Climate averages 1991–2020
Lexington weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Lexington: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes June a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 45 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Louisville (116 km away). In June its highs average 28.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Lexington, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lexington ranks joint 254th of 498 for the warmest June highs and joint 400th of 498 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 498 cities is 27.9°C; Lexington is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 105 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Louisville in JuneUnited States · 116 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Cincinnati in JuneUnited States · 127 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Meads in JuneUnited States · 162 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Dayton in JuneUnited States · 198 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in JuneUnited States · 221 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 111 mm rain
- Knoxville in JuneUnited States · 231 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Indianapolis in JuneUnited States · 246 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Columbus in JuneUnited States · 254 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 103 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.