Lexington Weather in 1979

Historical record of Lexington, Kentucky weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Lexington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	August 8
Lowest temperature	-3 °F	January 15
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 10
Lowest daily high	15 °F	January 3
Most daily precipitation	4.1 inches	September 21
Most daily snow	5.0 inches	February 7
Total annual precipitation	54.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	23.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Lexington in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1979 was 92 °F which happened on August 8.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Lexington in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Aug 8
2	91 °F	Aug 9
2	91 °F	Aug 7
4	90 °F	Aug 6
4	90 °F	Jun 20
6	89 °F	Jul 16
7	88 °F	Aug 10
7	88 °F	Aug 5
7	88 °F	Aug 1
7	88 °F	Jul 30
7	88 °F	Jul 4
7	88 °F	Jun 22

What was the coldest temperature in Lexington in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1979 was -3 °F which happened on Jan 15.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Lexington in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-3 °F	January 15
2	0 °F	February 10
2	0 °F	February 2
2	0 °F	January 9
2	0 °F	January 3
6	1 °F	January 8
7	2 °F	February 9
7	2 °F	February 5
9	3 °F	January 2
10	4 °F	January 14

January 1979 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	57	30	1.22	0.0
January 2	30	3	0.08	1.8
January 3	15	0	0.00	0.0
January 4	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 5	24	18	0.19	2.8
January 6	28	22	0.12	1.2
January 7	30	19	0.74	0.4
January 8	20	1	0.00	0.1
January 9	22	0	0.00	0.0
January 10	22	10	0.00	0.0
January 11	17	5	0.00	0.0
January 12	31	17	0.00	0.0
January 13	42	31	0.11	0.0
January 14	42	4	0.08	0.2
January 15	23	-3	0.00	0.0
January 16	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 17	44	30	0.03	0.0
January 18	30	20	0.00	0.0
January 19	37	20	0.21	0.0
January 20	44	37	0.64	0.0
January 21	40	28	0.31	1.4
January 22	28	24	0.00	0.0
January 23	42	22	0.00	0.0
January 24	38	15	0.14	0.7
January 25	25	15	0.00	0.0
January 26	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 27	33	20	0.09	1.1
January 28	28	23	0.05	0.8
January 29	23	20	0.00	0.0
January 30	29	10	0.00	0.0
January 31	24	14	0.06	0.9

February 1979 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	19	6	0.01	0.2
February 2	28	0	0.00	0.0
February 3	33	26	0.02	0.5
February 4	33	12	0.00	0.0
February 5	19	2	0.00	0.0
February 6	30	10	0.00	0.1
February 7	32	16	0.44	5.0
February 8	25	6	0.03	0.7
February 9	16	2	0.01	0.1
February 10	19	0	0.00	0.0
February 11	32	16	0.00	0.0
February 12	40	20	0.01	0.0
February 13	24	13	0.00	0.0
February 14	42	22	0.00	0.0
February 15	54	42	0.05	0.0
February 16	46	13	0.00	0.0
February 17	24	6	0.00	0.0
February 18	30	16	0.47	4.7
February 19	22	7	0.00	0.0
February 20	41	6	0.00	0.0
February 21	50	38	0.25	0.0
February 22	55	29	0.55	0.0
February 23	61	52	0.22	0.0
February 24	54	37	0.10	0.0
February 25	42	30	0.76	0.0
February 26	30	26	0.00	0.3
February 27	47	20	0.00	0.0
February 28	55	29	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	49	40	0.14	0.0
March 2	61	37	0.00	0.0
March 3	65	48	0.21	0.0
March 4	70	39	0.06	0.0
March 5	42	36	0.00	0.0
March 6	50	33	0.00	0.0
March 7	56	34	0.23	0.0
March 8	50	38	0.00	0.0
March 9	57	38	0.00	0.0
March 10	49	24	0.15	0.0
March 11	31	17	0.00	0.0
March 12	51	24	0.00	0.0
March 13	68	36	0.01	0.0
March 14	59	33	0.14	0.0
March 15	36	19	0.00	0.0
March 16	52	20	0.00	0.0
March 17	67	34	0.00	0.0
March 18	73	48	0.00	0.0
March 19	73	50	0.00	0.0
March 20	70	56	0.00	0.0
March 21	74	51	0.00	0.0
March 22	74	52	0.00	0.0
March 23	64	51	1.02	0.0
March 24	51	32	0.18	0.0
March 25	33	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	42	34	0.01	0.1
March 28	72	37	0.00	0.0
March 29	72	55	0.00	0.0
March 30	72	62	0.00	0.0
March 31	65	52	1.07	0.0

April 1979 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	66	48	0.68
April 2	68	44	1.63
April 3	55	41	0.00
April 4	56	43	0.23
April 5	56	41	0.00
April 6	53	29	0.00
April 7	55	29	0.00
April 8	65	44	0.39
April 9	54	36	0.20
April 10	48	35	0.00
April 11	80	40	0.18
April 12	72	60	0.80
April 13	66	44	0.56
April 14	67	40	0.00
April 15	61	44	0.00
April 16	62	37	0.00
April 17	64	37	0.00
April 18	65	35	0.00
April 19	67	39	0.00
April 20	73	41	0.00
April 21	80	55	0.00
April 22	65	57	0.06
April 23	69	58	0.02
April 24	74	61	0.00
April 25	71	61	0.00
April 26	69	48	0.16
April 27	63	42	0.01
April 28	51	38	0.00
April 29	60	33	0.00
April 30	66	46	0.00

May 1979 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	42	0.00
May 2	80	48	0.03
May 3	68	59	0.70
May 4	62	43	0.74
May 5	63	38	0.00
May 6	74	44	0.00
May 7	81	57	0.00
May 8	84	62	0.00
May 9	80	64	0.00
May 10	82	68	0.00
May 11	86	64	0.00
May 12	73	53	0.09
May 13	67	50	0.00
May 14	74	46	0.00
May 15	73	54	0.09
May 16	70	48	0.00
May 17	75	46	0.00
May 18	81	48	0.00
May 19	82	56	0.00
May 20	80	60	0.37
May 21	74	59	0.00
May 22	71	52	0.00
May 23	67	62	1.07
May 24	62	50	0.00
May 25	50	43	0.17
May 26	70	41	0.00
May 27	71	57	0.06
May 28	75	57	0.06
May 29	78	48	0.00
May 30	78	53	0.11
May 31	74	66	0.68

June 1979 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	65	0.00
June 2	79	61	0.00
June 3	71	58	0.21
June 4	79	48	0.00
June 5	80	58	0.00
June 6	82	64	0.13
June 7	80	65	0.32
June 8	84	68	0.20
June 9	85	68	0.39
June 10	86	57	0.17
June 11	75	51	0.00
June 12	80	52	0.01
June 13	80	58	0.40
June 14	82	57	0.00
June 15	82	64	0.00
June 16	82	62	0.00
June 17	85	65	0.00
June 18	86	68	0.00
June 19	85	68	0.00
June 20	90	68	0.00
June 21	86	71	0.00
June 22	88	67	0.05
June 23	84	64	0.17
June 24	66	52	0.15
June 25	73	45	0.00
June 26	81	53	0.00
June 27	83	58	0.00
June 28	84	65	0.00
June 29	76	63	0.60
June 30	76	62	0.00

July 1979 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	58	0.00
July 2	85	59	0.00
July 3	85	61	0.00
July 4	88	61	0.00
July 5	77	52	0.00
July 6	78	54	0.00
July 7	82	60	0.00
July 8	71	68	0.02
July 9	72	67	0.00
July 10	82	65	0.01
July 11	83	65	0.00
July 12	80	71	0.43
July 13	82	67	0.30
July 14	87	69	0.01
July 15	83	71	0.04
July 16	89	66	0.00
July 17	86	68	0.00
July 18	83	63	0.00
July 19	84	59	0.00
July 20	82	66	0.64
July 21	82	67	0.00
July 22	86	68	0.65
July 23	86	67	0.39
July 24	87	70	0.02
July 25	81	71	0.45
July 26	78	70	0.82
July 27	81	71	0.61
July 28	80	69	0.20
July 29	82	68	0.01
July 30	88	70	0.00
July 31	87	71	0.12

August 1979 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	70	0.10
August 2	79	67	0.00
August 3	84	63	0.00
August 4	87	64	0.00
August 5	88	67	0.00
August 6	90	70	0.00
August 7	91	67	0.00
August 8	92	71	0.00
August 9	91	72	0.00
August 10	88	73	0.41
August 11	73	62	1.31
August 12	75	57	0.00
August 13	77	55	0.00
August 14	79	59	0.00
August 15	70	56	0.00
August 16	73	51	0.00
August 17	79	52	0.00
August 18	82	65	0.00
August 19	87	70	0.45
August 20	87	68	1.20
August 21	82	68	0.00
August 22	83	69	0.00
August 23	81	70	0.39
August 24	81	70	0.42
August 25	77	66	0.05
August 26	77	70	0.77
August 27	82	70	0.00
August 28	85	69	0.32
August 29	83	68	0.76
August 30	83	67	0.02
August 31	84	64	0.00

September 1979 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	70	0.09
September 2	78	69	0.00
September 3	85	67	0.00
September 4	85	65	0.00
September 5	86	68	0.00
September 6	84	66	0.00
September 7	81	61	0.00
September 8	71	53	0.00
September 9	73	50	0.00
September 10	81	52	0.00
September 11	84	58	0.00
September 12	87	64	0.00
September 13	74	69	2.57
September 14	73	59	0.40
September 15	69	49	0.00
September 16	72	48	0.00
September 17	79	51	0.00
September 18	77	60	0.00
September 19	74	56	0.00
September 20	75	55	0.28
September 21	64	60	4.13
September 22	62	51	0.86
September 23	69	45	0.00
September 24	73	52	0.00
September 25	77	52	0.00
September 26	77	51	0.00
September 27	69	61	0.52
September 28	71	60	0.84
September 29	73	55	0.00
September 30	77	53	0.00

October 1979 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	77	53	0.23
October 2	62	53	0.21
October 3	67	54	0.00
October 4	63	45	0.51
October 5	54	38	0.00
October 6	67	44	0.02
October 7	62	41	0.00
October 8	74	42	0.00
October 9	70	40	0.98
October 10	51	40	0.00
October 11	61	42	0.04
October 12	61	50	0.10
October 13	52	36	0.08
October 14	55	29	0.00
October 15	63	37	0.00
October 16	67	52	0.05
October 17	74	50	0.00
October 18	76	50	0.00
October 19	77	55	0.00
October 20	79	61	0.00
October 21	83	63	0.00
October 22	83	59	0.47
October 23	59	43	0.00
October 24	43	35	0.00
October 25	56	33	0.00
October 26	50	31	0.00
October 27	71	36	0.00
October 28	63	47	0.27
October 29	66	43	0.00
October 30	74	51	0.00
October 31	75	56	0.00

November 1979 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	65	41	0.69	0.0
November 2	55	32	0.00	0.0
November 3	55	32	0.00	0.0
November 4	56	32	0.00	0.0
November 5	63	37	0.00	0.0
November 6	58	40	0.00	0.0
November 7	45	37	0.00	0.0
November 8	46	36	0.20	0.0
November 9	58	43	1.04	0.0
November 10	47	32	0.02	0.0
November 11	39	30	0.00	0.0
November 12	45	28	0.00	0.0
November 13	46	34	0.00	0.0
November 14	45	31	0.00	0.0
November 15	51	31	0.00	0.0
November 16	48	32	0.00	0.0
November 17	65	33	0.00	0.0
November 18	65	42	0.00	0.0
November 19	68	40	0.00	0.0
November 20	71	50	0.00	0.0
November 21	72	55	0.00	0.0
November 22	65	56	0.10	0.0
November 23	65	43	1.78	0.0
November 24	49	35	0.04	0.0
November 25	62	42	0.45	0.0
November 26	61	37	0.00	0.0
November 27	65	35	0.00	0.0
November 28	58	26	0.19	0.0
November 29	27	24	0.01	0.1
November 30	34	25	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	43	21	0.00
December 2	34	15	0.00
December 3	41	13	0.00
December 4	49	29	0.00
December 5	59	32	0.00
December 6	52	30	0.07
December 7	55	29	0.00
December 8	39	25	0.00
December 9	48	22	0.00
December 10	61	34	0.00
December 11	67	43	0.00
December 12	62	41	1.56
December 13	41	29	0.79
December 14	38	26	0.00
December 15	49	22	0.00
December 16	48	26	0.00
December 17	26	13	0.00
December 18	37	16	0.00
December 19	48	30	0.00
December 20	53	23	0.00
December 21	55	35	0.00
December 22	56	43	0.12
December 23	54	49	0.42
December 24	60	37	0.49
December 25	38	34	0.36
December 26	38	34	0.00
December 27	35	31	0.00
December 28	46	21	0.00
December 29	38	25	0.00
December 30	52	32	0.00
December 31	41	28	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1872–2024	Lexington Bluegrass Airport	location