Climate averages 1991–2020
Lexington weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Lexington: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 31 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Louisville (116 km away). In July its highs average 30.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Lexington, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lexington ranks joint 289th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 407th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Lexington is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 79 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Louisville in JulyUnited States · 116 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Cincinnati in JulyUnited States · 127 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Meads in JulyUnited States · 162 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Dayton in JulyUnited States · 198 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in JulyUnited States · 221 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Knoxville in JulyUnited States · 231 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Indianapolis in JulyUnited States · 246 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Columbus in JulyUnited States · 254 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 88 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.