All-time weather records — Lexington, TX

Record high
111.0°F
September 6, 2000
Record low
1.9°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
10.13 in
October 17, 1994

Climate change signal in Lexington

12%

of Lexington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (44 of 366 records since 2015).

8.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (31 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
·
·
1950s
·
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1960s
43
48
1970s
31
73
1980s
43
86
1990s
43
49
2000s
104
37
2010s
86
61
2020s
16
12

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 2022. Period of observation: 1948-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 24, 1972 8.1°F — Jan 11, 1982 3.67 in — Jan 10, 1991
February 97.0°F — Feb 22, 1996 3.9°F — Feb 17, 2021 4.30 in — Feb 21, 2003
March 93.9°F — Mar 23, 1971 18.0°F — Mar 2, 1980 3.49 in — Mar 20, 2012
April 97.0°F — Apr 9, 1963 30.0°F — Apr 7, 2009 3.40 in — Apr 26, 1949
May 100.0°F — May 30, 2003 37.9°F — May 4, 2013 6.06 in — May 11, 2021
June 106.0°F — Jun 25, 2009 52.0°F — Jun 2, 1984 4.50 in — Jun 11, 1981
July 105.1°F — Jul 5, 2009 57.9°F — Jul 16, 1967 2.50 in — Jul 9, 2021
August 109.9°F — Aug 28, 2011 57.9°F — Aug 13, 1967 7.95 in — Aug 27, 2017
September 111.0°F — Sep 6, 2000 41.0°F — Sep 28, 1967 4.42 in — Sep 8, 1962
October 100.0°F — Oct 1, 2011 25.0°F — Oct 31, 1993 10.13 in — Oct 17, 1994
November 90.0°F — Nov 5, 1963 19.0°F — Nov 27, 1993 4.95 in — Nov 5, 2002
December 84.9°F — Dec 4, 2005 1.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 4.87 in — Dec 21, 1991

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