Lexington, KY: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 28.5°F in Lexington, KY, the coldest January since 2014, tied 24th coldest of 132 (with 2011).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 28.5°F; Coldest since 2014; 24th coldest of 132
Precipitation: 2.69 in; Driest since 2018; 52nd driest of 143

A normal January in Lexington, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.1°F, between 28.2°F and 40.3°F in eight years of ten and 3.58 in of precipitation, between 1.80 in and 4.74 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Lexington, KY since 1873: 28.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 17.8°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 28.2 to 40.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	28.5	108	37.5	109	19.5	119	2.69	92	0
2025	28.8	105	36.9	115	20.7	113	3.29	80	0
2024	33.9	56	40.7	74	27.2	50	6.05	17	0
2023	43	2	51.1	2	34.9	2	6.29	15	0
2022	28.7	106	37.5	109	19.9	117	5.25	32	0
2021	33.8	59	40.5	77	27.2	50	4.78	36	0
2020	41.5	8	49.2	11	33.7	6	3.61	69	0
2019	33.8	59	41.3	66	26.4	61	4.35	51	0
2018	31	93	40.4	79	21.6	102	2.09	113	0
2017	40.2	16	47.1	21	33.3	9	4.71	38	0
2016	31.8	85	40.9	72	22.7	93	1.24	138	0
2015	31.1	90	40.1	84	22.1	97	1.85	121	0
2014	26.8	118	37.5	109	16.2	131	2.31	107	0
2013	35.6	43	43.5	48	27.7	43	4.46	42	0
2012	37.3	30	47.4	18	27.3	48	3.54	72	0
2011	28.5	108	35.3	123	21.7	100	2.04	114	0
2010	28.3	112	35.1	125	21.5	105	3.01	86	0
2009	28.4	110	36.6	117	20.3	116	4.32	52	0
2008	32.3	71	40.5	77	24	82	4.42	48	0
2007	36.9	36	44.6	40	29.3	33	3.37	76	0
2006	42.1	5	51	3	33.3	9	5.37	28	0
2005	37.5	26	44.2	43	30.7	20	4.27	54	0
2004	30.3	96	39.6	90	21.1	108	3.32	78	0
2003	26.1	120	33.3	128	18.9	124	0.95	139	0
2002	37.8	24	46.5	24	29	36	2.39	104	0
2001	31.1	90	38.5	101	23.6	87	1.35	133	0
2000	31.9	81	40	86	23.7	85	3.40	74	0
1999	36.2	38	45	36	27.4	46	5.77	19	0
1998	40.7	12	47.3	19	34.1	5	3.99	62	0
1997	31.6	86	40.6	75	22.6	94	3.70	66	0
1996	31	93	39.1	97	22.9	91	4.51	40	0
1995	33.9	56	41.1	70	26.6	58	5.01	33	0
1994	25.1	123	32.9	130	17.4	127	4.50	41	0
1993	37.4	27	45.7	29	29.1	34	2.42	103	0
1992	35.2	47	43.6	46	26.8	55	3.63	68	0
1991	33.9	56	41.7	62	26.1	64	2.57	97	0
1990	41.5	8	50	7	33.1	12	4.17	56	0
1989	40.5	14	49.7	9	31.3	17	3.99	62	0
1988	29.8	99	38.4	102	21.1	108	2.94	87	0
1987	31.9	81	39.2	95	24.5	80	1.30	135	0
1986	33.2	65	43.5	48	22.8	92	0.53	142	0
1985	23.8	125	30.4	136	17.1	128	1.91	119	0
1984	27.6	115	34.6	127	20.6	114	1.64	126	0
1983	33.8	59	40	86	27.6	44	1.29	136	0
1982	28.2	113	37.9	105	18.5	125	5.47	26	0
1981	27.5	116	35.3	123	19.6	118	0.37	143	0
1980	32.3	71	39	98	25.7	66	1.63	127	0
1979	23.6	126	31	135	16.2	131	4.07	60	0
1978	21.6	129	28.8	137	14.4	136	6.38	14	0
1977	17.8	132	26	140	9.6	140	2.30	109	0
1976	28.4	110	37.6	107	19.2	122	3.59	70	0
1975	37.3	30	45.6	31	28.9	38	3.66	67	0
1974	40.7	12	48	15	33.4	8	6.39	13	0
1973	35	49	43.3	54	26.8	55	1.53	129	0
1972	35.4	45	45.3	34	25.5	68	4.10	58	0
1971	29.6	100	38.3	103	21	110	3.29	80	0
1970	25.7	121	35.4	122	16.1	133	0.95	139	0
1969	32.1	75	40.3	80	23.8	84	4.26	55	0
1968	29.6	100	37.5	109	21.6	102	1.44	132	0
1967	37.3	30	46	28	28.6	39	1.35	133	0
1966	25.3	122	32.9	130	17.7	126	3.99	62	0
1965	32.2	74	41.7	62	22.6	94	2.83	89	0
1964	35	49	44.9	38	25	72	2.83	89	0
1963	26.6	119	36.5	118	16.7	129	1.47	131	0
1962	29.9	98	38.9	100	20.9	112	4.29	53	0
1961	27.8	114	36.1	119	19.5	119	1.71	124	0
1960	35.9	40	42.4	57	29.4	31	2.50	99	0
1959	31.1	90	40.6	75	21.5	105	4.86	35	0
1958	30.5	95	37.4	114	23.5	88	3.29	80	0
1957	31.4	88	39.4	92	23.4	89	4.45	45	0
1956	31.4	88	39.2	95	23.7	85	3.25	83	0
1955	32.1	75	40.2	82	24	82	1.57	128	0
1954	35.3	46	43.7	45	26.9	54	4.16	57	0
1953	39.7	17	47.7	17	31.7	15	4.10	58	0
1952	38.5	20	46.4	27	30.5	22	5.62	23	0
1951	34.9	51	43.3	54	26.5	59	11.15	3	0
1950	43.7	1	52.4	1	35	1	16.65	1	0
1949	41.2	10	49.1	13	33.3	9	5.55	25	0
1948	23.4	127	32	132	14.7	134	2.58	96	0
1947	37.8	24	46.5	24	29	36	6.62	10	0
1946	34.3	54	43.6	46	24.9	74	2.87	88	0
1945	28.6	107	35.5	121	21.7	100	3.05	85	0
1944	37	35	46.9	22	27.2	50	1.95	116	0
1943	36.2	38	45.4	33	27	53	3.31	79	0
1942	31.5	87	41.7	62	21.3	107	3.38	75	0
1941	34.5	53	41.6	65	27.3	48	2.32	106	0
1940	20	130	27.9	138	12	139	2.31	107	0
1939	38	22	46.5	24	29.6	29	5.94	18	0
1938	33.4	64	41.8	61	25.3	69	3.77	65	1
1937	41.7	6	49.8	8	33.6	7	15.10	2	0
1936			35.8	120	19.5	119	4.00	61	6
1935	34.6	52	42.8	56	26.5	59	5.36	29	2
1934			47.8	16	27.6	44	1.92	117	6
1933	42.5	4	50.5	6	34.5	4	6.52	12	0
1932	42.7	3	50.9	4	34.6	3	8.46	7	0
1931	35.6	43	41.9	60	29.4	31	0.77	141	0
1930	32.5	68	40.3	80	24.8	76	4.44	46	0
1929	31.9	81	42	59	21.9	98	2.83	89	0
1928	32.5	68	40	86	25.1	70	2.68	93	0
1927	33.5	63	41.1	70	25.8	65	6.53	11	0
1926	32	79	39.3	93	24.8	76	4.43	47	0
1925	32.9	67	40.1	84	25.6	67	3.41	73	0
1924	29.5	102	38	104	21	110	5.00	34	0
1923	39.1	19	46.9	22	31.3	17	6.63	9	0
1922	32.5	68	40.2	82	24.8	76	1.87	120	0
1921	37.4	27	44.6	40	30.1	25	3.24	84	0
1920	30.1	97	37.6	107	22.6	94	5.26	31	0
1919	36.9	36	44.7	39	29.1	34	2.48	101	0
1918	19.8	131	27.4	139	12.1	138	4.46	42	0
1917	35.1	48	43.5	48	26.8	55	5.67	20	0
1916	39.7	17	48.8	14	30.6	21	5.65	22	0
1915	32	79	39	98	25	72	4.38	50	0
1914	37.2	33	44.1	44	30.4	23	2.50	99	0
1913	41.6	7	50.8	5	32.4	13	10.35	4	0
1912	23.1	128	31.6	134	14.6	135	1.78	123	0
1911	38.3	21	45.7	29	30.9	19	2.44	102	0
1910	31.9	81	39.5	91	24.4	81	4.46	42	0
1909	37.2	33	44.6	40	29.7	28	3.35	77	0
1908	33	66	40.9	72	25.1	70	1.85	121	2
1907	40.4	15	49.2	11	31.5	16	9.06	6	0
1906	37.4	27	45.2	35	29.5	30	2.29	110	0
1905	24.3	124	32	132	16.6	130	2.04	114	0
1904	29.5	102	37.5	109	21.6	102	1.92	117	0
1903	32.1	75	39.3	93	24.9	74	1.68	125	0
1902	32.3	71	39.9	89	24.8	76	4.77	37	0
1901	34.3	54	42.2	58	26.4	61	1.49	130	0
1900	35.8	42	43.5	48	28	42	2.13	111	0
1899	33.8	59	41.2	68	26.4	61	6.69	8	0
1898			45.6	31	30	26	9.56	5	4
1897			37.7	106	20.4	115	2.59	95	4
1896			41.3	66	27.4	46	1.25	137	4
1895							5.60	24	8
1894	37.9	23	47.2	20	28.6	39	3.58	71	0
1893			33.3	128	14.4	136	2.10	112	6
1892							2.35	105	11
1891			43.5	48	30	26	4.70	39	5
1890							5.34	30	9
1889			45	36	30.2	24	5.66	21	4
1888	32.1	75	41.2	68	23.1	90	4.39	49	0
1876	40.9	11	49.5	10	32.4	13	6.06	16	0
1875	27	117	34.9	126	19	123	2.61	94	0
1874	35.9	40	43.4	53	28.5	41	5.41	27	0
1873	29.3	104	36.7	116	21.9	98	2.53	98	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	43.7
2023	43
1932	42.7
1933	42.5
2006	42.1
1937	41.7
1913	41.6
2020	41.5
1990	41.5
1949	41.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	17.8
1918	19.8
1940	20
1978	21.6
1912	23.1
1948	23.4
1979	23.6
1985	23.8
1905	24.3
1994	25.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	16.65
1937	15.10
1951	11.15
1913	10.35
1898	9.56
1907	9.06
1932	8.46
1899	6.69
1923	6.63
1947	6.62

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.37
1986	0.53
1931	0.77
2003	0.95
1970	0.95
2016	1.24
1896	1.25
1983	1.29
1987	1.30
2001	1.35
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 2°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.48 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.69 in of precipitation in Lexington, KY, the driest January since 2018, 52nd driest of 143.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Lexington, KY: 69°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Lexington, KY: a low of 2°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Lexington, KY: 1.48 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.