Lexington, KY: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 37.1°F in Lexington, KY, the warmest February since 2025, 57th warmest of 135.

February 2026

Mean temperature: 37.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 57th warmest of 135
Precipitation: 2.54 in; Driest since 2013; 56th driest of 143

A normal February in Lexington, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 37.7°F, between 31.6°F and 42.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.24 in of precipitation, between 1.60 in and 5.81 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Lexington, KY since 1873: 37.1°F in 2026; the highest is 46.9°F, in 2023.

Normal range, 31.6 to 42.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February 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	37.1	57	46.9	52	27.3	64	2.54	87	0
2025	39.3	33	49.2	25	29.4	41	6.74	11	0
2024	45.4	3	56.9	3	33.9	9	4.60	32	0
2023	46.9	1	57.4	1	36.4	1	3.72	47	0
2022	37.9	47	48.3	34	27.4	63	7.69	5	0
2021	30.7	114	37.6	122	23.8	100	4.61	31	0
2020	36.7	64	45	69	28.4	53	4.88	22	0
2019	42.5	14	51.7	12	33.4	12	7.39	7	0
2018	44.9	4	54.1	5	35.6	4	10.13	1	0
2017	46.8	2	57.4	1	36.3	2	3.39	59	0
2016	38.2	43	47	51	29.4	41	4.46	34	0
2015	24.9	131	34.5	131	15.4	136	3.00	74	0
2014	32.3	101	41	100	23.5	103	4.73	27	0
2013	35.1	82	44.5	73	25.8	88	1.52	129	0
2012	40	27	49.1	26	30.9	30	3.09	70	0
2011	38.4	42	47.9	40	29	48	6.22	14	0
2010	28.8	121	35.8	127	21.9	116	1.61	124	0
2009	37.7	50	47.3	48	28.2	54	2.54	87	0
2008	35.5	74	43.2	87	27.8	58	5.76	17	0
2007	27.5	126	35.8	127	19.2	125	2.47	93	0
2006	35.4	76	44.3	76	26.6	78	2.12	107	0
2005	39.6	30	48.1	35	31	29	2.23	101	0
2004	36	68	45.6	63	26.5	80	1.49	130	0
2003	31.9	104	38.6	115	25.3	91	4.85	23	0
2002	37.7	50	47.9	40	27.5	62	1.37	132	0
2001	39.9	28	49	28	30.8	31	3.56	54	0
2000	42.7	13	52.6	8	32.8	14	4.81	24	0
1999	40.1	26	49.7	21	30.6	34	2.38	94	0
1998	41.1	16	48	38	34.2	8	2.58	86	0
1997	40.8	20	48.9	30	32.7	15	3.97	43	0
1996	35.7	71	44.5	73	26.8	73	1.86	115	0
1995	33.5	90	43	90	24	98	2.26	99	0
1994	36.8	62	46.8	53	26.8	73	4.42	36	0
1993	33.1	95	42.3	92	23.9	99	4.15	40	0
1992	41.3	15	49.9	20	32.7	15	1.84	116	0
1991	39.1	36	48.1	35	30	37	3.91	44	0
1990	43.1	10	52.6	8	33.5	11	3.43	56	0
1989	33.1	95	40.9	101	25.3	91	10.12	2	0
1988	33.7	89	44.1	80	23.3	107	3.06	71	0
1987	38	46	46	58	30	37	3.62	52	0
1986	38.6	39	46.3	57	30.8	31	2.48	92	0
1985	30.5	115	38.6	115	22.4	112	1.11	135	0
1984	41.1	16	50.8	16	31.5	25	3.31	63	0
1983	37.2	56	45.1	66	29.3	46	1.61	124	0
1982	34.8	84	43.2	87	26.5	80	2.16	105	0
1981	37	58	47.8	43	26.1	85	4.76	26	0
1980	28.2	123	36.4	126	20.1	122	1.17	133	0
1979	26.9	127	35.8	127	17.9	130	2.92	76	0
1978	21.3	135	29.3	138	13.3	137	0.67	141	0
1977	34.9	83	44.3	76	25.5	90	1.03	136	0
1976	43.9	6	54.9	4	32.9	13	4.67	30	0
1975	39.5	31	47.9	40	31.1	28	5.70	18	0
1974	37.3	54	47.5	47	27.2	67	2.24	100	0
1973	35.2	81	44.1	80	26.3	83	1.58	128	0
1972	33.2	92	43.1	89	23.2	108	5.60	19	0
1971	34.8	84	44.4	75	25.2	93	4.72	28	0
1970	32.3	101	41.3	97	23.4	106	3.60	53	0
1969	36.2	67	43.4	86	28.9	49	1.60	127	0
1968	27.9	124	37.7	121	18.2	129	0.71	140	0
1967	30.2	116	39.5	111	20.9	120	2.29	97	0
1966	33.2	92	40.4	103	26.1	85	3.64	49	0
1965	34.3	86	45.1	66	23.5	103	2.92	76	0
1964	32	103	41.3	97	22.7	110	2.52	89	0
1963	28.6	122	38.1	120	19	126	1.81	118	0
1962	38.8	37	48.5	33	29.1	47	7.24	8	0
1961	40.7	21	49.4	23	32	19	3.89	45	0
1960	31	113	38.3	118	23.7	102	4.55	33	0
1959	37.4	53	48.1	35	26.7	76	3.18	64	0
1958	25.8	129	34.2	132	17.4	133	1.77	120	0
1957	40.3	25	48.7	32	31.9	20	3.48	55	0
1956	40.6	22	48.9	30	32.2	18	7.06	9	0
1955	36.4	65	44.9	70	27.8	58	7.69	5	0
1954	42.8	12	54	6	31.7	22	1.68	121	0
1953	39.4	32	49.4	23	29.4	41	1.44	131	0
1952	38.8	37	47.7	44	30	37	2.72	82	0
1951	35.3	79	45.1	66	25.6	89	3.64	49	0
1950	37.9	47	47.3	48	28.5	52	3.64	49	0
1949	40.6	22	50.4	17	30.8	31	5.86	16	0
1948	35.8	70	44.6	72	27.1	68	4.93	20	0
1947	25.9	128	33.9	133	17.9	130	0.85	138	0
1946	37.5	52	47.7	44	27.3	64	4.26	39	0
1945	36.3	66	46	58	26.5	80	6.25	13	0
1944	41	18	51.4	14	30.3	36	3.67	48	2
1943	37	58	49	28	25	94	1.98	111	0
1942	31.5	108	39.5	111	23.5	103	2.82	80	0
1941	31.3	110	40.2	106	22.3	114	0.84	139	0
1940	33.8	88	41.4	96	26.3	83	4.68	29	0
1939	39.3	33	49.7	21	28.9	49	8.48	3	0
1938	43.3	9	51.5	13	35.1	7	2.49	91	0
1937	35.5	74	44.3	76	26.7	76	2.77	81	0
1936							2.07	110	6
1935			46.8	53	28.7	51	2.22	102	4
1934			37.6	122	18.4	128	1.68	121	4
1933	35.3	79	43.6	85	26.9	72	3.36	61	0
1932	44.6	5	53.4	7	35.7	3	3.01	73	0
1931	39.3	33	46.7	55	31.9	20	3.40	57	0
1930	43.9	6	52.1	11	35.6	4	2.91	78	0
1929	29.2	120	36.9	125	21.5	119	3.37	60	0
1928	35.4	76	42.6	91	28.2	54	2.30	96	0
1927	43.4	8	51.4	14	35.5	6	1.87	114	0
1926	37.3	54	45.3	64	29.4	41	2.27	98	0
1925	43.1	10	52.2	10	33.9	9	3.02	72	0
1924	33.3	91	39.8	110	26.8	73	2.60	85	0
1923	31.6	107	39	114	24.3	97	4.40	37	0
1922	38.1	45	45.8	60	30.5	35	3.12	67	0
1921	38.5	40	45.7	61	31.3	26	2.62	83	0
1920	32.6	99	38.6	115	26.6	78	2.11	109	0
1919	36	68	43.9	83	28	57	1.61	124	0
1918	37.9	47	48	38	27.8	58	1.92	112	0
1917	31.8	106	42	94	21.7	117	2.12	107	0
1916	32.8	97	41.8	95	23.8	100	3.40	57	0
1915	39.9	28	47.1	50	32.6	17	1.12	134	0
1914	29.7	117	38.3	118	20.6	121	3.87	46	2
1913	32.8	97	40.8	102	24.9	95	2.61	84	0
1912	27.6	125	35.8	127	19.3	124	2.50	90	0
1911	40.4	24	49.1	26	31.6	24	2.21	103	0
1910	31.4	109	40	108	22.9	109	4.11	41	0
1909	41	18	50.3	18	31.7	22	6.86	10	0
1908	33.2	92	40.4	103	25.9	87	4.81	24	0
1907	32.5	100	40.4	103	24.5	96	1.89	113	0
1906	31.9	104	41.2	99	22.6	111	1.84	116	0
1905	24.9	131	32.8	134	17	134	2.13	106	0
1904	31.2	111	40	108	22.4	112	2.38	94	0
1903	35.7	71	44	82	27.3	64	6.16	15	0
1902	25	130	31.5	135	18.5	127	0.90	137	0
1901	29.4	119	37.1	124	21.7	117	0.62	142	0
1900	31.1	112	40.1	107	22.1	115	3.17	65	0
1899	24.5	133	31.4	136	17.6	132	2.84	79	0
1898	35.6	73	44.2	79	27.6	61	2.20	104	2
1897	36.9	60	44.8	71	29.7	40	6.33	12	2
1896	34.1	87	42.3	92	27.1	68	3.15	66	2
1895	23.4	134	31.1	137	15.6	135	0.52	143	0
1894							3.35	62	6
1893	36.8	62	46.5	56	27	71	4.44	35	2
1892			50.1	19			3.10	69	5
1891							4.36	38	7
1890							8.13	4	7
1889							1.78	119	7
1888	36.9	60	45.7	61	28.1	56	2.93	75	0
1876	38.5	40	47.7	44	29.4	41	1.66	123	0
1875	29.5	118	39.5	111	19.4	123	3.12	67	0
1874	38.2	43	45.2	65	31.2	27	4.89	21	0
1873	35.4	76	43.7	84	27.1	68	4.05	42	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	46.9
2017	46.8
2024	45.4
2018	44.9
1932	44.6
1976	43.9
1930	43.9
1927	43.4
1938	43.3
1990	43.1
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	21.3
1895	23.4
1899	24.5
2015	24.9
1905	24.9
1902	25
1958	25.8
1947	25.9
1979	26.9
2007	27.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	10.13
1989	10.12
1939	8.48
1890	8.13
2022	7.69
1955	7.69
2019	7.39
1962	7.24
1956	7.06
1909	6.86

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1895	0.52
1901	0.62
1978	0.67
1968	0.71
1941	0.84
1947	0.85
1902	0.90
1977	1.03
1985	1.11
1915	1.12

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 19 February 2026
Coldest night: 4°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.29 in; 19 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 2.54 in of precipitation in Lexington, KY, the driest February since 2013, tied 56th driest of 143 (with 2009).
The hottest day of February 2026 in Lexington, KY: 69°F on Thursday 19 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Lexington, KY: a low of 4°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Lexington, KY: 1.29 in on Thursday 19 February 2026.