Lexington, KY: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 62.4°F in Lexington, KY, the warmest April since 2017, 2nd warmest of 140.

April 2026

Mean temperature: 62.4°F; Warmest since 2017; 2nd warmest of 140
Precipitation: 2.67 in; Driest since 2023; 43rd driest of 143

A normal April in Lexington, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 56.2°F, between 50.9°F and 59.1°F in eight years of ten and 4.23 in of precipitation, between 2.09 in and 6.01 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Lexington, KY since 1873: 62.4°F in 2026; the highest is 62.5°F, in 2017.

Normal range, 50.9 to 59.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Lexington, KY from 1873 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	62.4	2	74	1	50.9	3	2.67	101	0
2025	58.3	20	69.2	24	47.4	26	10.56	3	0
2024	59.8	5	69.8	15	49.8	4	4.40	45	0
2023	57.3	34	69.8	15	44.8	67	2.34	108	0
2022	55.1	65	64.6	76	45.6	51	3.71	68	0
2021	52.6	106	63.6	90	41.6	121	2.71	99	0
2020	50.9	123	61.5	124	40.3	128	4.92	31	0
2019	59.1	11	70.1	12	48.1	15	4.39	46	0
2018	50.9	123	61.8	119	40	130	4.34	49	0
2017	62.5	1	72.6	3	52.3	1	1.84	126	0
2016	56.9	42	68.5	29	45.3	55	3.31	79	0
2015	56.6	46	67.2	49	45.9	47	11.41	2	0
2014	58.4	19	69.9	13	46.8	32	5.99	18	0
2013	55.9	52	66.9	52	45	63	4.87	34	0
2012	55.9	52	67.6	39	44.2	80	2.30	111	0
2011	58.2	22	68.8	27	47.6	20	12.70	1	0
2010	59.4	9	71.6	5	47.3	28	2.31	110	0
2009	55.5	59	65.6	66	45.4	53	4.78	39	0
2008	54.6	72	64.8	73	44.3	76	5.89	19	0
2007	52.9	101	62.8	100	42.9	103	4.12	56	0
2006	59	14	69.4	21	48.6	9	4.55	40	0
2005	56.3	49	66.8	53	45.7	49	3.47	73	0
2004	55	66	64.8	73	45.3	55	3.73	67	0
2003	56.9	42	67.4	42	46.4	38	4.10	57	0
2002	57.9	26	68.2	30	47.5	22	5.28	26	0
2001	59.7	6	70.8	8	48.6	9	1.14	137	0
2000	53.3	95	63.8	89	42.8	106	4.52	41	0
1999	56.5	48	66.5	56	46.4	38	2.23	112	0
1998	53.7	88	62.9	98	44.5	71	6.20	15	0
1997	49.1	134	60.4	131	37.7	142	1.89	124	0
1996	50.8	125	62	114	39.7	132	4.84	35	0
1995	55.5	59	67.3	46	43.7	91	3.90	61	0
1994	58.1	23	69.4	21	46.8	32	5.18	27	0
1993	52.7	104	62.8	100	42.6	108	3.53	71	0
1992	56.1	51	66	62	46.1	44	2.11	118	0
1991	58.1	23	67.6	39	48.5	11	2.70	100	0
1990	53.1	99	64.1	86	42.2	112	2.37	107	0
1989	54.2	76	64.4	81	44	85	2.60	103	0
1988	54.2	76	66.1	59	42.2	112	2.93	93	0
1987	53.7	88	64.5	79	42.8	106	2.23	112	0
1986	57.3	34	69.2	24	45.3	55	1.65	129	0
1985	58.5	17	69.5	20	47.4	26	2.34	108	0
1984	53	100	62	114	44.1	84	5.02	29	0
1983	50.8	125	58.9	136	42.6	108	5.18	27	0
1982	50.6	129	61.2	127	40	130	2.19	116	0
1981	59.6	7	70.2	11	48.9	6	4.88	33	0
1980	52.5	109	62.8	100	42.2	112	2.82	97	0
1979	53.8	85	64	87	43.5	92	4.92	31	0
1978	57	40	67.4	42	46.6	36	3.15	88	0
1977	59.5	8	71.1	6	48	16	3.42	74	0
1976	54.4	74	67.8	35	41.1	122	1.24	135	0
1975	52.2	113	62.4	109	42	115	6.17	16	0
1974	55.8	56	67.4	42	44.2	80	3.33	77	0
1973	52.9	101	61.3	125	44.5	71	5.67	23	0
1972	53.7	88	64.5	79	42.9	103	8.75	5	0
1971	52	114	65.2	69	38.8	139	2.10	119	0
1970	57.2	37	68	33	46.3	40	9.30	4	0
1969	56.3	49	67.8	35	44.8	67	3.83	64	0
1968	55	66	65.8	64	44.3	76	3.23	85	0
1967	58.8	16	69.9	13	47.7	18	3.61	69	0
1966	52.6	106	60.7	129	44.5	71	7.16	8	0
1965	55.9	52	66.6	54	45.2	58	3.24	84	0
1964	58.3	20	69.7	18	46.9	31	2.86	96	0
1963	57.3	34	68.2	30	46.3	40	1.61	131	0
1962	52.3	112	62.5	105	42	115	2.61	102	0
1961	48.6	137	57.8	139	39.5	134	6.04	17	0
1960	58.1	23	69.7	18	46.5	37	1.65	129	0
1959	55.8	56	66.1	59	45.4	53	2.99	91	0
1958	54.2	76	65	72	43.3	97	4.16	54	0
1957	57.8	27	68.2	30	47.5	22	7.66	6	0
1956	51.7	118	61.6	122	41.8	118	4.79	38	0
1955	58.9	15	70.4	10	47.5	22	1.71	128	0
1954	60.8	4	72.7	2	48.9	6	3.79	65	0
1953	51.1	122	61.3	125	40.9	126	3.88	63	0
1952	54.7	70	66	62	43.3	97	2.06	122	0
1951	51.7	118	62.3	111	41.1	122	2.49	104	0
1950	50.4	130	61.8	119	38.9	138	3.34	75	0
1949	51.8	116	61.9	118	41.7	119	3.34	75	0
1948	57.8	27	68.8	27	46.8	32	7.50	7	0
1947	55.3	63	65.6	66	44.9	65	4.83	36	0
1946	56.9	42	68	33	45.8	48	0.79	141	0
1945	57.1	38	67.5	41	46.7	35	4.16	54	0
1944	53.8	85	65.2	69	42.3	110	4.21	51	0
1943	50.8	125	62	114	39.6	133	3.98	59	0
1942	57.6	31	70.8	8	44.3	76	3.11	89	0
1941	59.1	11	71.1	6	47	29	2.22	115	0
1940	51.2	121	62.4	109	40.3	128	4.81	37	1
1939	52	114	62.8	100	41.1	122	6.46	13	0
1938	57.5	32	69.3	23	45.7	49	3.25	83	0
1937	54	80	65.6	66	42.3	110	5.32	25	0
1936	50.2	131	61.7	121	38.6	140	5.76	22	0
1935	53.6	93	62.6	104	44.5	71	4.36	47	0
1934	55.4	61	67.3	46	43.5	92	2.10	119	0
1933	53.2	97	62.5	105	43.9	87	4.03	58	0
1932	53.9	83	63	97	44.8	67	3.32	78	0
1931	54	80	63.2	95	44.8	67	4.36	47	0
1930	57.7	30	67.8	35	47.5	22	0.81	140	0
1929	57.8	27	67.8	35	47.8	17	2.99	91	0
1928	50.7	128	59.6	134	41.7	119	2.79	98	0
1927	55.4	61	64.6	76	46.2	42	3.89	62	0
1926	48.7	136	58.4	138	39.1	136	1.54	132	0
1925	59.2	10	69.1	26	49.2	5	2.49	104	0
1924	54.9	69	64.6	76	45.2	58	3.75	66	0
1923	53.3	95	63.3	94	43.3	97	5.43	24	0
1922	57.1	38	66.4	57	47.7	18	4.46	43	0
1921	57.5	32	66.6	54	48.4	12	3.28	82	0
1920	49.7	132	58.8	137	40.6	127	6.42	14	0
1919	54.3	75	63.6	90	45	63	3.51	72	0
1918	51.8	116	60.1	132	43.4	95	2.09	121	0
1917	53.7	88	64.2	85	43.3	97	3.97	60	0
1916	52.4	111	60.9	128	43.8	89	1.01	139	0
1915	59.1	11	69.8	15	48.4	12	0.65	142	0
1914	53.7	88	63.2	95	44.2	80	2.23	112	0
1913	53.2	97	62.5	105	43.9	87	2.41	106	0
1912	56.6	46	66.2	58	47	29	6.89	9	0
1911	51.7	118	60.1	132	43.2	101	4.46	43	0
1910	54.2	76	63.9	88	44.5	71	4.22	50	0
1909	53.9	83	64.4	81	43.4	95	6.72	11	0
1908	54.7	70	64.3	83	45.1	61	4.99	30	0
1907	45.3	140	53.7	143	36.9	143	1.83	127	0
1906	56.7	45	67.3	46	46.1	44	1.11	138	0
1905	53.8	85	63.4	93	44.2	80	2.87	95	0
1904	47.8	138	56.5	141	39	137	3.08	90	0
1903	53.4	94	62.5	105	44.3	76	3.29	80	0
1902	52.6	106	62	114	43.1	102	1.27	134	0
1901	49	135	57.1	140	41	125	4.52	41	0
1900	55	66	64.7	75	45.2	58	1.23	136	0
1899	57	40	64.3	83	48.4	12	2.16	117	2
1898			60.5	130	41.9	117	3.29	80	4
1897	52.7	104	62.3	111	43.5	92	5.80	21	3
1896	61.7	3	71.7	4	51.8	2	0.40	143	0
1895	55.9	52	65.8	64	46	46	3.17	86	2
1894	54	80	62.9	98	45.1	61	4.19	53	0
1893			66.1	59	47.6	20	5.81	20	5
1892	54.6	72	63.6	90	44.9	65	6.57	12	2
1891	58.5	17	67.2	49	48.7	8	1.85	125	2
1890			67.2	49	46.2	42	3.59	70	6
1889	55.3	63	65.1	71	45.5	52	1.52	133	1
1888	55.6	58	67.4	42	43.8	89	3.17	86	0
1876	52.5	109	62.1	113	42.9	103	4.20	52	0
1875	49.3	133	59	135	39.5	134	2.06	122	0
1874	46.3	139	54.8	142	37.8	141	6.81	10	0
1873	52.8	103	61.6	122	44	85	2.89	94	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2017	62.5
2026	62.4
1896	61.7
1954	60.8
2024	59.8
2001	59.7
1981	59.6
1977	59.5
2010	59.4
1925	59.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	45.3
1874	46.3
1904	47.8
1961	48.6
1926	48.7
1901	49
1997	49.1
1875	49.3
1920	49.7
1936	50.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	12.70
2015	11.41
2025	10.56
1970	9.30
1972	8.75
1957	7.66
1948	7.50
1966	7.16
1912	6.89
1874	6.81

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1896	0.40
1915	0.65
1946	0.79
1930	0.81
1916	1.01
1906	1.11
2001	1.14
1900	1.23
1976	1.24
1902	1.27

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 83°F; 15 April 2026
Coldest night: 32°F; 8 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.76 in; 28 April 2026

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April 2026 brought 2.67 in of precipitation in Lexington, KY, the driest April since 2023, 43rd driest of 143.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Lexington, KY: 83°F on Wednesday 15 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Lexington, KY: a low of 32°F on Wednesday 8 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Lexington, KY: 0.76 in on Tuesday 28 April 2026.