All-time weather records — Lexington, NE

Record high
107.1°F
June 14, 2022
Record low
-27.0°F
December 22, 1983
Wettest day
6.00 in
February 13, 2008

Climate change signal in Lexington

19.9%

of Lexington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (73 of 366 records since 2015).

10.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (40 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 #
1960s
49
84
1970s
55
55
1980s
53
76
1990s
39
59
2000s
69
28
2010s
51
44
2020s
50
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 1962, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1961-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 2, 1997 -22.0°F — Jan 6, 2004 0.90 in — Jan 17, 1996
February 79.0°F — Feb 23, 1982 -25.1°F — Feb 20, 2025 6.00 in — Feb 13, 2008
March 96.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -17.0°F — Mar 4, 2019 1.85 in — Mar 12, 1977
April 93.0°F — Apr 19, 1994 9.0°F — Apr 7, 2018 3.00 in — Apr 17, 2016
May 100.9°F — May 15, 2013 23.0°F — May 1, 1966 3.71 in — May 23, 1991
June 107.1°F — Jun 14, 2022 36.0°F — Jun 2, 1969 5.07 in — Jun 25, 1989
July 107.1°F — Jul 23, 1964 45.0°F — Jul 3, 1997 4.90 in — Jul 9, 2019
August 105.1°F — Aug 17, 1983 42.1°F — Aug 27, 1992 4.67 in — Aug 28, 1989
September 102.9°F — Sep 1, 1975 24.1°F — Sep 29, 1984 3.00 in — Sep 18, 1969
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 5.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 3.30 in — Oct 17, 1965
November 84.0°F — Nov 4, 2020 -11.9°F — Nov 26, 1975 1.85 in — Nov 18, 2015
December 77.0°F — Dec 23, 1964 -27.0°F — Dec 22, 1983 1.40 in — Dec 30, 2006

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