Lexington Weather in 1970

Historical record of Lexington, Kentucky weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.

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1970 Lexington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 2
Lowest temperature	-8 °F	January 21
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 29
Lowest daily high	3 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	3.0 inches	September 25
Most daily snow	5.0 inches	February 14
Total annual precipitation	47.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	25.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Lexington in 1970?

The highest temperature recorded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1970 was 97 °F which happened on July 2.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Lexington in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 2
2	93 °F	Jul 1
3	91 °F	Aug 29
3	91 °F	Jul 29
3	91 °F	Jun 30
6	90 °F	Sep 21
6	90 °F	Sep 15
6	90 °F	Sep 8
6	90 °F	Aug 30
6	90 °F	Aug 22
6	90 °F	Aug 2
6	90 °F	Jul 31
6	90 °F	Jul 30
6	90 °F	Jul 28
6	90 °F	Jul 14
6	90 °F	Jul 13

What was the coldest temperature in Lexington in 1970?

The lowest temperature recorded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1970 was -8 °F which happened on Jan 21.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Lexington in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-8 °F	January 21
2	-6 °F	February 4
2	-6 °F	January 10
2	-6 °F	January 7
5	-5 °F	January 22
5	-5 °F	January 8
7	-3 °F	January 9
8	-1 °F	February 3
8	-1 °F	January 20
10	1 °F	January 13

January 1970 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	33	23	0.03	0.3
January 2	34	23	0.02	0.4
January 3	26	15	0.00	0.0
January 4	35	14	0.00	0.0
January 5	44	23	0.00	0.0
January 6	34	11	0.22	3.0
January 7	11	-6	0.00	0.1
January 8	3	-5	0.00	0.0
January 9	8	-3	0.01	0.4
January 10	18	-6	0.00	0.0
January 11	32	18	0.12	1.1
January 12	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 13	32	1	0.00	0.0
January 14	40	18	0.00	0.0
January 15	50	26	0.00	0.0
January 16	51	29	0.00	0.0
January 17	50	37	0.00	0.0
January 18	41	16	0.13	0.6
January 19	26	12	0.00	0.0
January 20	20	-1	0.02	0.9
January 21	13	-8	0.00	0.0
January 22	23	-5	0.00	0.0
January 23	28	22	0.15	1.6
January 24	37	12	0.00	0.0
January 25	57	35	0.00	0.0
January 26	51	35	0.00	0.0
January 27	49	31	0.00	0.0
January 28	65	36	0.00	0.0
January 29	65	32	0.25	0.0
January 30	39	25	0.00	0.0
January 31	49	24	0.00	0.0

February 1970 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	48	28	0.32	0.0
February 2	47	26	0.46	0.7
February 3	26	-1	0.08	0.9
February 4	29	-6	0.00	0.0
February 5	33	28	0.27	2.8
February 6	36	27	0.00	0.0
February 7	39	26	0.15	0.0
February 8	44	38	0.30	0.0
February 9	38	30	0.04	0.0
February 10	36	28	0.00	0.2
February 11	33	29	0.00	0.1
February 12	37	24	0.01	0.2
February 13	34	24	0.00	0.0
February 14	33	22	1.23	5.0
February 15	37	29	0.65	0.0
February 16	31	21	0.00	0.0
February 17	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 18	64	32	0.00	0.0
February 19	51	24	0.00	0.0
February 20	28	16	0.00	0.0
February 21	48	13	0.00	0.0
February 22	52	32	0.08	0.0
February 23	50	32	0.00	0.0
February 24	52	29	0.00	0.0
February 25	44	14	0.01	0.0
February 26	39	8	0.00	0.0
February 27	53	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	54	27	0.00	0.0

March 1970 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	59	40	0.22	0.0
March 2	57	47	0.55	0.0
March 3	67	50	0.17	0.0
March 4	59	45	1.58	0.0
March 5	45	34	0.00	0.0
March 6	52	26	0.00	0.0
March 7	56	32	0.00	0.0
March 8	61	33	0.00	0.0
March 9	62	33	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	31	0.00	0.0
March 11	47	29	0.00	0.0
March 12	38	29	0.57	0.2
March 13	38	25	0.04	0.3
March 14	31	22	0.00	0.3
March 15	31	20	0.03	0.9
March 16	38	12	0.00	0.0
March 17	41	27	0.11	0.6
March 18	50	33	0.03	0.0
March 19	59	41	0.00	0.0
March 20	55	34	0.03	0.0
March 21	44	33	0.00	0.0
March 22	41	34	0.24	0.0
March 23	43	35	0.07	0.0
March 24	47	30	0.01	0.0
March 25	58	37	0.18	0.0
March 26	58	31	0.33	0.0
March 27	50	27	0.00	0.0
March 28	57	30	0.00	0.0
March 29	38	29	0.41	3.9
March 30	40	27	0.06	0.0
March 31	52	37	0.09	0.0

April 1970 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	61	41	1.80
April 2	63	32	0.72
April 3	59	30	0.00
April 4	49	30	0.00
April 5	53	28	0.00
April 6	56	38	0.01
April 7	60	31	0.00
April 8	73	38	0.00
April 9	64	49	0.00
April 10	66	40	0.00
April 11	71	36	0.00
April 12	73	45	0.00
April 13	74	50	0.15
April 14	50	43	0.07
April 15	64	43	0.00
April 16	74	49	0.00
April 17	72	53	0.00
April 18	72	46	0.00
April 19	82	55	0.65
April 20	72	51	0.15
April 21	66	49	0.00
April 22	75	51	0.00
April 23	73	59	2.76
April 24	66	53	0.37
April 25	70	47	0.06
April 26	73	58	0.04
April 27	76	56	0.70
April 28	67	59	1.82
April 29	84	62	0.00
April 30	83	68	0.00

May 1970 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	79	64	0.30
May 2	64	45	0.74
May 3	57	40	0.00
May 4	71	39	0.00
May 5	74	50	0.00
May 6	59	41	0.00
May 7	72	40	0.00
May 8	80	54	0.00
May 9	80	62	0.00
May 10	71	59	0.09
May 11	78	58	0.21
May 12	82	61	0.03
May 13	80	63	0.90
May 14	81	63	0.35
May 15	82	65	0.00
May 16	67	53	0.05
May 17	67	45	0.00
May 18	72	45	0.00
May 19	79	51	0.00
May 20	83	54	0.00
May 21	87	62	0.00
May 22	86	61	0.00
May 23	86	64	0.00
May 24	87	67	0.01
May 25	88	63	0.45
May 26	75	56	0.00
May 27	75	52	0.00
May 28	86	56	0.00
May 29	83	67	0.04
May 30	78	66	0.01
May 31	82	66	0.00

June 1970 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	69	0.00
June 2	83	68	0.20
June 3	73	66	1.80
June 4	77	62	0.30
June 5	74	57	0.34
June 6	74	53	0.00
June 7	80	53	0.00
June 8	86	59	0.00
June 9	87	62	0.02
June 10	87	64	0.00
June 11	86	66	0.00
June 12	85	64	0.00
June 13	76	66	0.46
June 14	84	62	0.00
June 15	76	67	0.24
June 16	76	68	0.06
June 17	87	69	0.00
June 18	87	70	0.00
June 19	76	62	0.00
June 20	76	57	0.01
June 21	77	58	0.18
June 22	76	54	0.00
June 23	80	52	0.00
June 24	83	56	0.00
June 25	86	66	0.00
June 26	87	66	0.20
June 27	74	58	0.00
June 28	79	50	0.00
June 29	85	56	0.00
June 30	91	65	0.00

July 1970 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	93	71	0.00
July 2	97	72	0.00
July 3	85	68	1.50
July 4	76	62	0.00
July 5	71	57	0.00
July 6	79	52	0.00
July 7	83	58	0.00
July 8	86	64	0.56
July 9	76	62	0.00
July 10	79	59	0.00
July 11	83	63	0.00
July 12	85	61	0.00
July 13	90	63	0.00
July 14	90	68	0.00
July 15	89	68	0.30
July 16	82	63	0.00
July 17	85	60	0.00
July 18	87	60	0.00
July 19	89	65	0.13
July 20	69	59	0.74
July 21	68	53	0.00
July 22	72	59	0.08
July 23	81	64	0.03
July 24	87	68	0.00
July 25	88	66	0.00
July 26	85	71	0.05
July 27	89	67	0.00
July 28	90	71	0.00
July 29	91	72	0.00
July 30	90	71	0.00
July 31	90	70	0.00

August 1970 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	89	71	0.17
August 2	90	67	0.00
August 3	87	70	0.69
August 4	85	62	0.00
August 5	81	63	0.00
August 6	85	63	0.00
August 7	84	61	0.00
August 8	81	64	0.66
August 9	74	67	0.39
August 10	76	67	0.00
August 11	80	64	0.00
August 12	79	63	0.18
August 13	83	62	0.00
August 14	85	63	0.00
August 15	88	66	0.00
August 16	89	68	0.00
August 17	89	68	0.00
August 18	88	69	0.04
August 19	89	68	0.14
August 20	84	68	0.02
August 21	86	65	0.00
August 22	90	67	0.12
August 23	80	63	0.01
August 24	81	55	0.00
August 25	83	55	0.00
August 26	85	57	0.00
August 27	87	57	0.00
August 28	88	61	0.00
August 29	91	63	0.00
August 30	90	68	0.14
August 31	85	69	0.05

September 1970 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	66	0.00
September 2	85	64	0.07
September 3	85	70	0.03
September 4	83	70	0.01
September 5	84	66	0.12
September 6	89	65	0.00
September 7	81	69	0.35
September 8	90	69	0.00
September 9	84	69	0.20
September 10	78	60	0.00
September 11	76	54	0.00
September 12	81	47	0.00
September 13	89	59	0.00
September 14	87	71	0.00
September 15	90	69	0.00
September 16	89	64	0.00
September 17	88	64	0.00
September 18	84	68	0.60
September 19	82	60	0.00
September 20	87	67	0.00
September 21	90	70	0.00
September 22	89	70	0.00
September 23	89	70	0.00
September 24	89	70	0.00
September 25	72	65	2.96
September 26	84	58	0.94
September 27	64	50	0.43
September 28	67	45	0.00
September 29	66	38	0.00
September 30	76	54	0.00

October 1970 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	71	45	0.00
October 2	77	52	0.02
October 3	68	47	0.00
October 4	66	36	0.00
October 5	75	42	0.00
October 6	78	52	0.00
October 7	75	57	0.00
October 8	65	62	0.03
October 9	78	54	0.18
October 10	62	46	0.02
October 11	68	53	0.00
October 12	76	56	0.03
October 13	77	64	0.03
October 14	74	60	0.67
October 15	61	42	0.02
October 16	53	34	0.00
October 17	56	29	0.00
October 18	63	32	0.00
October 19	65	43	0.00
October 20	67	50	0.53
October 21	58	52	0.06
October 22	62	48	0.00
October 23	68	40	0.00
October 24	64	49	0.01
October 25	72	51	0.00
October 26	72	55	0.00
October 27	73	52	0.00
October 28	61	56	0.01
October 29	59	46	0.60
October 30	63	40	0.16
October 31	67	36	0.00

November 1970 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	60	41	0.00
November 2	50	36	0.52
November 3	46	32	0.05
November 4	44	36	0.13
November 5	52	36	0.01
November 6	59	30	0.00
November 7	63	43	0.00
November 8	65	35	0.00
November 9	68	48	0.01
November 10	56	48	0.01
November 11	59	36	0.00
November 12	58	42	0.00
November 13	55	40	0.00
November 14	46	33	0.56
November 15	34	27	0.01
November 16	38	25	0.00
November 17	45	24	0.00
November 18	50	33	0.00
November 19	57	38	0.02
November 20	58	32	0.88
November 21	52	28	0.00
November 22	51	29	0.15
November 23	29	12	0.00
November 24	21	10	0.00
November 25	40	12	0.00
November 26	54	40	0.00
November 27	63	53	0.00
November 28	63	47	0.00
November 29	67	48	0.00
November 30	65	51	0.00

December 1970 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	70	57	0.00	0.0
December 2	64	47	0.00	0.0
December 3	70	49	0.02	0.0
December 4	62	28	0.00	0.0
December 5	40	26	0.02	0.0
December 6	32	16	0.00	0.0
December 7	33	11	0.00	0.0
December 8	53	26	0.00	0.0
December 9	58	37	0.00	0.0
December 10	60	34	0.00	0.0
December 11	63	50	0.80	0.0
December 12	55	34	0.88	0.0
December 13	35	27	0.00	0.0
December 14	45	22	0.00	0.0
December 15	48	26	0.00	0.0
December 16	51	39	0.60	0.0
December 17	42	34	0.03	0.0
December 18	53	35	0.00	0.0
December 19	59	35	0.01	0.0
December 20	39	31	0.00	0.0
December 21	48	37	2.07	0.0
December 22	56	48	1.00	0.0
December 23	68	27	0.04	0.0
December 24	33	18	0.00	0.0
December 25	35	16	0.01	0.1
December 26	29	8	0.00	0.0
December 27	32	16	0.00	0.0
December 28	33	14	0.00	0.0
December 29	38	20	0.00	0.0
December 30	37	15	0.00	0.0
December 31	30	20	0.03	1.1

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1872–2024	Lexington Bluegrass Airport	location