Lexington, KY: Fall

10 October 2026: Fall 2026 so far averaged 72.1°F in Lexington, KY, the warmest 1 September to 10 October since 2019, tied 6th warmest of 142 (with 2007 and 1931).

Fall 2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 72.1°F; Warmest since 2019; 6th warmest of 142
Precipitation: 1.38 in; Driest since 2023; 13th driest of 142

A normal 1 September to 10 October in Lexington, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 66.6°F, between 63.9°F and 71.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.79 in of precipitation, between 1.59 in and 7.85 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 September to 10 October in Lexington, KY since 1873: 72.1°F in 2026; the highest is 75.5°F, in 2019.

Normal range, 63.9 to 71.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 September to 10 October 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	72.1	6	83.3	8	60.9	12	1.38	130	0
2025	69.1	33	81.9	15	56.3	76	8.30	5	0
2024	70.4	22	81.3	19	59.6	24	6.38	15	0
2023	69.6	28	81.9	15	57.3	57	1.04	136	0
2022	66	88	78.3	55	53.8	115	1.50	128	0
2021	68.2	50	77.9	65	58.6	35	6.76	11	0
2020	64.6	114	75.1	105	54.1	113	4.26	51	0
2019	75.5	1	88.5	1	62.5	4	2.46	99	0
2018	74.2	2	82.5	11	65.9	1	14.38	1	0
2017	68.8	37	79.3	44	58.2	45	7.81	9	0
2016	71.3	15	83.1	9	59.4	28	1.81	119	0
2015	68.8	37	79.9	35	57.7	53	3.83	59	0
2014	67.3	62	78.2	59	56.4	73	5.62	28	0
2013	68.8	37	79.4	41	58.1	49	5.62	28	0
2012	63.7	131	73.7	127	53.8	115	5.79	26	0
2011	64.2	120	74.3	120	54.1	113	5.97	21	0
2010	67.7	56	81	22	54.4	108	0.64	140	0
2009	65.3	98	73.7	127	56.9	64	7.98	6	0
2008	69.2	31	81.1	20	57.3	57	2.02	114	0
2007	72.1	6	83.8	7	60.4	15	1.13	132	0
2006	63.8	130	73.3	130	54.3	110	10.46	3	0
2005	70.2	26	81	22	59.5	26	1.13	132	0
2004	66	88	76.4	82	55.6	83	3.37	71	0
2003	63	135	73.3	130	52.7	134	5.16	36	0
2002	70.3	24	80.4	29	60.2	16	7.84	7	0
2001	64.4	116	75.6	99	53.2	127	3.26	73	0
2000	64	125	73.8	125	54.2	112	5.44	32	0
1999	67	66	80.3	31	53.6	123	3.00	80	0
1998	71	19	82.8	10	59.3	31	2.49	97	0
1997	66.7	73	78	64	55.4	84	2.40	102	0
1996	63.9	128	74.1	123	53.8	115	4.36	48	0
1995	65.5	97	76	93	55	90	4.72	45	0
1994	64.9	107	76.1	88	53.8	115	1.64	124	0
1993	64.1	122	74.5	117	53.7	120	3.52	69	0
1992	64.9	107	75.2	104	54.6	100	3.75	62	0
1991	66.4	79	76.5	81	56.3	76	3.72	63	0
1990	67.8	54	77.4	70	58.3	43	4.02	55	0
1989	64.7	111	74.1	123	55.4	84	5.50	30	0
1988	64.4	116	74.2	121	54.5	104	6.07	17	0
1987	65.7	93	77.6	69	53.8	115	0.98	137	0
1986	69.2	31	78.3	55	60.1	18	3.77	61	0
1985	64.6	114	76.1	88	53.2	127	2.30	105	0
1984	65.3	98	76.3	85	54.4	108	1.71	122	0
1983	68.9	36	80.6	27	57.2	61	1.37	131	0
1982	66.9	69	76.1	88	57.6	55	2.25	110	0
1981	63.6	133	74.2	121	52.9	129	2.15	112	0
1980	67.3	62	77.4	70	57.3	57	2.60	96	0
1979	63.9	128	73.3	130	54.5	104	11.64	2	0
1978	66.9	69	77	74	56.8	66	3.58	68	0
1977	68.7	41	77.9	65	59.6	24	5.31	35	0
1976	62.3	137	72.8	136	51.8	137	5.81	25	0
1975	62.3	137	71.8	138	52.8	132	7.83	8	0
1974	59.7	142	69.9	142	49.4	142	4.18	53	0
1973	71.2	18	81.8	17	60.6	14	2.33	104	0
1972	66.5	77	76.6	80	56.3	76	4.90	42	0
1971	70.3	24	79.9	35	60.7	13	3.66	64	0
1970	69.6	28	79.8	38	59.4	28	5.96	22	0
1969	67.5	59	78.2	59	56.9	64	1.11	134	0
1968	65.1	103	75.4	101	54.9	96	5.11	37	0
1967	64	125	74.8	112	53.3	125	3.12	78	0
1966	63.3	134	72.9	134	53.7	120	4.43	47	0
1965	65	106	74.4	118	55.7	82	5.03	39	0
1964	64.3	119	76.2	86	52.4	135	5.35	34	0
1963	66.1	85	77.9	65	54.3	110	0.37	142	0
1962	64.9	107	74.4	118	55.4	84	6.34	16	0
1961	68.8	37	80.2	32	57.3	57	1.87	117	0
1960	69	35	78.8	50	59.2	32	5.63	27	0
1959	71.3	15	82.4	13	60.1	18	2.20	111	0
1958	65.6	95	76.2	86	55	90	3.28	72	0
1957	66.8	72	77	74	56.6	70	3.20	76	0
1956	64.7	111	75.8	97	53.5	124	2.70	92	0
1955	70.4	22	82.5	11	58.4	40	3.23	74	0
1954	72.3	5	84.5	4	60.1	18	4.99	40	0
1953	68.4	47	82.1	14	54.7	98	1.58	125	0
1952	64.2	120	76.4	82	52.1	136	2.74	91	0
1951	66.5	77	78.1	63	55	90	4.80	44	0
1950	64.1	122	73.7	127	54.5	104	5.43	33	0
1949	65.1	103	75.6	99	54.5	104	2.28	107	0
1948	66.1	85	76.9	78	55.4	84	3.01	79	0
1947	66.7	73	78.2	59	55.3	88	3.21	75	0
1946	66.9	69	78.9	48	55	90	3.19	77	0
1945	68	53	78.3	55	57.6	55	2.46	99	0
1944	66.4	79	76.1	88	56.8	66	4.01	56	0
1943	65.8	91	80.5	28	51.1	140	1.86	118	0
1942	66.7	73	78.7	52	54.7	98	3.66	64	0
1941	73.3	3	87.2	3	59.4	28	2.00	115	0
1940	65.3	98	79.4	41	51.2	139	2.89	85	0
1939	72.8	4	87.4	2	58.2	45	1.95	116	0
1938	67.5	59	80	34	54.9	96	2.29	106	0
1937	66.2	83	79.5	40	52.9	129	2.80	88	0
1936	71.9	9	83.9	6	60	21	3.63	66	0
1935	64.1	122	76.7	79	51.6	138	4.56	46	2
1934	67.2	65	79.4	41	55	90	4.81	43	0
1933	68.4	47	78.3	55	58.5	39	6.00	20	0
1932	66.1	85	75	107	57.2	61	3.39	70	0
1931	72.1	6	81.1	20	63.1	2	2.69	93	0
1930	69.1	33	78.2	59	60	21	2.84	87	0
1929	65.1	103	73.8	125	56.4	73	4.35	49	0
1928	65.2	102	74.6	115	55.9	81	1.05	135	0
1927	70.5	20	79.6	39	61.3	11	2.91	83	0
1926	70.1	27	78.5	53	61.8	9	5.92	23	0
1925	71.6	11	80.4	29	62.9	3	2.63	94	0
1924	64	125	73.1	133	55	90	3.90	57	0
1923	65.9	90	74.9	109	56.8	66	1.51	127	0
1922	71.6	11	80.9	24	62.3	6	6.60	13	0
1921	68.7	41	77.1	72	60.2	16	6.02	18	0
1920	67	66	75.4	101	58.7	34	5.10	38	0
1919	71.6	11	80.8	26	62.3	6	2.87	86	0
1918	63	135	72.7	137	53.3	125	1.41	129	0
1917	63.7	131	72.9	134	54.6	100	2.61	95	0
1916	66.3	81	76.4	82	56.3	76	2.77	90	0
1915	65.8	91	74.6	115	57	63	3.78	60	0
1914	67	66	76	93	57.9	51	3.88	58	0
1913	68.7	41	79.1	46	58.4	40	1.76	120	0
1912	68.3	49	78.4	54	58.2	45	2.09	113	0
1911	70.5	20	79.3	44	61.7	10	6.63	12	0
1910	68.2	50	77	74	59.5	26	9.06	4	0
1909	64.7	111	74.9	109	54.6	100	6.01	19	0
1908	68.2	50	79.9	35	56.5	71	0.84	138	0
1907	66.3	81	75.9	95	56.8	66	4.95	41	0
1906	67.3	62	74.9	109	59.8	23	5.50	30	0
1905	67.6	57	77	74	58.2	45	3.62	67	0
1904	67.8	54	77.9	65	57.7	53	1.71	122	0
1903	68.7	41	79.1	46	58.3	43	2.93	82	0
1902	65.7	93	75	107	56.4	73	2.96	81	0
1901	64.9	107	74.7	113	55.1	89	2.37	103	0
1900	71.8	10	81.4	18	62.1	8	2.41	101	0
1899	65.3	98	76.1	88	54.6	100	2.28	107	0
1898	71.6	11	80.9	24	62.4	5	5.86	24	0
1897	71.3	15	84.2	5	58.4	40	0.80	139	0
1896	64.4	116	75.1	105	53.7	120	4.28	50	0
1895	69.3	30	80.2	32	57.8	52	0.45	141	2
1894	67.6	57	77.1	72	58	50	4.09	54	0
1893	68.5	46	78.8	50	58.6	35	6.49	14	2
1892	66.2	83	75.9	95	56.5	71	4.20	52	0
1891	68.7	41	78.9	48	58.6	35	1.58	125	0
1890	66.6	76	74.7	113	58.6	35	2.28	107	0
1889	62.2	139	71.7	139	52.9	129	6.80	10	2
1888	60.1	141	70.6	141	50.1	141	1.76	120	3
1875	61.9	140	71	140	52.8	132	2.47	98	0
1874	67.4	61	75.7	98	59.1	33	2.91	83	0
1873	65.6	95	75.3	103	56	80	2.80	88	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	75.5
2018	74.2
1941	73.3
1939	72.8
1954	72.3
2026	72.1
2007	72.1
1931	72.1
1936	71.9
1900	71.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	59.7
1888	60.1
1875	61.9
1889	62.2
1976	62.3
1975	62.3
2003	63
1918	63
1966	63.3
1981	63.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	14.38
1979	11.64
2006	10.46
1910	9.06
2025	8.30
2009	7.98
2002	7.84
1975	7.83
2017	7.81
1889	6.80

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1963	0.37
1895	0.45
2010	0.64
1897	0.80
1908	0.84
1987	0.98
2023	1.04
1928	1.05
1969	1.11
2007	1.13
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 98°F; 4 September 2026
Coldest night: 44°F; 7 October 2026, 28 September 2026
Wettest day: 0.45 in; 10 September 2026

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Fall 2026 so far brought 1.38 in of precipitation in Lexington, KY, the driest 1 September to 10 October since 2023, 13th driest of 142.
The hottest day of fall 2026 so far in Lexington, KY: 98°F on Friday 4 September 2026.
The coldest night of fall 2026 so far in Lexington, KY: a low of 44°F on Wednesday 7 October 2026 and Monday 28 September 2026.
The wettest day of fall 2026 so far in Lexington, KY: 0.45 in on Thursday 10 September 2026.