All-time weather records — Lexington, OH

Record high
105.1°F
July 21, 1934
Record low
-45.9°F
December 16, 1989
Wettest day
5.19 in
August 21, 2007

Climate change signal in Lexington

7.7%

of Lexington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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
·
·
1900s
·
·
1910s
5
8
1920s
37
6
1930s
111
20
1940s
27
50
1950s
29
76
1960s
17
78
1970s
13
51
1980s
25
32
1990s
32
13
2000s
21
13
2010s
39
19
2020s
10
·

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 1917, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1899-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 26, 1950 -25.1°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.47 in — Jan 11, 2005
February 73.0°F — Feb 25, 2017 -24.0°F — Feb 27, 1963 2.51 in — Feb 28, 2011
March 84.9°F — Mar 22, 2012 -40.0°F — Mar 31, 1982 2.73 in — Mar 12, 1939
April 87.1°F — Apr 11, 1930 -0.9°F — Apr 1, 1964 2.26 in — Apr 20, 1972
May 95.0°F — May 31, 1919 18.0°F — May 4, 1971 3.55 in — May 6, 1971
June 100.0°F — Jun 5, 1925 28.0°F — Jun 11, 1972 4.10 in — Jun 20, 1899
July 105.1°F — Jul 21, 1934 36.0°F — Jul 10, 1963 3.11 in — Jul 8, 1976
August 102.9°F — Aug 19, 1936 32.0°F — Aug 30, 1946 5.19 in — Aug 21, 2007
September 97.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 21.9°F — Sep 26, 1947 3.98 in — Sep 20, 1957
October 90.0°F — Oct 12, 1928 12.9°F — Oct 21, 1952 2.12 in — Oct 1, 1919
November 79.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -17.0°F — Nov 30, 1958 3.02 in — Nov 16, 1955
December 69.1°F — Dec 2, 1982 -45.9°F — Dec 16, 1989 3.00 in — Dec 11, 2021

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