Lexington Weather in 1981

Historical record of Lexington, Kentucky weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Lexington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	91 °F	August 5
Lowest temperature	-7 °F	February 12
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 10
Lowest daily high	18 °F	February 12
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	February 1
Most daily snow	1.8 inches	January 6
Total annual precipitation	36.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	5.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Lexington in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1981 was 91 °F which happened on August 5.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Lexington in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	91 °F	Aug 5
2	90 °F	Aug 4
2	90 °F	Jul 27
2	90 °F	Jul 26
2	90 °F	Jul 13
2	90 °F	Jul 9
7	89 °F	Jul 12
7	89 °F	Jul 8
7	89 °F	Jun 30
7	89 °F	Jun 25
7	89 °F	Jun 24
7	89 °F	Jun 15

What was the coldest temperature in Lexington in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1981 was -7 °F which happened on Feb 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Lexington in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-7 °F	February 12
2	-2 °F	January 12
3	-1 °F	February 11
4	0 °F	January 8
5	1 °F	January 5
6	4 °F	December 20
6	4 °F	February 3
8	5 °F	February 5
9	6 °F	December 19
9	6 °F	January 7
9	6 °F	January 4

January 1981 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	32	0.00	0.0
January 2	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 3	38	19	0.00	0.0
January 4	19	6	0.00	0.0
January 5	22	1	0.00	0.0
January 6	37	17	0.14	1.8
January 7	31	6	0.00	0.0
January 8	20	0	0.00	0.0
January 9	25	11	0.00	0.0
January 10	21	8	0.00	0.1
January 11	18	7	0.00	0.0
January 12	20	-2	0.00	0.0
January 13	33	20	0.00	0.0
January 14	38	20	0.02	0.3
January 15	32	27	0.00	0.0
January 16	29	16	0.00	0.0
January 17	26	18	0.00	0.0
January 18	41	18	0.00	0.0
January 19	46	25	0.00	0.0
January 20	44	34	0.07	0.0
January 21	38	34	0.14	0.0
January 22	35	32	0.00	0.0
January 23	41	27	0.00	0.0
January 24	46	24	0.00	0.0
January 25	62	30	0.00	0.0
January 26	58	42	0.00	0.0
January 27	47	29	0.00	0.0
January 28	45	25	0.00	0.0
January 29	36	28	0.00	0.0
January 30	33	18	0.00	0.0
January 31	43	12	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	42	33	1.73	0.0
February 2	33	12	0.00	0.0
February 3	18	4	0.00	0.0
February 4	24	9	0.00	0.0
February 5	29	5	0.00	0.0
February 6	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 7	47	25	0.03	0.0
February 8	36	18	0.01	0.0
February 9	39	12	0.00	0.0
February 10	53	35	0.30	0.0
February 11	53	-1	0.31	0.4
February 12	18	-7	0.00	0.0
February 13	39	10	0.00	0.0
February 14	49	19	0.00	0.0
February 15	60	31	0.00	0.0
February 16	55	46	0.49	0.0
February 17	58	49	0.55	0.0
February 18	63	45	0.33	0.0
February 19	59	44	0.24	0.0
February 20	62	39	0.02	0.0
February 21	58	31	0.00	0.0
February 22	66	43	0.11	0.0
February 23	49	37	0.02	0.0
February 24	47	33	0.00	0.0
February 25	62	31	0.00	0.0
February 26	53	32	0.00	0.0
February 27	67	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	59	43	0.62	0.0

March 1981 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	43	37	0.00	0.0
March 2	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 3	45	24	0.00	0.0
March 4	42	33	0.66	0.0
March 5	43	34	0.11	0.0
March 6	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 7	42	23	0.00	0.0
March 8	40	22	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	28	0.00	0.0
March 10	54	28	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	29	0.00	0.0
March 12	56	25	0.00	0.0
March 13	60	34	0.00	0.0
March 14	48	26	0.00	0.0
March 15	63	27	0.13	0.0
March 16	46	28	0.15	0.0
March 17	63	26	0.00	0.0
March 18	38	27	0.00	0.0
March 19	31	25	0.04	0.5
March 20	40	22	0.00	0.0
March 21	53	28	0.00	0.0
March 22	41	36	0.22	0.0
March 23	57	36	0.02	0.0
March 24	59	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	59	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	67	39	0.00	0.0
March 27	66	43	0.00	0.0
March 28	76	41	0.00	0.0
March 29	73	58	0.15	0.0
March 30	70	53	0.28	0.0
March 31	82	45	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	70	51	0.00
April 2	73	42	0.00
April 3	79	52	0.11
April 4	74	57	1.09
April 5	57	39	0.00
April 6	54	34	0.00
April 7	70	37	0.00
April 8	74	51	0.00
April 9	72	54	0.13
April 10	74	51	0.88
April 11	79	60	0.00
April 12	76	61	0.00
April 13	80	60	0.00
April 14	72	43	0.02
April 15	60	37	0.00
April 16	70	41	0.18
April 17	75	57	0.62
April 18	75	53	0.31
April 19	63	52	0.59
April 20	56	38	0.01
April 21	62	31	0.00
April 22	71	50	0.01
April 23	67	55	0.26
April 24	55	45	0.00
April 25	62	37	0.00
April 26	80	50	0.02
April 27	82	60	0.00
April 28	82	59	0.00
April 29	71	58	0.35
April 30	72	53	0.30

May 1981 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	65	45	0.05
May 2	64	39	0.00
May 3	70	39	0.00
May 4	76	45	0.00
May 5	77	59	0.00
May 6	63	45	0.09
May 7	63	38	0.00
May 8	74	40	0.00
May 9	74	60	0.00
May 10	74	56	0.53
May 11	57	45	0.17
May 12	57	44	0.00
May 13	70	43	0.00
May 14	68	52	0.47
May 15	56	48	0.02
May 16	69	41	0.00
May 17	74	49	0.00
May 18	62	48	1.36
May 19	50	48	0.35
May 20	69	47	0.04
May 21	74	42	0.00
May 22	77	47	0.00
May 23	81	50	0.00
May 24	81	59	0.00
May 25	81	64	0.00
May 26	80	64	1.17
May 27	74	63	0.12
May 28	73	56	0.02
May 29	80	52	0.00
May 30	80	65	0.64
May 31	72	66	0.07

June 1981 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	71	62	0.48
June 2	81	64	0.01
June 3	81	69	0.24
June 4	80	70	0.10
June 5	83	68	0.00
June 6	75	69	0.70
June 7	80	61	0.00
June 8	85	59	0.00
June 9	85	74	0.00
June 10	79	63	0.24
June 11	81	58	0.00
June 12	86	68	0.00
June 13	87	71	0.12
June 14	88	71	0.00
June 15	89	71	0.00
June 16	86	65	0.10
June 17	76	58	0.00
June 18	81	55	0.00
June 19	79	59	0.08
June 20	79	62	0.01
June 21	85	69	0.21
June 22	86	70	0.00
June 23	84	59	0.00
June 24	89	64	0.00
June 25	89	66	0.00
June 26	83	56	0.00
June 27	81	58	0.00
June 28	86	61	0.00
June 29	88	68	0.00
June 30	89	65	0.00

July 1981 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	65	0.35
July 2	76	63	0.22
July 3	76	66	0.50
July 4	80	65	0.64
July 5	77	70	0.68
July 6	81	71	0.12
July 7	87	72	0.00
July 8	89	71	0.00
July 9	90	72	0.00
July 10	87	74	0.16
July 11	87	70	0.00
July 12	89	65	0.00
July 13	90	72	0.52
July 14	87	73	0.10
July 15	84	68	0.51
July 16	83	72	0.00
July 17	85	70	0.00
July 18	86	65	0.00
July 19	87	71	0.43
July 20	87	70	0.07
July 21	81	67	0.07
July 22	80	64	0.00
July 23	80	58	0.00
July 24	85	64	0.00
July 25	87	69	0.00
July 26	90	72	0.00
July 27	90	72	0.57
July 28	85	71	0.33
July 29	72	59	0.00
July 30	77	56	0.00
July 31	84	60	0.00

August 1981 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	65	0.00
August 2	85	65	0.00
August 3	85	68	0.00
August 4	90	72	0.00
August 5	91	70	0.84
August 6	84	71	0.00
August 7	74	66	1.10
August 8	80	65	0.00
August 9	81	62	0.00
August 10	85	65	0.00
August 11	81	64	0.00
August 12	80	57	0.00
August 13	80	60	0.00
August 14	83	62	0.00
August 15	83	69	0.03
August 16	83	67	0.00
August 17	77	60	0.00
August 18	80	57	0.00
August 19	79	61	0.25
August 20	81	58	0.00
August 21	73	63	0.00
August 22	82	60	0.00
August 23	83	59	0.00
August 24	86	62	0.00
August 25	85	62	0.00
August 26	85	60	0.00
August 27	86	67	0.45
August 28	84	67	0.00
August 29	79	68	0.05
August 30	84	66	0.00
August 31	87	68	0.00

September 1981 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	70	0.34
September 2	77	68	0.24
September 3	77	70	0.66
September 4	79	66	0.00
September 5	82	62	0.00
September 6	79	62	0.00
September 7	81	60	0.00
September 8	75	58	0.06
September 9	75	50	0.00
September 10	79	54	0.00
September 11	81	58	0.00
September 12	83	61	0.00
September 13	85	63	0.00
September 14	85	66	0.36
September 15	71	61	0.24
September 16	71	51	0.00
September 17	62	44	0.01
September 18	57	44	0.03
September 19	67	48	0.00
September 20	76	52	0.00
September 21	75	52	0.00
September 22	73	49	0.00
September 23	68	43	0.00
September 24	71	40	0.00
September 25	80	50	0.00
September 26	83	60	0.00
September 27	79	59	0.03
September 28	71	48	0.00
September 29	71	41	0.00
September 30	84	56	0.00

October 1981 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	79	50	0.11
October 2	58	39	0.00
October 3	61	33	0.00
October 4	77	42	0.00
October 5	76	58	0.07
October 6	73	50	0.00
October 7	63	41	0.00
October 8	63	38	0.00
October 9	68	43	0.00
October 10	70	57	0.00
October 11	73	56	0.00
October 12	73	49	0.00
October 13	73	50	0.00
October 14	72	46	0.00
October 15	64	57	0.00
October 16	70	50	0.00
October 17	75	47	0.47
October 18	64	41	0.18
October 19	53	37	0.00
October 20	66	34	0.00
October 21	70	43	0.00
October 22	64	50	0.46
October 23	51	29	0.14
October 24	47	24	0.00
October 25	61	33	0.00
October 26	64	55	0.99
October 27	58	50	0.02
October 28	62	40	0.00
October 29	70	44	0.00
October 30	73	49	0.00
October 31	72	49	0.00

November 1981 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	70	51	0.00	0.0
November 2	71	54	0.00	0.0
November 3	75	51	0.00	0.0
November 4	73	53	0.04	0.0
November 5	63	48	0.07	0.0
November 6	50	37	0.00	0.0
November 7	53	31	0.00	0.0
November 8	65	35	0.00	0.0
November 9	55	41	0.00	0.0
November 10	44	37	0.00	0.0
November 11	53	35	0.00	0.0
November 12	55	33	0.00	0.0
November 13	59	29	0.00	0.0
November 14	62	31	0.00	0.0
November 15	62	33	0.00	0.0
November 16	54	37	0.00	0.0
November 17	56	42	0.00	0.0
November 18	58	34	0.00	0.0
November 19	68	44	0.57	0.0
November 20	47	30	0.06	0.4
November 21	30	29	0.00	0.0
November 22	40	23	0.00	0.0
November 23	49	23	0.21	0.0
November 24	43	39	0.11	0.0
November 25	48	31	0.00	0.0
November 26	66	41	0.30	0.0
November 27	56	34	0.25	0.0
November 28	40	29	0.00	0.0
November 29	45	31	0.00	0.0
November 30	46	28	0.38	0.0

December 1981 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	62	44	0.19	0.0
December 2	44	35	0.00	0.0
December 3	47	34	0.00	0.0
December 4	44	34	0.04	0.0
December 5	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 6	44	17	0.00	0.0
December 7	58	36	0.00	0.0
December 8	56	32	0.00	0.0
December 9	34	27	0.00	0.0
December 10	30	25	0.00	0.0
December 11	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 12	37	16	0.00	0.0
December 13	43	17	0.00	0.0
December 14	37	33	0.14	0.0
December 15	34	26	0.00	0.0
December 16	34	17	0.00	0.0
December 17	41	22	0.50	0.4
December 18	22	11	0.00	0.0
December 19	20	6	0.00	0.0
December 20	26	4	0.00	0.0
December 21	34	19	0.82	1.3
December 22	57	34	0.82	0.0
December 23	57	31	0.07	0.0
December 24	33	24	0.00	0.0
December 25	43	23	0.00	0.0
December 26	47	29	0.00	0.0
December 27	44	32	0.11	0.0
December 28	47	32	0.05	0.0
December 29	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 30	41	18	0.00	0.0
December 31	44	30	0.36	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1872–2024	Lexington Bluegrass Airport	location