Climate averages 1991–2020
Lexington weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Lexington: daytime highs average 7.1°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Louisville (116 km away). In December its highs average 7.1°C, about as warm as Lexington, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lexington ranks joint 299th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 416th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Lexington is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 5.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 106 mm to 93 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Louisville in DecemberUnited States · 116 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -0.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Cincinnati in DecemberUnited States · 127 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Meads in DecemberUnited States · 162 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Dayton in DecemberUnited States · 198 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in DecemberUnited States · 221 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -1.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Knoxville in DecemberUnited States · 231 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Indianapolis in DecemberUnited States · 246 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -2.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Columbus in DecemberUnited States · 254 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.7°C · 86 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.