Lexington, KY

Kentucky · Records since 1872–2026

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Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

95°F

September 11, 2019

+13° from 82° normal

❄ Record Low

42°F

September 11, 1917

-18° from 60° normal
🌞 Normal high: 82°F 🌑 Normal low: 60°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Lexington

🔥
108°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 15, 1936
❄
-21°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 24, 1963
🌧
8.04"
Wettest Day Ever
Aug 2, 1932
☃
13.4"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 26, 1943

First & Last Dates — Lexington

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
242 days
Longest growing season
1922
159 days
Shortest growing season
1974
194 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 95°F September 11, 2019
2 95°F September 11, 1983
3 95°F September 11, 1897
4 94°F September 11, 1936
5 94°F September 11, 1925
6 94°F September 11, 1896
7 93°F September 11, 1931
8 92°F September 11, 1952
9 92°F September 11, 1947
10 92°F September 11, 1908

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 42°F September 11, 1917
2 44°F September 11, 1993
3 44°F September 11, 1940
4 46°F September 11, 1976
5 46°F September 11, 1943
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1872–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Lexington

threshold: 92°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.5
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
96°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
36
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1873–2026
24
2026 so far
25
Avg/year 1970–2025
33
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
85
Most in a year (1936)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Lexington

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 8, 1936 – Aug 28, 1936 21 105°F (Aug 19) 99°F 71°F
2 Jul 6, 1936 – Jul 19, 1936 14 108°F (Jul 10) 101°F 71°F
3 Jul 19, 1940 – Jul 31, 1940 13 100°F (Jul 29) 96°F 72°F
4 Jul 12, 1983 – Jul 23, 1983 12 99°F (Jul 21) 94°F 73°F
5 Jun 28, 2012 – Jul 8, 2012 11 105°F (Jul 7) 101°F 69°F
6 Jul 19, 1901 – Jul 29, 1901 11 102°F (Jul 22) 96°F 73°F
7 Jul 23, 1941 – Aug 2, 1941 11 98°F (Jul 27) 95°F 70°F
8 Aug 26, 1953 – Sep 4, 1953 10 101°F (Sep 1) 98°F 67°F
9 Jun 23, 1952 – Jul 2, 1952 10 98°F (Jun 28) 95°F 72°F
10 Sep 7, 1897 – Sep 16, 1897 10 96°F (Sep 14) 94°F 69°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

54
2026 total
above-normal nights
48.2
Avg / summer
1970–2020
72
Most in a summer
2016

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1872–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1872, annual totals have trended +0.89" per decade, about +13.6" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Lexington is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

131 of 253 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

36.05"
2026 YTD
Normal: 36.28"
-0.23"
0.66"
September so far
September normal: 3.42"
-2.76"
12
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Lexington is 0.23" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Jun 1 – Aug 31, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 92 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
75.3°F
Average temperature
54th-warmest of 142
+0.3°
vs. average
Normal: 75.0°F (1991–2020)
20.90"
Precipitation
6th-wettest of 142
+7.11"
vs. average
Normal: 13.79" · 152% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Jun 1 – Aug 31

1873–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.06° per decade (warming since 1873)

Precipitation by Year — Jun 1 – Aug 31

1873–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.21" per decade (wetter since 1873)

Warmest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1936 79.6°F
2 1952 78.1°F
3 1943 78.0°F
4 1983 77.7°F
5 2010 77.6°F
6 2016 77.4°F
7 2002 77.3°F
8 2024 77.3°F
9 2022 77.2°F
10 2005 77.1°F

Coolest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1927 71.1°F
2 1915 71.4°F
3 1972 71.4°F
4 1974 71.7°F
5 1950 71.7°F
6 1967 71.7°F
7 1976 71.7°F
8 2004 71.8°F
9 1992 72.0°F
10 1910 72.0°F

Wettest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1974 23.21"
2 1992 22.74"
3 2013 21.78"
4 1935 21.28"
5 1942 21.14"
6 2026 20.90"
7 1928 20.08"
8 1978 19.54"
9 1958 19.27"
10 1998 19.08"

Driest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1930 4.03"
2 1936 5.29"
3 1983 5.85"
4 1913 6.72"
5 1922 6.77"
6 1911 6.77"
7 1903 6.82"
8 1921 7.08"
9 1927 7.12"
10 2002 7.36"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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