Lexington Weather in 1978

Historical record of Lexington, Kentucky weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Lexington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	June 29
Lowest temperature	-9 °F	February 7
Highest daily low	75 °F	June 27
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	4.3 inches	July 30
Most daily snow	5.6 inches	January 16
Total annual precipitation	57.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	38.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Lexington in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1978 was 94 °F which happened on June 29.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Lexington in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jun 29
2	93 °F	Jun 30
2	93 °F	Jun 27
4	92 °F	Jul 23
4	92 °F	Jul 22
4	92 °F	Jul 20
4	92 °F	Jun 28
8	91 °F	Aug 25
8	91 °F	Jul 21
8	91 °F	Jul 8
8	91 °F	Jun 26

What was the coldest temperature in Lexington in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1978 was -9 °F which happened on Feb 7.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Lexington in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-9 °F	February 7
2	-4 °F	January 10
3	-3 °F	January 11
4	-2 °F	January 30
5	-1 °F	March 5
6	0 °F	February 19
6	0 °F	January 26
8	1 °F	January 29
8	1 °F	January 9
10	2 °F	February 8
10	2 °F	January 22

January 1978 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	41	22	0.04	0.0
January 2	22	15	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	12	0.00	0.0
January 4	43	19	0.00	0.0
January 5	39	34	0.11	0.0
January 6	46	38	0.02	0.0
January 7	59	38	0.83	0.0
January 8	53	11	2.07	2.5
January 9	11	1	0.01	0.3
January 10	10	-4	0.00	0.0
January 11	16	-3	0.00	0.0
January 12	25	10	0.11	2.1
January 13	28	23	0.02	0.2
January 14	25	20	0.02	1.1
January 15	21	10	0.03	0.4
January 16	31	10	0.39	5.6
January 17	31	23	0.83	5.2
January 18	24	21	0.00	0.0
January 19	25	21	0.15	1.9
January 20	25	22	0.02	0.6
January 21	26	14	0.00	0.2
January 22	27	2	0.00	0.0
January 23	34	6	0.00	0.0
January 24	38	25	0.55	0.0
January 25	41	30	1.07	0.7
January 26	30	0	0.11	1.1
January 27	18	10	0.00	0.0
January 28	16	6	0.00	0.0
January 29	14	1	0.00	0.0
January 30	19	-2	0.00	0.0
January 31	22	10	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	25	7	0.00	0.2
February 2	29	11	0.05	1.2
February 3	26	10	0.00	0.0
February 4	28	10	0.00	0.0
February 5	28	16	0.02	0.3
February 6	17	4	0.00	0.0
February 7	17	-9	0.00	0.0
February 8	24	2	0.00	0.0
February 9	30	8	0.00	0.0
February 10	28	7	0.00	0.0
February 11	29	4	0.00	0.0
February 12	32	9	0.00	0.0
February 13	35	28	0.35	0.0
February 14	34	24	0.03	0.3
February 15	30	22	0.00	0.0
February 16	32	27	0.01	0.1
February 17	32	18	0.00	0.0
February 18	29	15	0.18	2.4
February 19	26	0	0.00	0.0
February 20	31	7	0.00	0.0
February 21	29	15	0.00	0.0
February 22	27	14	0.00	0.0
February 23	32	18	0.00	0.2
February 24	35	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	38	25	0.00	0.0
February 26	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 27	32	12	0.00	0.0
February 28	35	28	0.03	2.4

March 1978 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	33	18	0.02	1.6
March 2	28	16	0.28	3.3
March 3	35	22	0.11	1.1
March 4	27	13	0.00	0.2
March 5	28	-1	0.00	0.0
March 6	44	25	0.00	0.0
March 7	35	32	0.22	0.5
March 8	34	32	0.13	0.0
March 9	40	33	0.00	0.0
March 10	45	32	0.00	0.0
March 11	51	31	0.08	0.0
March 12	45	36	0.12	0.0
March 13	63	36	0.08	0.0
March 14	57	40	0.88	0.0
March 15	47	37	0.00	0.0
March 16	42	32	0.17	1.7
March 17	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 18	46	20	0.00	0.0
March 19	66	42	0.00	0.0
March 20	72	37	0.00	0.0
March 21	60	37	0.32	0.0
March 22	63	31	0.00	0.0
March 23	72	44	0.00	0.0
March 24	51	41	0.01	0.0
March 25	56	41	0.38	0.0
March 26	43	34	0.06	0.0
March 27	42	34	0.01	0.0
March 28	65	37	0.00	0.0
March 29	62	43	0.00	0.0
March 30	60	32	0.00	0.0
March 31	80	44	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	78	59	0.00
April 2	74	46	0.00
April 3	79	57	0.00
April 4	77	56	0.11
April 5	67	47	0.00
April 6	76	58	0.06
April 7	73	48	0.00
April 8	75	47	0.00
April 9	82	52	0.00
April 10	82	60	0.00
April 11	73	45	0.21
April 12	69	40	0.00
April 13	65	45	0.00
April 14	62	37	0.00
April 15	67	48	0.00
April 16	56	42	0.06
April 17	67	41	0.00
April 18	73	51	0.60
April 19	61	45	0.16
April 20	48	42	0.02
April 21	47	38	0.00
April 22	59	36	0.00
April 23	59	49	0.22
April 24	70	47	0.49
April 25	59	43	0.48
April 26	58	45	0.38
April 27	66	38	0.00
April 28	68	36	0.00
April 29	66	50	0.04
April 30	65	50	0.32

May 1978 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	41	0.00
May 2	61	34	0.00
May 3	61	38	0.02
May 4	57	44	1.03
May 5	57	48	0.00
May 6	65	41	0.00
May 7	57	49	0.49
May 8	70	57	0.65
May 9	71	50	0.00
May 10	70	47	0.00
May 11	75	48	0.00
May 12	67	58	0.60
May 13	64	47	0.92
May 14	47	44	0.13
May 15	56	45	0.04
May 16	57	49	0.04
May 17	70	49	0.00
May 18	76	47	0.00
May 19	82	52	0.00
May 20	80	55	0.00
May 21	76	54	0.00
May 22	76	49	0.00
May 23	82	61	1.23
May 24	76	64	0.40
May 25	79	63	0.00
May 26	83	57	0.00
May 27	85	56	0.00
May 28	86	64	0.13
May 29	82	66	0.00
May 30	80	67	0.06
May 31	84	60	0.00

June 1978 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	87	62	0.00
June 2	83	65	0.19
June 3	77	59	0.05
June 4	77	49	0.00
June 5	82	58	0.00
June 6	79	60	0.00
June 7	78	66	0.67
June 8	81	68	0.00
June 9	74	57	0.00
June 10	81	54	0.00
June 11	86	63	0.00
June 12	87	66	0.22
June 13	74	54	0.00
June 14	74	49	0.00
June 15	81	55	0.00
June 16	86	66	0.00
June 17	87	69	0.00
June 18	90	67	0.54
June 19	79	65	0.16
June 20	85	64	0.00
June 21	82	67	0.00
June 22	78	59	0.00
June 23	80	57	0.00
June 24	85	59	0.00
June 25	89	68	0.04
June 26	91	68	0.02
June 27	93	75	0.00
June 28	92	73	0.00
June 29	94	69	0.05
June 30	93	68	0.00

July 1978 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	90	68	0.77
July 2	86	68	0.00
July 3	85	71	0.00
July 4	82	62	0.00
July 5	81	59	0.00
July 6	88	59	0.00
July 7	89	72	0.00
July 8	91	69	0.09
July 9	88	69	0.01
July 10	87	69	0.57
July 11	79	60	0.00
July 12	80	55	0.00
July 13	81	68	0.13
July 14	86	69	0.00
July 15	78	67	0.50
July 16	83	60	0.00
July 17	82	57	0.00
July 18	87	58	0.00
July 19	90	67	0.00
July 20	92	72	0.00
July 21	91	73	0.00
July 22	92	73	0.00
July 23	92	69	0.03
July 24	81	68	0.10
July 25	83	66	0.66
July 26	87	71	0.00
July 27	87	70	0.00
July 28	86	65	0.00
July 29	90	64	0.01
July 30	86	68	4.30
July 31	79	65	0.43

August 1978 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	60	0.00
August 2	87	66	0.20
August 3	83	70	0.12
August 4	79	63	0.00
August 5	73	64	0.34
August 6	80	69	0.65
August 7	78	64	0.00
August 8	82	61	0.00
August 9	80	70	0.00
August 10	85	67	1.58
August 11	78	67	0.39
August 12	82	66	0.90
August 13	82	66	0.07
August 14	86	67	0.00
August 15	86	69	0.00
August 16	83	71	0.12
August 17	86	70	0.00
August 18	86	67	0.95
August 19	89	72	0.06
August 20	76	59	0.00
August 21	77	56	0.00
August 22	82	56	0.00
August 23	87	60	0.00
August 24	87	71	0.00
August 25	91	69	1.75
August 26	85	68	0.05
August 27	88	70	0.00
August 28	87	70	0.27
August 29	75	67	0.17
August 30	76	67	2.03
August 31	70	62	0.35

September 1978 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	58	0.00
September 2	80	56	0.00
September 3	80	56	0.00
September 4	79	60	0.00
September 5	80	55	0.00
September 6	86	57	0.00
September 7	85	61	0.00
September 8	86	64	0.00
September 9	87	61	0.00
September 10	86	62	0.02
September 11	83	65	0.00
September 12	83	67	0.21
September 13	83	68	0.32
September 14	83	70	0.02
September 15	82	67	0.00
September 16	80	68	0.00
September 17	87	69	0.00
September 18	88	73	0.00
September 19	90	70	0.00
September 20	90	69	0.00
September 21	88	70	0.78
September 22	70	55	0.00
September 23	68	50	0.00
September 24	73	59	0.00
September 25	75	52	0.00
September 26	76	48	0.00
September 27	77	60	0.00
September 28	70	53	0.00
September 29	74	46	0.00
September 30	77	58	1.75

October 1978 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	51	0.00
October 2	71	44	0.00
October 3	72	53	0.48
October 4	69	50	0.00
October 5	71	45	0.00
October 6	56	42	0.00
October 7	55	43	0.00
October 8	58	36	0.00
October 9	65	36	0.00
October 10	70	45	0.00
October 11	65	53	0.23
October 12	78	60	0.00
October 13	67	49	1.00
October 14	49	38	0.07
October 15	52	33	0.00
October 16	49	40	0.01
October 17	55	35	0.00
October 18	64	36	0.00
October 19	66	47	0.00
October 20	70	39	0.00
October 21	73	43	0.00
October 22	77	48	0.00
October 23	72	44	0.09
October 24	57	35	0.00
October 25	70	40	0.00
October 26	65	41	1.32
October 27	58	32	0.00
October 28	66	34	0.00
October 29	61	38	0.00
October 30	71	39	0.00
October 31	73	46	0.00

November 1978 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	68	44	0.00
November 2	67	41	0.00
November 3	72	43	0.00
November 4	70	44	0.00
November 5	70	40	0.00
November 6	71	44	0.00
November 7	52	42	0.28
November 8	53	35	0.00
November 9	54	32	0.00
November 10	64	41	0.00
November 11	69	44	0.00
November 12	68	54	0.00
November 13	74	52	0.00
November 14	66	47	0.14
November 15	47	43	0.68
November 16	48	43	0.09
November 17	66	47	0.45
November 18	47	41	0.00
November 19	47	35	0.00
November 20	50	32	0.00
November 21	46	37	0.00
November 22	49	40	0.00
November 23	56	47	0.32
November 24	53	31	0.00
November 25	46	28	0.00
November 26	44	40	1.07
November 27	56	42	0.08
November 28	42	30	0.00
November 29	43	30	0.00
November 30	46	32	0.00

December 1978 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	53	26	0.00	0.0
December 2	57	37	0.00	0.0
December 3	60	48	2.60	0.0
December 4	60	31	0.43	0.0
December 5	50	28	0.00	0.0
December 6	56	33	0.00	0.0
December 7	59	41	1.26	0.0
December 8	62	33	2.93	0.0
December 9	33	18	0.15	0.7
December 10	23	12	0.00	0.0
December 11	38	16	0.00	0.0
December 12	45	26	0.00	0.0
December 13	46	29	0.00	0.0
December 14	39	22	0.00	0.0
December 15	48	26	0.00	0.0
December 16	47	35	0.22	0.0
December 17	41	27	0.00	0.0
December 18	41	28	0.00	0.0
December 19	48	38	0.17	0.0
December 20	62	43	1.25	0.0
December 21	43	25	0.00	0.0
December 22	46	24	0.00	0.0
December 23	45	24	0.00	0.0
December 24	45	33	0.13	0.0
December 25	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 26	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 27	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 28	37	17	0.00	0.0
December 29	53	25	0.02	0.0
December 30	47	37	0.48	0.0
December 31	59	47	0.33	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1872–2024	Lexington Bluegrass Airport	location