Lexington weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Lexington, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Canaday Steam Plant, 10 km from Lexington; records cover 1950–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 23.4 in594 mm
- Snow a year
- 20 in51 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 28
- First fall freeze
- Oct 11
- Heating degree days
- 6,120
- Cooling degree days
- 943
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −5°−21° (heating, 99%) and 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Lexington in January
Highs average 38°3° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.43 in11 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1990)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 1190
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lexington in February
Highs average 41°5° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1972)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 992
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lexington in March
Highs average 53°11° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 2.3 in5.8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2026)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 783
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lexington in April
Highs average 62°17° and lows 37°3°, with 2.5 in63 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1994)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 479
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Lexington in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 48°9°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2013)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 205
- Cooling degree days
- 50
Lexington in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1952)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 28
- Cooling degree days
- 198
Lexington in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 64°18°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1954)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 321
Lexington in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 62°17°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1955)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 256
Lexington in September
Highs average 78°26° and lows 52°11°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1959)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 102
- Cooling degree days
- 104
Lexington in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 38°3°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2019)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 421
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Lexington in November
Highs average 51°11° and lows 26°−3°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 1.9 in4.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2006)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 784
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lexington in December
Highs average 40°4° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.6 in15 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1964)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1125
- Cooling degree days
- 0