Lexington Threshold Days by Year

17 fixed thresholds counted per year at Lexington (USC00314970): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Lexington Thresholds

Lexington: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 91 years, most in 1981 with 109.
Lexington: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 91 years, most in 1939 with 78.
Lexington: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 91 years, most in 2020 with 56.
Lexington: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 91 years, most in 1979 with 23.
17 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Lexington.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

89 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Lexington with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 123 in 1941.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Lexington
Year	Days	Decade average
1905	98	91.6
1906	106	91.6
1907	95	91.6
1908	83	91.6
1909	76	91.6
1939	111	111
1940	85	96.2
1941	123	96.2
1942	103	96.2
1943	109	96.2
1944	100	96.2
1945	102	96.2
1946	70	96.2
1947	93	96.2
1948	87	96.2
1949	90	96.2
1950	81	104.3
1951	110	104.3
1952	104	104.3
1953	114	104.3
1954	122	104.3
1955	93	104.3
1956	99	104.3
1957	106	104.3
1958	108	104.3
1959	106	104.3
1960	110	99.3
1961	101	99.3
1962	122	99.3
1963	92	99.3
1964	104	99.3
1965	104	99.3
1966	88	99.3
1967	85	99.3
1968	91	99.3
1969	96	99.3
1970	117	90.7
1971	90	90.7
1972	90	90.7
1973	101	90.7
1974	83	90.7
1975	100	90.7
1976	89	90.7
1977	94	90.7
1978	90	90.7
1979	53	90.7
1980	103	80.6
1981	78	80.6
1982	63	80.6
1983	79	80.6
1984	67	80.6
1985	71	80.6
1986	103	80.6
1987	88	80.6
1988	81	80.6
1989	73	80.6
1990	89	78.1
1991	82	78.1
1992	52	78.1
1993	95	78.1
1994	66	78.1
1995	65	78.1
1996	75	78.1
1997	73	78.1
1998	111	78.1
1999	73	78.1
2000	75	76.7
2001	81	76.7
2002	102	76.7
2003	61	76.7
2004	62	76.7
2005	85	76.7
2006	83	76.7
2008	79	76.7
2009	62	76.7
2011	95	83.8
2012	67	83.8
2013	47	83.8
2014	68	83.8
2015	90	83.8
2017	86	83.8
2018	114	83.8
2019	103	83.8
2020	67	73.3
2021	79	73.3
2022	83	73.3
2023	61	73.3
2024	75	73.3
2026	75	73.3

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Lexington meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Lexington
Year	First date	Last date
1905	1905-04-29	1905-10-16
1906	1906-04-25	1906-10-06
1907	1907-03-22	1907-09-24
1908	1908-04-24	1908-10-19
1909	1909-04-06	1909-09-23
1939	1939-04-26	1939-10-27
1940	1940-05-06	1940-10-26
1941	1941-04-14	1941-10-23
1942	1942-04-05	1942-09-24
1943	1943-04-27	1943-10-30
1944	1944-05-13	1944-10-07
1945	1945-03-16	1945-09-29
1946	1946-04-03	1946-09-21
1947	1947-05-14	1947-09-21
1948	1948-03-20	1948-09-21
1949	1949-04-23	1949-10-10
1950	1950-04-27	1950-11-01
1951	1951-04-26	1951-10-08
1952	1952-04-20	1952-10-02
1953	1953-04-23	1953-10-20
1954	1954-04-07	1954-10-13
1955	1955-04-19	1955-09-29
1956	1956-04-30	1956-10-02
1957	1957-04-21	1957-09-22
1958	1958-04-18	1958-10-15
1959	1959-04-08	1959-10-06
1960	1960-04-13	1960-10-13
1961	1961-04-24	1961-10-09
1962	1962-04-22	1962-10-13
1963	1963-04-02	1963-10-08
1964	1964-04-19	1964-09-23
1965	1965-04-09	1965-09-22
1966	1966-05-01	1966-09-30
1967	1967-04-06	1967-10-06
1968	1968-03-21	1968-10-02
1969	1969-04-17	1969-10-02
1970	1970-04-21	1970-10-03
1971	1971-04-13	1971-10-05
1972	1972-04-15	1972-09-27
1973	1973-05-10	1973-10-05
1974	1974-03-07	1974-11-02
1975	1975-05-16	1975-10-15
1976	1976-03-03	1976-09-24
1977	1977-04-11	1977-10-02
1978	1978-04-02	1978-09-22
1979	1979-05-11	1979-09-07
1980	1980-04-23	1980-09-23
1981	1981-04-27	1981-10-06
1982	1982-05-12	1982-09-18
1983	1983-05-14	1983-09-20
1984	1984-04-26	1984-09-26
1985	1985-03-29	1985-10-15
1986	1986-03-31	1986-10-05
1987	1987-04-22	1987-09-18
1988	1988-05-16	1988-09-24
1989	1989-04-26	1989-09-21
1990	1990-03-12	1990-10-09
1991	1991-04-29	1991-09-19
1992	1992-05-18	1992-09-10
1993	1993-05-10	1993-09-26
1994	1994-04-26	1994-09-15
1995	1995-04-19	1995-09-09
1996	1996-05-04	1996-09-10
1997	1997-05-18	1997-10-08
1998	1998-05-15	1998-10-01
1999	1999-04-04	1999-09-10
2000	2000-05-06	2000-09-24
2001	2001-04-08	2001-10-24
2002	2002-04-15	2002-10-05
2003	2003-05-08	2003-09-20
2004	2004-05-07	2004-09-22
2005	2005-05-12	2005-09-24
2006	2006-04-14	2006-10-04
2008	2008-05-27	2008-09-15
2009	2009-04-24	2009-09-05
2011	2011-05-09	2011-09-14
2012	2012-05-01	2012-09-09
2013	2013-05-15	2013-10-06
2014	2014-05-05	2014-09-11
2015	2015-05-11	2015-09-22
2017	2017-04-29	2017-10-12
2018	2018-05-10	2018-10-07
2019	2019-04-25	2019-10-04
2020	2020-03-28	2020-09-12
2021	2021-05-23	2021-09-20
2022	2022-05-03	2022-09-21
2023	2023-06-03	2023-09-12
2024	2024-04-15	2024-09-24
2026	2026-03-11	2026-08-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Lexington
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	89	123	1941	75
35 C (95 F): Days	80	42	1954	6
40 C (104 F): Days	7	5	1952	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	89	84	1962	43
100 F (37.8 C): Days	37	13	1977	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	62	8	1905	2
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	91	109	1981	33
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	75	16	1981	5
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	1	1	1985	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	91	78	1939	36
25 C (77 F): Days with min	12	4	1952	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	91	56	2020	18
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	91	23	1979	8
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	84	7	1908	3
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	17	1	1906	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	24	3	1940	1
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	2	2	1960	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1905.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Lexington Threshold Days by Year

Key Facts for Lexington Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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