All-time weather records — Lexington, SC

Record high
109.0°F
June 29, 2012
Record low
-0.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.87 in
October 4, 2015

Climate change signal in Lexington

16.9%

of Lexington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (62 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 #
1940s
15
4
1950s
80
54
1960s
33
90
1970s
55
76
1980s
43
80
1990s
34
27
2000s
22
20
2010s
60
9
2020s
24
6

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1942-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 24, 1974 -0.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.79 in — Jan 10, 1968
February 86.0°F — Feb 28, 2021 5.0°F — Feb 12, 1973 3.69 in — Feb 22, 1962
March 91.0°F — Mar 10, 1974 3.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.24 in — Mar 30, 1960
April 93.9°F — Apr 23, 1970 26.1°F — Apr 8, 2007 3.03 in — Apr 11, 1956
May 100.9°F — May 25, 2000 34.0°F — May 2, 1963 4.68 in — May 22, 1967
June 109.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 44.1°F — Jun 1, 1984 5.40 in — Jun 15, 1973
July 107.1°F — Jul 23, 1952 54.0°F — Jul 7, 1951 5.79 in — Jul 9, 1959
August 107.1°F — Aug 10, 2007 53.1°F — Aug 24, 1969 5.13 in — Aug 22, 2021
September 100.9°F — Sep 6, 1954 39.9°F — Sep 30, 1967 5.17 in — Sep 3, 1998
October 100.9°F — Oct 5, 1954 23.0°F — Oct 22, 1952 6.87 in — Oct 4, 2015
November 90.0°F — Nov 2, 1961 12.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 2.60 in — Nov 12, 1986
December 82.9°F — Dec 4, 1978 3.9°F — Dec 12, 1958 4.16 in — Dec 13, 2019

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