Lexington, KY: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 75.3°F in Lexington, KY, the warmest summer since 2025, tied 52nd warmest of 142 (with 2023, 1957, 1939 and 1 other year).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 75.3°F; Warmest since 2025; 52nd warmest of 142
Precipitation: 20.90 in; Wettest since 2013; 6th wettest of 142

A normal summer in Lexington, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 74.9°F, between 72.9°F and 77.1°F in eight years of ten and 13.11 in of precipitation, between 9.55 in and 18.45 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Lexington, KY since 1873: 75.3°F in 2026; the highest is 79.6°F, in 1936.

Normal range, 72.9 to 77.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	75.3	52	85	58	65.6	42	20.90	6	0
2025	76.2	28	86.5	31	65.9	32	11.10	87	0
2024	77.3	7	88.5	9	66.1	24	10.48	95	0
2023	75.3	52	85.5	51	65.2	62	14.47	39	0
2022	77.2	9	87.6	14	66.8	9	12.83	58	0
2021	74.3	83	83.8	89	64.8	73	19.02	11	0
2020	74.8	68	85	58	64.6	79	10.58	93	0
2019	76.4	23	86.8	28	66	27	13.14	55	0
2018	76.3	24	86	43	66.6	12	13.96	43	0
2017	74.3	83	84.5	69	64.2	96	16.08	24	0
2016	77.4	6	87.1	22	67.7	3	16.08	24	0
2015	74.2	89	84.1	80	64.4	90	17.50	18	0
2014	74.7	74	84.5	69	64.9	68	18.38	12	0
2013	74.4	80	83.7	91	65	67	21.78	3	0
2012	75.7	44	87.6	14	63.8	106	11.77	77	0
2011	76	39	86.1	39	65.9	32	11.76	78	0
2010	77.6	5	87.6	14	67.5	4	11.23	86	0
2009	72.9	117	81.8	124	64	101	17.29	20	0
2008	74.7	74	85.5	51	63.8	106	9.18	118	0
2007	76.6	18	87.5	17	65.7	40	13.07	57	0
2006	74.9	67	84.5	69	65.4	50	11.30	84	0
2005	77.1	10	87.2	19	67	7	11.43	81	0
2004	71.8	135	80.9	133	62.6	134	17.79	15	0
2003	73.3	107	82.7	107	63.9	105	16.02	27	0
2002	77.3	7	87.9	12	66.7	11	7.36	133	0
2001	74.2	89	84	82	64.5	85	11.29	85	0
2000	73.7	105	83.6	94	63.8	106	10.68	92	0
1999	76.2	28	87.2	19	65.3	56	8.84	122	0
1998	74.5	77	83.7	91	65.3	56	19.08	10	0
1997	72.7	124	82.1	118	63.3	123	15.41	31	0
1996	72.9	117	82.3	114	63.5	118	12.70	61	0
1995	76.6	18	86.9	26	66.2	23	14.32	40	0
1994	75.2	57	85.5	51	64.8	73	9.85	103	0
1993	76.3	24	86.8	28	65.7	40	13.36	52	0
1992	72	133	80.9	133	63.1	127	22.74	2	0
1991	75.9	40	86.1	39	65.6	42	9.59	108	0
1990	73.8	101	83.9	86	63.7	112	15.40	32	0
1989	74.1	92	83.5	96	64.7	76	12.44	67	0
1988	77.1	10	88.9	5	65.3	56	8.30	127	0
1987	76.6	18	87.1	22	66	27	14.25	41	0
1986	75.2	57	85.6	50	64.8	73	9.60	107	0
1985	72.7	124	82.2	117	63.3	123	12.11	72	0
1984	74.5	77	84.8	67	64.3	91	7.56	132	0
1983	77.7	4	88.6	7	66.8	9	5.85	140	0
1982	72.9	117	82.6	110	63.1	127	11.78	76	0
1981	74.3	83	83.2	100	65.4	50	10.28	97	0
1980	76.1	34	86.2	36	66	27	12.53	65	0
1979	73	115	82	120	64	101	13.72	46	0
1978	74.4	80	83.8	89	64.9	68	19.54	8	0
1977	75.4	48	84.9	63	65.9	32	14.22	42	0
1976	71.7	136	81.8	124	61.7	142	11.34	83	0
1975	75.8	42	85.7	47	65.8	39	11.79	75	0
1974	71.7	136	81.3	129	62	139	23.21	1	0
1973	74.8	68	84.4	73	65.2	62	14.79	36	0
1972	71.4	140	81	132	61.8	141	13.14	55	0
1971	73.8	101	84	82	63.6	114	16.36	23	0
1970	73.3	107	83.4	98	63.3	123	9.81	105	0
1969	75.1	61	84.9	63	65.3	56	14.94	35	0
1968	74.4	80	84.2	76	64.6	79	12.64	63	0
1967	71.7	136	80.6	136	62.9	130	12.15	71	0
1966	73.9	98	84.9	63	62.8	133	11.65	79	0
1965	73.2	113	84	82	62.4	136	8.84	122	0
1964	74.8	68	85.9	44	63.8	106	9.50	111	0
1963	72.7	124	82.3	114	63	129	14.59	38	0
1962	74.6	76	85	58	64.2	96	11.63	80	0
1961	73.3	107	82.9	105	63.6	114	13.72	46	0
1960	74.3	83	84.1	80	64.5	85	17.77	16	0
1959	76.1	34	86.2	36	66	27	9.45	112	0
1958	73.3	107	82.8	106	63.8	106	19.27	9	0
1957	75.3	52	86.2	36	64.5	85	9.52	110	0
1956	74	96	84.2	76	63.8	106	16.49	22	0
1955	74.8	68	85.1	56	64.6	79	13.74	45	0
1954	77.1	10	88.7	6	65.5	46	9.25	115	0
1953	76.9	15	88.6	7	65.1	64	9.82	104	0
1952	78.1	2	89.9	3	66.3	20	10.24	98	0
1951	75.8	42	87	24	64.5	85	9.19	117	0
1950	71.7	136	81.4	128	61.9	140	13.71	48	0
1949	76.6	18	86.7	30	66.5	14	13.90	44	0
1948	74.8	68	86.1	39	63.6	114	8.44	126	0
1947	73.2	113	83.1	101	63.2	126	11.04	88	0
1946	72.1	132	82.1	118	62.1	138	14.77	37	0
1945	72.9	117	83.5	96	62.2	137	13.18	54	0
1944	76.7	17	89.2	4	64.2	96	10.57	94	0
1943	78	3	90.7	2	65.3	56	11.83	74	0
1942	75.9	40	87.2	19	64.6	79	21.14	5	0
1941	76.5	22	88.4	10	64.7	76	13.41	51	0
1940	75.4	48	87.4	18	63.5	118	9.72	106	0
1939	75.3	52	86.9	26	63.6	114	12.76	59	0
1938	75.4	48	87	24	63.7	112	13.57	49	0
1937	76.2	28	88.1	11	64.3	91	12.49	66	0
1936	79.6	1	93.2	1	66	27	5.29	141	0
1935	75.3	52	85.9	44	64.6	79	21.28	4	0
1934	77	13	87.7	13	66.4	17	16.08	24	0
1933	75.2	57	84.9	63	65.4	50	12.30	70	0
1932	75.5	46	84.3	75	66.6	12	18.34	13	0
1931	76.1	34	85.2	54	67.1	5	12.73	60	0
1930	76.2	28	86.5	31	65.9	32	4.03	142	0
1929	72.7	124	82.5	112	62.9	130	9.86	102	0
1928	72.8	123	80.6	136	64.9	68	20.08	7	0
1927	71.1	142	79.7	142	62.6	134	7.12	134	0
1926	74.1	92	82.7	107	65.5	46	15.76	30	0
1925	75.7	44	85.1	56	66.3	20	8.74	124	0
1924	73.8	101	82.7	107	64.9	68	9.09	120	0
1923	75	63	83.6	94	66.4	17	12.58	64	0
1922	75	63	84.2	76	65.9	32	6.77	137	0
1921	77	13	86.3	33	67.8	2	7.08	135	0
1920	72.6	128	80.9	133	64.3	91	10.83	89	0
1919	76.2	28	85.2	54	67.1	5	9.16	119	0
1918	74.8	68	84.2	76	65.4	50	8.30	127	0
1917	72.9	117	81.6	127	64.3	91	8.28	129	0
1916	74.3	83	83.1	101	65.6	42	9.39	114	0
1915	71.4	140	79.9	141	62.9	130	14.95	34	0
1914	76.1	34	86.3	33	65.9	32	12.09	73	0
1913	76.2	28	86.3	33	66.1	24	6.72	139	0
1912	72.3	129	81.1	131	63.5	118	10.08	100	0
1911	75.1	61	84.8	67	65.3	56	6.77	137	0
1910	72	133	80.6	136	63.5	118	17.73	17	0
1909	73.3	107	81.9	122	64.7	76	12.65	62	0
1908	74.1	92	83.7	91	64.6	79	8.70	125	0
1907	72.3	129	81.2	130	63.5	118	10.14	99	0
1906	73.8	101	82	120	65.5	46	13.49	50	0
1905	73.5	106	81.9	122	65.1	64	12.36	68	0
1904	73.3	107	82.5	112	64.1	99	8.08	130	0
1903	72.9	117	81.7	126	64.1	99	6.82	136	0
1902	73.9	98	83.3	99	64.5	85	9.41	113	0
1901	76.1	34	85.7	47	66.5	14	10.05	101	0
1900	76.3	24	85.7	47	66.9	8	10.74	91	0
1899	76.3	24	86.1	39	66.5	14	7.70	131	0
1898	75.5	46	85	58	65.9	32	16.65	21	0
1897	74	96	83.9	86	64	101	12.32	69	2
1896	74.2	89	83.1	101	65.4	50	17.50	18	0
1895	75	63	84.4	73	65.5	46	9.56	109	2
1894	75.4	48	85.9	44	64.9	68	8.98	121	0
1893	75	63	84.5	69	65.4	50	9.21	116	0
1892	75.2	57	83.9	86	66.4	17	13.31	53	0
1891	73.9	98	82.6	110	65.1	64	15.04	33	2
1890	74.5	77	83	104	66.1	24	17.89	14	0
1889	72.3	129	80.6	136	64	101	10.46	96	0
1888	74.1	92	84	82	64.3	91	15.94	29	0
1876									33
1875	73	115	80.3	140	65.6	42	16.00	28	2
1874	76.8	16	85	58	68.7	1	11.38	82	0
1873	74.3	83	82.3	114	66.3	20	10.82	90	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	79.6
1952	78.1
1943	78
1983	77.7
2010	77.6
2016	77.4
2024	77.3
2002	77.3
2022	77.2
2005	77.1
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1927	71.1
1972	71.4
1915	71.4
1976	71.7
1974	71.7
1967	71.7
1950	71.7
2004	71.8
1992	72
1910	72

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1974	23.21
1992	22.74
2013	21.78
1935	21.28
1942	21.14
2026	20.90
1928	20.08
1978	19.54
1958	19.27
1998	19.08

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1930	4.03
1936	5.29
1983	5.85
1913	6.72
1922	6.77
1911	6.77
1903	6.82
1921	7.08
1927	7.12
2002	7.36

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 3 July 2026
Coldest night: 52°F; 3 June 2026
Wettest day: 3.45 in; 9 June 2026

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Summer 2026 brought 20.90 in of precipitation in Lexington, KY, the wettest summer since 2013, 6th wettest of 142.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Lexington, KY: 96°F on Friday 3 July 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Lexington, KY: a low of 52°F on Wednesday 3 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Lexington, KY: 3.45 in on Tuesday 9 June 2026.