Lexington Weather in 1938

Historical record of Lexington, Kentucky weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Lexington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	September 6
Lowest temperature	3 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 11
Lowest daily high	15 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	January 30
Most daily snow	4.2 inches	November 24
Total annual precipitation	41.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	9.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Lexington in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1938 was 96 °F which happened 4 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Lexington in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Sep 6
1	96 °F	Aug 8
1	96 °F	Jul 11
1	96 °F	Jul 7
5	95 °F	Aug 14
5	95 °F	Aug 9
5	95 °F	Aug 6
5	95 °F	Jul 10
9	94 °F	Sep 4
9	94 °F	Aug 15
9	94 °F	Aug 10
9	94 °F	Aug 7
9	94 °F	Jul 26

What was the coldest temperature in Lexington in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1938 was 3 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Lexington in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	January 28
2	5 °F	January 27
3	7 °F	January 26
4	9 °F	December 28
5	10 °F	January 25
6	11 °F	November 27
6	11 °F	November 25
8	13 °F	December 27
8	13 °F	January 9
10	14 °F	November 28

January 1938 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	n/a	33	0.00	0.0
January 2	42	25	0.00	0.0
January 3	44	21	0.00	0.0
January 4	44	29	0.00	0.0
January 5	51	26	0.00	0.0
January 6	43	32	0.01	0.0
January 7	32	25	0.00	0.0
January 8	29	15	0.00	0.0
January 9	36	13	0.00	0.0
January 10	39	26	0.00	0.0
January 11	45	32	0.00	0.0
January 12	41	30	0.01	0.0
January 13	38	21	0.00	0.0
January 14	35	25	0.09	0.4
January 15	32	28	0.00	0.0
January 16	53	28	0.00	0.0
January 17	57	35	0.00	0.0
January 18	39	29	0.00	0.0
January 19	46	31	0.01	0.0
January 20	52	32	0.33	0.0
January 21	57	46	1.09	0.0
January 22	49	40	0.03	0.0
January 23	55	34	0.02	0.0
January 24	60	32	0.49	0.1
January 25	32	10	0.21	1.5
January 26	15	7	0.03	0.2
January 27	21	5	0.00	0.0
January 28	27	3	0.00	0.0
January 29	53	27	0.00	0.0
January 30	58	29	1.45	0.6
January 31	29	16	0.00	0.0

February 1938 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	15	0.00	0.0
February 2	55	29	0.00	0.0
February 3	50	45	0.13	0.0
February 4	58	39	0.00	0.0
February 5	66	43	0.00	0.0
February 6	61	41	0.41	0.0
February 7	51	34	0.00	0.0
February 8	63	34	0.00	0.0
February 9	65	46	0.00	0.0
February 10	61	40	0.30	0.0
February 11	71	40	0.28	0.0
February 12	73	46	0.00	0.0
February 13	71	54	0.00	0.0
February 14	61	34	0.30	0.0
February 15	34	27	0.07	0.0
February 16	46	30	0.04	0.3
February 17	60	42	0.02	0.0
February 18	59	54	0.17	0.0
February 19	59	32	0.27	0.1
February 20	33	30	0.00	0.0
February 21	36	30	0.00	0.0
February 22	45	33	0.32	0.0
February 23	40	34	0.02	0.0
February 24	34	29	0.08	0.5
February 25	33	23	0.00	0.0
February 26	37	31	0.08	0.5
February 27	47	27	0.00	0.0
February 28	35	20	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	50	20	0.00
March 2	54	35	0.87
March 3	50	32	0.31
March 4	59	31	0.01
March 5	70	38	0.43
March 6	38	27	0.00
March 7	48	25	0.00
March 8	62	36	0.00
March 9	49	38	0.29
March 10	48	33	0.58
March 11	46	32	0.01
March 12	65	32	0.00
March 13	61	49	0.16
March 14	64	42	0.28
March 15	75	40	0.00
March 16	74	50	0.49
March 17	50	43	0.00
March 18	64	32	0.00
March 19	65	44	0.00
March 20	67	48	0.00
March 21	80	48	0.01
March 22	81	57	0.69
March 23	67	42	0.52
March 24	56	33	0.00
March 25	65	40	0.10
March 26	67	40	0.27
March 27	59	35	0.00
March 28	66	36	0.00
March 29	73	56	0.02
March 30	78	62	0.22
March 31	71	42	0.30

April 1938 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	61	39	0.00	0.0
April 2	42	29	0.00	0.0
April 3	52	26	0.00	0.0
April 4	52	37	0.00	0.0
April 5	57	40	0.03	0.0
April 6	73	47	0.58	0.0
April 7	54	40	0.22	0.0
April 8	76	46	0.63	0.0
April 9	49	31	0.26	0.1
April 10	59	27	0.00	0.0
April 11	66	37	0.00	0.0
April 12	73	46	0.00	0.0
April 13	78	51	0.00	0.0
April 14	79	54	0.00	0.0
April 15	79	55	0.00	0.0
April 16	78	56	0.00	0.0
April 17	79	58	0.14	0.0
April 18	72	51	1.04	0.0
April 19	80	50	0.00	0.0
April 20	73	55	0.01	0.0
April 21	65	53	0.12	0.0
April 22	62	43	0.12	0.0
April 23	66	37	0.00	0.0
April 24	72	48	0.00	0.0
April 25	83	52	0.00	0.0
April 26	88	55	0.00	0.0
April 27	85	58	0.00	0.0
April 28	80	53	0.03	0.0
April 29	73	48	0.01	0.0
April 30	72	50	0.06	0.0

May 1938 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	74	40	0.00
May 2	86	48	0.00
May 3	87	60	0.00
May 4	88	60	0.00
May 5	82	50	0.06
May 6	78	49	0.00
May 7	88	51	0.00
May 8	82	46	0.63
May 9	68	41	0.00
May 10	69	44	0.01
May 11	69	41	0.00
May 12	62	36	0.00
May 13	66	37	0.40
May 14	65	49	0.45
May 15	67	47	0.02
May 16	73	43	0.10
May 17	80	53	0.01
May 18	79	61	0.43
May 19	89	67	0.00
May 20	84	62	0.31
May 21	85	58	0.47
May 22	76	57	0.09
May 23	82	61	1.10
May 24	70	50	0.08
May 25	79	46	0.00
May 26	83	56	0.00
May 27	86	61	0.39
May 28	85	62	0.00
May 29	78	61	0.09
May 30	74	61	0.11
May 31	78	59	0.00

June 1938 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	60	0.00
June 2	78	58	0.24
June 3	82	54	0.00
June 4	80	55	0.00
June 5	81	56	0.00
June 6	87	53	0.00
June 7	82	58	0.01
June 8	80	53	0.00
June 9	84	59	0.01
June 10	79	67	0.51
June 11	90	66	0.01
June 12	78	60	0.09
June 13	78	54	0.00
June 14	85	51	0.00
June 15	91	61	0.00
June 16	87	66	0.00
June 17	84	63	0.00
June 18	81	66	0.79
June 19	73	65	0.51
June 20	80	61	0.00
June 21	85	60	0.00
June 22	91	60	0.00
June 23	91	63	0.00
June 24	90	65	0.00
June 25	84	71	0.11
June 26	89	60	0.78
June 27	71	57	0.00
June 28	75	53	0.00
June 29	79	52	0.00
June 30	83	53	0.00

July 1938 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	78	67	0.01
July 2	87	68	0.50
July 3	86	60	0.00
July 4	86	64	0.00
July 5	86	59	0.00
July 6	90	60	0.00
July 7	96	62	0.00
July 8	93	70	0.03
July 9	92	70	0.00
July 10	95	67	0.00
July 11	96	66	0.19
July 12	90	65	0.00
July 13	93	68	0.03
July 14	88	68	1.18
July 15	88	63	0.00
July 16	89	61	0.00
July 17	92	66	0.00
July 18	79	68	0.78
July 19	80	68	1.16
July 20	87	68	0.01
July 21	90	67	1.36
July 22	85	67	0.01
July 23	90	68	0.00
July 24	90	67	0.00
July 25	92	67	0.00
July 26	94	65	0.00
July 27	93	65	0.00
July 28	93	69	0.00
July 29	85	69	0.08
July 30	84	69	0.78
July 31	88	67	0.69

August 1938 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	67	0.46
August 2	87	67	0.04
August 3	88	70	0.00
August 4	93	70	0.22
August 5	89	69	0.00
August 6	95	70	0.00
August 7	94	70	0.27
August 8	96	70	0.00
August 9	95	73	0.00
August 10	94	71	0.00
August 11	87	73	0.76
August 12	86	62	0.00
August 13	92	59	0.00
August 14	95	70	0.00
August 15	94	71	0.00
August 16	92	71	0.00
August 17	85	67	1.12
August 18	83	60	0.00
August 19	88	59	0.00
August 20	90	59	0.00
August 21	90	64	0.53
August 22	92	64	0.00
August 23	86	65	0.12
August 24	87	68	0.02
August 25	84	62	0.15
August 26	88	60	0.00
August 27	86	61	0.00
August 28	85	61	0.00
August 29	88	58	0.00
August 30	91	59	0.00
August 31	90	64	0.01

September 1938 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	63	0.00
September 2	85	58	0.00
September 3	82	62	0.00
September 4	94	59	0.00
September 5	93	62	0.00
September 6	96	64	0.00
September 7	93	68	0.00
September 8	87	67	0.00
September 9	86	64	0.01
September 10	90	65	1.11
September 11	82	65	0.01
September 12	91	66	0.01
September 13	87	70	0.21
September 14	79	65	0.19
September 15	75	59	0.31
September 16	72	55	0.01
September 17	75	55	0.00
September 18	68	53	0.35
September 19	69	46	0.02
September 20	62	41	0.00
September 21	65	42	0.00
September 22	68	48	0.06
September 23	83	53	0.00
September 24	86	55	0.00
September 25	88	54	0.00
September 26	87	61	0.00
September 27	86	59	0.00
September 28	83	61	0.00
September 29	74	57	0.00
September 30	73	47	0.00

October 1938 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	43	0.00
October 2	73	45	0.00
October 3	76	43	0.00
October 4	78	43	0.00
October 5	85	55	0.00
October 6	64	46	0.00
October 7	69	39	0.00
October 8	81	39	0.00
October 9	80	51	0.00
October 10	79	48	0.00
October 11	85	54	0.00
October 12	86	56	0.00
October 13	78	52	0.00
October 14	80	45	0.00
October 15	83	46	0.00
October 16	84	50	0.00
October 17	87	52	0.00
October 18	87	50	0.00
October 19	78	55	0.34
October 20	55	40	0.04
October 21	66	36	0.00
October 22	75	43	0.00
October 23	70	42	0.00
October 24	58	36	0.00
October 25	68	32	0.00
October 26	74	43	0.00
October 27	63	36	0.00
October 28	60	36	0.00
October 29	69	37	0.00
October 30	68	41	0.00
October 31	74	38	0.00

November 1938 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	80	43	0.00	0.0
November 2	77	50	0.00	0.0
November 3	77	50	0.00	0.0
November 4	76	48	0.43	0.0
November 5	69	45	0.00	0.0
November 6	78	44	0.00	0.0
November 7	78	n/a	0.03	0.0
November 8	n/a	27	0.58	0.0
November 9	51	24	0.00	0.0
November 10	65	31	0.00	0.0
November 11	72	44	0.00	0.0
November 12	75	52	0.00	0.0
November 13	66	33	0.22	0.0
November 14	55	30	0.00	0.0
November 15	61	35	0.00	0.0
November 16	59	34	0.03	0.0
November 17	64	45	0.03	0.0
November 18	68	n/a	1.38	0.0
November 19	n/a	32	0.40	0.0
November 20	60	29	0.00	0.0
November 21	64	35	0.00	0.0
November 22	64	37	0.00	0.0
November 23	38	31	0.08	0.0
November 24	31	15	0.37	4.2
November 25	34	11	0.00	0.0
November 26	41	19	0.05	0.8
November 27	24	11	0.00	0.0
November 28	38	14	0.00	0.0
November 29	51	26	0.00	0.0
November 30	57	35	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	60	31	0.00	0.0
December 2	64	46	0.00	0.0
December 3	52	44	0.26	0.0
December 4	59	41	0.00	0.0
December 5	52	35	0.01	0.0
December 6	44	35	0.00	0.0
December 7	54	32	0.00	0.0
December 8	54	40	0.00	0.0
December 9	42	32	0.12	0.0
December 10	43	31	0.00	0.0
December 11	57	40	0.04	0.0
December 12	53	23	0.00	0.0
December 13	40	19	0.00	0.0
December 14	47	23	0.00	0.0
December 15	40	19	0.00	0.0
December 16	46	22	0.00	0.0
December 17	46	33	0.00	0.0
December 18	45	22	0.00	0.0
December 19	45	20	0.00	0.0
December 20	51	26	0.00	0.0
December 21	37	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	39	20	0.00	0.0
December 23	42	36	0.35	0.0
December 24	47	32	0.00	0.0
December 25	46	29	0.00	0.0
December 26	42	32	0.87	0.0
December 27	39	13	0.03	0.0
December 28	29	9	0.00	0.0
December 29	37	21	0.01	0.1
December 30	41	19	0.00	0.0
December 31	46	18	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1872–2024	Lexington Bluegrass Airport	location