Lexington Weather in 1961

Historical record of Lexington, Kentucky weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Lexington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	91 °F	September 10
Lowest temperature	-8 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 2
Lowest daily high	14 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	May 7
Most daily snow	3.5 inches	February 25
Total annual precipitation	47.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	20.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Lexington in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1961 was 91 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Lexington in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	91 °F	Sep 10
1	91 °F	Jul 2
1	91 °F	Jul 1
4	90 °F	Sep 24
4	90 °F	Sep 9
4	90 °F	Sep 5
4	90 °F	Aug 31
4	90 °F	Aug 29
4	90 °F	Aug 1
4	90 °F	Jul 31
4	90 °F	Jul 22
4	90 °F	Jun 30

What was the coldest temperature in Lexington in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1961 was -8 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Lexington in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-8 °F	January 28
2	-1 °F	January 27
2	-1 °F	January 25
2	-1 °F	January 22
5	1 °F	December 29
5	1 °F	January 21
7	2 °F	January 30
8	3 °F	December 28
9	8 °F	February 4
9	8 °F	January 29
9	8 °F	January 24

January 1961 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	33	30	0.09	0.7
January 2	30	28	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	48	28	0.00	0.0
January 6	53	34	0.00	0.0
January 7	54	34	0.00	0.0
January 8	35	20	0.00	0.0
January 9	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 10	48	21	0.00	0.0
January 11	52	27	0.00	0.0
January 12	56	29	0.00	0.0
January 13	58	33	0.00	0.0
January 14	51	41	0.54	0.0
January 15	48	37	0.48	0.0
January 16	38	33	0.12	0.0
January 17	43	33	0.00	0.0
January 18	40	28	0.00	0.0
January 19	35	21	0.31	2.6
January 20	24	15	0.04	1.0
January 21	19	1	0.02	0.5
January 22	23	-1	0.00	0.0
January 23	31	16	0.00	0.0
January 24	27	8	0.00	0.0
January 25	15	-1	0.00	0.0
January 26	21	12	0.11	1.4
January 27	14	-1	0.00	0.0
January 28	19	-8	0.00	0.0
January 29	29	8	0.00	0.0
January 30	27	2	0.00	0.0
January 31	45	13	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	45	27	0.00	0.0
February 2	28	18	0.28	0.4
February 3	33	10	0.08	0.6
February 4	23	8	0.00	0.1
February 5	32	22	0.00	0.0
February 6	32	20	0.00	0.0
February 7	36	29	0.48	0.0
February 8	33	30	0.06	0.0
February 9	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 10	47	26	0.00	0.0
February 11	48	31	0.00	0.0
February 12	61	41	0.00	0.0
February 13	69	44	0.00	0.0
February 14	60	37	0.00	0.0
February 15	61	39	0.03	0.0
February 16	60	32	0.00	0.0
February 17	63	42	0.16	0.0
February 18	64	55	0.17	0.0
February 19	59	32	0.00	0.0
February 20	40	30	0.01	0.0
February 21	49	36	0.05	0.0
February 22	64	48	0.73	0.0
February 23	66	45	0.00	0.0
February 24	68	48	0.00	0.0
February 25	53	24	1.32	3.5
February 26	47	24	0.00	0.0
February 27	58	35	0.00	0.0
February 28	43	35	0.52	0.0

March 1961 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	41	32	0.00
March 2	57	31	0.00
March 3	63	41	0.00
March 4	62	52	1.20
March 5	69	59	0.70
March 6	66	54	0.82
March 7	58	40	0.00
March 8	62	32	0.24
March 9	36	28	0.00
March 10	47	27	0.00
March 11	64	34	0.00
March 12	62	41	0.03
March 13	66	47	0.28
March 14	47	34	0.00
March 15	57	34	0.20
March 16	49	27	0.00
March 17	43	24	0.00
March 18	59	33	0.15
March 19	54	42	0.16
March 20	55	37	0.00
March 21	56	42	0.70
March 22	53	41	0.28
March 23	45	37	0.04
March 24	46	38	0.00
March 25	57	41	0.00
March 26	68	38	0.00
March 27	70	53	0.00
March 28	62	39	0.25
March 29	55	35	0.00
March 30	52	38	0.00
March 31	45	36	1.13

April 1961 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	47	32	0.39	2.9
April 2	45	26	0.00	0.0
April 3	50	33	0.02	0.0
April 4	56	35	0.00	0.0
April 5	57	39	0.00	0.0
April 6	52	35	0.00	0.0
April 7	47	30	0.00	0.0
April 8	53	29	0.02	0.0
April 9	48	38	1.14	0.0
April 10	48	35	0.04	0.0
April 11	55	30	0.00	0.0
April 12	58	37	0.88	0.0
April 13	48	36	0.04	0.0
April 14	67	33	0.00	0.0
April 15	69	42	0.60	0.0
April 16	44	32	0.00	0.0
April 17	42	35	0.06	0.0
April 18	48	36	0.02	0.0
April 19	60	35	0.00	0.0
April 20	69	38	0.00	0.0
April 21	62	54	0.44	0.0
April 22	67	55	0.07	0.0
April 23	74	57	1.77	0.0
April 24	79	66	0.00	0.0
April 25	73	55	0.39	0.0
April 26	63	46	0.00	0.0
April 27	70	49	0.00	0.0
April 28	59	38	0.07	0.0
April 29	59	34	0.00	0.0
April 30	64	45	0.09	0.0

May 1961 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	64	44	0.53
May 2	59	33	0.00
May 3	64	38	0.00
May 4	63	42	0.00
May 5	55	48	0.88
May 6	78	53	0.00
May 7	68	59	2.80
May 8	78	55	0.80
May 9	60	50	0.07
May 10	65	43	0.00
May 11	71	48	0.03
May 12	78	54	0.07
May 13	79	54	0.00
May 14	83	59	0.00
May 15	78	59	0.27
May 16	68	52	0.00
May 17	71	46	0.00
May 18	66	57	0.48
May 19	67	52	0.00
May 20	68	48	0.00
May 21	71	52	0.01
May 22	63	47	0.00
May 23	66	42	0.00
May 24	76	45	0.00
May 25	79	52	0.00
May 26	66	43	0.17
May 27	61	35	0.00
May 28	74	45	0.00
May 29	77	56	0.03
May 30	70	47	0.00
May 31	80	50	0.00

June 1961 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	87	67	0.00
June 2	87	66	0.18
June 3	79	64	1.37
June 4	80	56	0.00
June 5	82	61	0.02
June 6	83	62	0.19
June 7	82	65	0.17
June 8	85	66	0.07
June 9	72	65	1.39
June 10	84	64	0.15
June 11	88	65	0.00
June 12	89	69	0.00
June 13	83	69	0.32
June 14	85	62	0.40
June 15	62	49	0.79
June 16	68	46	0.00
June 17	74	51	0.00
June 18	78	54	0.00
June 19	80	57	0.00
June 20	79	62	0.04
June 21	73	58	0.03
June 22	76	50	0.00
June 23	76	59	0.00
June 24	77	54	0.00
June 25	80	55	0.00
June 26	76	60	0.00
June 27	80	57	0.00
June 28	84	60	0.00
June 29	87	60	0.00
June 30	90	64	0.00

July 1961 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	91	68	0.00
July 2	91	68	0.10
July 3	83	64	0.00
July 4	85	59	0.00
July 5	89	68	0.00
July 6	87	66	0.42
July 7	83	66	0.00
July 8	77	60	0.00
July 9	80	55	0.00
July 10	83	56	0.00
July 11	86	61	0.00
July 12	73	62	0.97
July 13	80	68	0.10
July 14	83	67	0.93
July 15	81	65	0.57
July 16	81	66	0.05
July 17	83	69	0.00
July 18	86	66	0.00
July 19	86	68	0.95
July 20	84	70	0.00
July 21	88	70	0.00
July 22	90	70	0.00
July 23	88	71	0.21
July 24	85	70	0.11
July 25	85	69	0.00
July 26	85	65	0.00
July 27	86	65	0.00
July 28	87	67	0.00
July 29	89	72	0.95
July 30	87	71	0.56
July 31	90	71	0.06

August 1961 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	70	0.02
August 2	89	73	0.02
August 3	84	68	0.00
August 4	86	63	0.00
August 5	87	64	0.00
August 6	82	61	0.00
August 7	85	63	0.00
August 8	80	66	0.38
August 9	81	67	0.00
August 10	82	66	0.13
August 11	85	70	0.22
August 12	84	67	0.86
August 13	75	58	0.00
August 14	81	56	0.00
August 15	86	62	0.00
August 16	86	61	0.00
August 17	87	65	0.00
August 18	87	65	0.09
August 19	87	63	0.00
August 20	78	63	0.00
August 21	69	61	0.14
August 22	76	59	0.00
August 23	81	64	0.10
August 24	79	62	0.07
August 25	79	65	0.05
August 26	84	63	0.00
August 27	87	63	0.00
August 28	87	68	0.00
August 29	90	67	0.00
August 30	89	68	0.00
August 31	90	68	0.54

September 1961 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	69	0.46
September 2	87	71	0.00
September 3	87	71	0.00
September 4	88	70	0.00
September 5	90	70	0.04
September 6	88	69	0.11
September 7	88	67	0.33
September 8	88	69	0.00
September 9	90	70	0.00
September 10	91	70	0.00
September 11	88	70	0.00
September 12	89	70	0.00
September 13	88	69	0.00
September 14	75	54	0.08
September 15	66	48	0.00
September 16	74	43	0.00
September 17	73	50	0.00
September 18	73	51	0.00
September 19	80	53	0.00
September 20	81	61	0.00
September 21	83	56	0.00
September 22	88	65	0.00
September 23	89	66	0.00
September 24	90	67	0.00
September 25	86	53	0.48
September 26	71	48	0.00
September 27	77	49	0.00
September 28	73	50	0.00
September 29	79	47	0.00
September 30	83	60	0.00

October 1961 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	50	0.37
October 2	60	46	0.00
October 3	58	42	0.00
October 4	67	37	0.00
October 5	73	46	0.00
October 6	77	48	0.00
October 7	78	49	0.00
October 8	79	51	0.00
October 9	80	45	0.00
October 10	79	52	0.00
October 11	83	56	0.00
October 12	84	58	0.00
October 13	82	58	0.28
October 14	60	41	0.01
October 15	61	32	0.00
October 16	73	42	0.00
October 17	78	49	0.00
October 18	78	49	0.00
October 19	62	41	0.18
October 20	52	38	0.00
October 21	55	50	0.00
October 22	58	43	0.00
October 23	73	42	0.00
October 24	76	49	0.00
October 25	67	44	0.00
October 26	55	35	0.00
October 27	60	28	0.00
October 28	69	42	0.00
October 29	76	49	0.00
October 30	75	62	0.04
October 31	67	60	0.00

November 1961 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	64	50	0.16	0.0
November 2	81	59	0.00	0.0
November 3	76	42	0.56	0.0
November 4	54	37	0.00	0.0
November 5	51	47	0.03	0.0
November 6	47	34	0.00	0.0
November 7	51	27	0.00	0.0
November 8	42	28	0.00	0.0
November 9	49	22	0.00	0.0
November 10	60	32	0.00	0.0
November 11	61	42	0.00	0.0
November 12	68	51	0.00	0.0
November 13	59	54	0.78	0.0
November 14	63	52	0.03	0.0
November 15	67	51	0.09	0.0
November 16	65	44	0.41	0.0
November 17	44	35	0.00	0.0
November 18	42	28	0.00	0.0
November 19	35	31	0.11	1.2
November 20	36	32	0.00	0.0
November 21	43	26	0.00	0.0
November 22	51	30	0.00	0.0
November 23	53	44	0.87	0.0
November 24	51	36	0.00	0.0
November 25	60	31	0.00	0.0
November 26	59	46	0.00	0.0
November 27	55	31	0.00	0.0
November 28	38	20	0.00	0.0
November 29	40	16	0.00	0.0
November 30	51	24	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	57	36	0.00	0.0
December 2	58	46	0.00	0.0
December 3	65	42	0.00	0.0
December 4	67	53	0.65	0.0
December 5	53	28	0.00	0.0
December 6	49	25	0.00	0.0
December 7	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 8	37	20	0.00	0.0
December 9	46	26	1.46	1.3
December 10	50	38	0.02	0.0
December 11	47	36	0.12	0.0
December 12	57	22	0.00	0.0
December 13	28	18	0.00	0.0
December 14	38	17	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	24	0.00	0.0
December 16	52	31	0.46	0.0
December 17	55	40	0.04	0.0
December 18	47	38	0.42	0.0
December 19	50	34	0.07	0.0
December 20	34	30	0.00	0.0
December 21	35	29	0.00	0.0
December 22	51	28	0.03	0.0
December 23	40	26	0.30	1.3
December 24	29	22	0.00	0.0
December 25	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 26	50	23	0.00	0.0
December 27	42	23	0.28	0.3
December 28	24	3	0.00	0.3
December 29	21	1	0.02	1.8
December 30	29	15	0.00	0.1
December 31	40	21	0.02	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1872–2024	Lexington Bluegrass Airport	location