sep 25, 1983 6.53 in — Sep 26, 1956
October 98.1°F — Oct 5, 1954 25.0°F — Oct 23, 1904 6.57 in — Oct 15, 1954
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 12.9°F — Nov 26, 1950 3.18 in — Nov 21, 1985
December 79.0°F — Dec 7, 1956 1.0°F — Dec 25, 1983 3.37 in — Dec 28, 1958

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