Climate averages 1991–2020
Lexington weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Lexington: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Louisville (116 km away). In April its highs average 19.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Lexington, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lexington ranks joint 287th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 477th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Lexington is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 125 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lexington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 93 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 7.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 96 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 114 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 125 | 12.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 121 | 13.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 109 | 13.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 105 | 12.5 | 14.515 h |
| August | 29.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 79 | 10.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 89 | 8.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 86 | 8.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 88 | 8.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.1°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 106 | 10.8 | 9.610 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Louisville in AprilUnited States · 116 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Cincinnati in AprilUnited States · 127 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Meads in AprilUnited States · 162 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Dayton in AprilUnited States · 198 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in AprilUnited States · 221 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 128 mm rain
- Knoxville in AprilUnited States · 231 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Indianapolis in AprilUnited States · 246 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Columbus in AprilUnited States · 254 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.6°C · 115 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lexington) is explained once on the Lexington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.