All-time weather records — Lexington, VA

Record high
105.1°F
July 22, 1930
Record low
-16.1°F
January 14, 1912
Wettest day
5.33 in
October 15, 1954

Climate change signal in Lexington

4.1%

of Lexington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (15 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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 #
1880s
5
4
1890s
24
34
1900s
26
43
1910s
30
52
1920s
23
20
1930s
46
29
1940s
23
25
1950s
30
14
1960s
22
44
1970s
14
23
1980s
19
28
1990s
18
20
2000s
65
21
2010s
17
5
2020s
4
4

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 1889, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1889-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -16.1°F — Jan 14, 1912 2.56 in — Jan 31, 2013
February 84.0°F — Feb 11, 1932 -16.1°F — Feb 6, 1996 2.47 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 90.0°F — Mar 30, 1912 -4.0°F — Mar 8, 1960 3.51 in — Mar 17, 1936
April 95.0°F — Apr 18, 2002 5.0°F — Apr 26, 1905 3.80 in — Apr 21, 1992
May 97.0°F — May 11, 2004 24.1°F — May 7, 2003 3.68 in — May 12, 1912
June 100.0°F — Jun 26, 2003 0.0°F — Jun 21, 1915 5.18 in — Jun 28, 1995
July 105.1°F — Jul 22, 1930 44.1°F — Jul 27, 1962 2.80 in — Jul 24, 1959
August 102.9°F — Aug 9, 2007 35.1°F — Aug 2, 1996 4.95 in — Aug 20, 1969
September 100.0°F — Sep 1, 1932 30.0°F — Sep 24, 1963 4.65 in — Sep 23, 1907
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 18.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 5.33 in — Oct 15, 1954
November 87.1°F — Nov 4, 2003 -0.9°F — Nov 16, 1908 3.49 in — Nov 4, 1985
December 79.0°F — Dec 7, 1956 -9.9°F — Dec 27, 1914 4.10 in — Dec 23, 1907

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