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Lexington, Kentucky weather · now

68°

Rain

High / Low
82° / 69°
Wind
41 mph S
Humidity
94%
Currently precipitating; clearing around 12:15 PM (37 min).

Precipitation · next 12 hrs

Peak 73% · 5 PM

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Sun 6:17 AM 9:04 PM 14h 47m
Moon Waxing Gibbous 94% lit

Current weather and 7-day forecast for Lexington, Kentucky, sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Expect showers and thunderstorms likely then chance showers and thunderstorms today. Today's high is 82° with a low near 69°. 1 active weather alert in effect.

What to wear today

Rain jacket and umbrella

Plan for showers (73%). Skip cotton or anything that dries slow.

Next 24 hours

65° 75° 85° ↑ 81° ↓ 69° 11 AM 2 PM 5 PM 8 PM 11 PM 2 AM 5 AM 8 AM

  1. 11 AM

    71°

    61%

  2. 1 PM

    78°

    34%

  3. 3 PM

    80°

    68%

  4. 5 PM

    80°

    73%

  5. 7 PM

    79°

    51%

  6. 9 PM

    76°

    49%

  7. 11 PM

    73°

    54%

  8. 1 AM

    72°

    54%

  9. 3 AM

    72°

    29%

  10. 5 AM

    71°

    20%

  11. 7 AM

    69°

    11%

  12. 9 AM

    73°

    23%

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7 days

  1. Today 6/27 Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 73% 82° · 69°
    1. 11 AM 71° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 61%
    2. 12 PM 75° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 36%
    3. 1 PM 78° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 34%
    4. 2 PM 79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 53%
    5. 3 PM 80° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 68%
    6. 4 PM 81° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 71%
    7. 5 PM 80° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 73%
    8. 6 PM 80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 49%
    9. 7 PM 79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 51%
    10. 8 PM 77° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 55%
    11. 9 PM 76° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 49%
    12. 10 PM 74° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 57%
    13. 11 PM 73° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 54%
  2. Sun 6/28 Chance Rain Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 33% 87° · 71°
    1. 12 AM 72° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    2. 1 AM 72° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 54%
    3. 2 AM 72° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 34%
    4. 3 AM 72° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 29%
    5. 4 AM 71° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    6. 5 AM 71° Slight Chance Rain Showers 20%
    7. 6 AM 70° Mostly Cloudy 12%
    8. 7 AM 69° Mostly Cloudy 11%
    9. 8 AM 71° Chance Rain Showers 26%
    10. 9 AM 73° Slight Chance Rain Showers 23%
    11. 10 AM 76° Chance Rain Showers 27%
    12. 11 AM 78° Mostly Cloudy 7%
    13. 12 PM 80° Mostly Cloudy 2%
    14. 1 PM 81° Partly Sunny 4%
    15. 2 PM 83° Mostly Sunny 12%
    16. 3 PM 85° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    17. 4 PM 85° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 19%
    18. 5 PM 85° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28%
    19. 6 PM 86° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 22%
    20. 7 PM 85° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 33%
    21. 8 PM 84° Partly Cloudy 8%
    22. 9 PM 81° Mostly Cloudy 8%
    23. 10 PM 78° Mostly Cloudy 8%
    24. 11 PM 76° Partly Cloudy 8%
  3. Mon 6/29 Sunny 8% 92° · 73°
    1. 12 AM 75° Partly Cloudy 8%
    2. 1 AM 74° Partly Cloudy 8%
    3. 2 AM 73° Partly Cloudy 7%
    4. 3 AM 73° Partly Cloudy 7%
    5. 4 AM 72° Partly Cloudy 7%
    6. 5 AM 72° Partly Cloudy 7%
    7. 6 AM 72° Mostly Sunny 7%
    8. 7 AM 73° Mostly Sunny 7%
    9. 8 AM 74° Mostly Sunny 8%
    10. 9 AM 77° Mostly Sunny 8%
    11. 10 AM 81° Sunny 8%
    12. 11 AM 84° Sunny 8%
    13. 12 PM 86° Sunny 8%
    14. 1 PM 88° Sunny 8%
    15. 2 PM 90° Sunny 5%
    16. 3 PM 91° Sunny 5%
    17. 4 PM 92° Sunny 5%
    18. 5 PM 92° Sunny 5%
    19. 6 PM 91° Mostly Clear 5%
    20. 7 PM 91° Mostly Clear 5%
    21. 8 PM 89° Mostly Clear
    22. 9 PM 86° Mostly Clear
    23. 10 PM 82° Mostly Clear
    24. 11 PM 79° Mostly Clear
  4. Tue 6/30 Sunny 0% 95° · 75°
    1. 12 AM 78° Mostly Clear
    2. 1 AM 77° Mostly Clear
    3. 2 AM 76° Mostly Clear
    4. 3 AM 75° Mostly Clear
    5. 4 AM 74° Mostly Clear
    6. 5 AM 74° Clear
    7. 6 AM 74° Sunny
    8. 7 AM 74° Sunny
    9. 8 AM 76° Sunny
    10. 9 AM 80° Sunny
    11. 10 AM 84° Sunny
    12. 11 AM 88° Sunny
    13. 12 PM 91° Sunny
    14. 1 PM 92° Sunny
    15. 2 PM 93° Sunny
    16. 3 PM 94° Sunny
    17. 4 PM 95° Sunny
    18. 5 PM 95° Sunny
    19. 6 PM 94° Mostly Clear
    20. 7 PM 94° Mostly Clear
    21. 8 PM 91° Mostly Clear
    22. 9 PM 87° Mostly Clear
    23. 10 PM 83° Mostly Clear
    24. 11 PM 80° Mostly Clear
  5. Wed 7/1 Sunny 3% 95° · 76°
    1. 12 AM 79° Mostly Clear
    2. 1 AM 78° Mostly Clear
    3. 2 AM 78° Mostly Clear
    4. 3 AM 77° Mostly Clear
    5. 4 AM 76° Mostly Clear
    6. 5 AM 76° Mostly Clear
    7. 6 AM 75° Sunny
    8. 7 AM 76° Sunny
    9. 8 AM 77° Sunny 2%
    10. 9 AM 81° Sunny 2%
    11. 10 AM 85° Sunny 2%
    12. 11 AM 89° Sunny 2%
    13. 12 PM 91° Sunny 2%
    14. 1 PM 92° Sunny 2%
    15. 2 PM 93° Sunny
    16. 3 PM 94° Sunny
    17. 4 PM 94° Sunny
    18. 5 PM 94° Sunny
    19. 6 PM 94° Mostly Clear
    20. 7 PM 93° Mostly Clear
    21. 8 PM 91° Clear 3%
    22. 9 PM 88° Clear 3%
    23. 10 PM 85° Clear 3%
    24. 11 PM 82° Clear 3%
  6. Thu 7/2 Sunny 11% 95° · 76°
    1. 12 AM 80° Clear 3%
    2. 1 AM 80° Clear 3%
    3. 2 AM 79° Mostly Clear 1%
    4. 3 AM 78° Mostly Clear 1%
    5. 4 AM 77° Mostly Clear 1%
    6. 5 AM 77° Mostly Clear 1%
    7. 6 AM 77° Sunny 1%
    8. 7 AM 77° Sunny 1%
    9. 8 AM 78° Sunny 4%
    10. 9 AM 81° Sunny 4%
    11. 10 AM 85° Sunny 4%
    12. 11 AM 89° Sunny 4%
    13. 12 PM 91° Sunny 4%
    14. 1 PM 92° Sunny 4%
    15. 2 PM 93° Sunny 6%
    16. 3 PM 94° Sunny 6%
    17. 4 PM 94° Sunny 6%
    18. 5 PM 94° Sunny 6%
    19. 6 PM 94° Mostly Clear 6%
    20. 7 PM 93° Mostly Clear 6%
    21. 8 PM 91° Mostly Clear 11%
    22. 9 PM 88° Mostly Clear 11%
    23. 10 PM 84° Mostly Clear 11%
    24. 11 PM 81° Mostly Clear 11%
  7. Fri 7/3 Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21% 94° · 75°
    1. 12 AM 80° Mostly Clear 11%
    2. 1 AM 79° Mostly Clear 11%
    3. 2 AM 79° Mostly Clear 5%
    4. 3 AM 78° Mostly Clear 5%
    5. 4 AM 77° Mostly Clear 5%
    6. 5 AM 77° Mostly Clear 5%
    7. 6 AM 77° Sunny 5%
    8. 7 AM 77° Sunny 5%
    9. 8 AM 78° Sunny 10%
    10. 9 AM 81° Sunny 10%
    11. 10 AM 85° Sunny 10%
    12. 11 AM 88° Sunny 10%
    13. 12 PM 90° Sunny 10%
    14. 1 PM 91° Sunny 10%
    15. 2 PM 92° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    16. 3 PM 93° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    17. 4 PM 93° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    18. 5 PM 93° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    19. 6 PM 92° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    20. 7 PM 90° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    21. 8 PM 88° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    22. 9 PM 85° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    23. 10 PM 82° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
Extended outlook days 8–16
  1. Sat 7/4 Severe Thunderstorms 19% 89° · 74°
  2. Sun 7/5 Thunderstorms 23% 91° · 72°
  3. Mon 7/6 Thunderstorms 23% 90° · 71°
  4. Tue 7/7 Thunderstorms 29% 92° · 71°
  5. Wed 7/8 Severe Thunderstorms 43% 85° · 71°
  6. Thu 7/9 Drizzle 49% 86° · 70°
  7. Fri 7/10 Mostly Sunny 43% 83° · 65°
  8. Sat 7/11 Sunny 39% 84° · 62°
  9. Sun 7/12 Cloudy 30% 87° · 65°

Days 8+ from the Open-Meteo multi-model ensemble — treat as a guide; accuracy drops past day 7.

Best day this week

Mild temps, low rain chance, clearer skies.

Monday, 6/29

Sunny, 92° / 73°

  1. Tomorrow87°71°
  2. Mon92°73°
  3. Tue95°75°
  4. Wed95°76°
  5. Thu95°76°
  6. Fri94°75°

Best time to head outside

Picks the upcoming daytime hour with the most favorable conditions for each activity. Factors in temperature, wind, precipitation timing, and pollen.

  • RunTomorrow 7 AM

    warm at 69°F · calm wind · slight chance of rain (11%) · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent92 / 100
  • BikeTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 70°F · calm wind · slight chance of rain (12%) · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • GolfTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 70°F · calm wind · slight chance of rain (12%) · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • PicnicTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 70°F · calm wind · slight chance of rain (12%) · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
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Climate normals

What weather to expect in Lexington

Lexington in June typically averages 83° highs and 66° lows, with about 19 days of rain. The hottest stretch is July (average high 87°); the coldest is January (average low 21°).

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainy days
Jan35°21°12
Feb45°29°13
Mar62°42°15
Apr70°51°15
May72°55°19
Jun83°66°19
Jul87°70°17
Aug84°65°12
Sep80°62°13
Oct68°50°8
Nov56°41°16
Dec45°32°18

Normals derived from the past two years of observations via Open-Meteo's historical archive.

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Detailed forecast (NWS)

Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 82. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of rain showers between 8am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday
Sunny, with a high near 92. South wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 95.

Forecast details

NWS gridpoint
LMK 95,71
Radar station
KJKL
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
38.041, -84.504