Lexington ties 80-year-old record for lowest daily temperature in August
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- Lexington matched a 1945 record low of 48 degrees on August 26, 2025.
- Temperatures through Sunday will remain 10 degrees below seasonal norms.
- Meteorologists expect a post-Labor Day warming trend after this false fall.
A morning chill sent Lexington into the record books Tuesday.
The temperature on Tuesday morning reached 48 degrees in Lexington, tying the coldest Aug. 26 in the city’s history, according to the National Weather Service. The record mark was previously recorded in 1945.
On Monday, Lexington recorded a low temperature of 53 degrees, which was 5 degrees short of the record from 1942, according to the NWS. Still, the mark is well below the average low temperature of about 64 degrees for Aug. 25-29.
The record low temperatures for Wednesday through Friday are between 42 and 50 degrees, according to the NWS.
Temperatures are expected to be about 10 degrees below normal for the next week, the NWS said. The NWS’ seven-day forecast for Lexington predicts highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and lows in the lower to mid-50s through Sunday.
However, true autumn temperatures are still a ways off. NWS forecaster Brian Neudorff called the current weather pattern a “false fall,” and he said temperatures are likely to gradually increase again after Labor Day.
