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 — Sep 1 – Sep 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 10 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
79.9°F
Average temperature
5th-warmest of 141
+7.2°
vs. average
Normal: 72.7°F (1991–2020)
0.66"
Precipitation
69th-wettest of 142
-0.29"
vs. average
Normal: 0.95" · 69% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 10

1873–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 10

1873–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.01" per decade (drier since 1873)

Warmest Sep 1 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1925 82.9°F
2 1900 80.0°F
3 1922 80.0°F
4 1899 79.9°F
5 2026 79.9°F
6 1941 79.5°F
7 1912 79.1°F
8 1961 78.9°F
9 1971 78.7°F
10 1894 78.7°F

Coolest Sep 1 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1924 63.3°F
2 2017 63.7°F
3 1994 65.2°F
4 1974 65.4°F
5 1935 65.4°F
6 1988 65.7°F
7 1967 66.2°F
8 1909 66.3°F
9 1891 66.4°F
10 1976 66.6°F

Wettest Sep 1 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1922 5.56"
2 2018 4.80"
3 1889 4.47"
4 1935 4.45"
5 1988 3.38"
6 2011 3.09"
7 1909 2.73"
8 2012 2.65"
9 1910 2.53"
10 2017 2.40"

Driest Sep 1 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 2023 0.00"
2 2019 0.00"
3 2013 0.00"
4 2010 0.00"
5 2006 0.00"
6 2005 0.00"
7 2002 0.00"
8 1999 0.00"
9 1998 0.00"
10 1987 0.00"
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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