Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Lexington, NE. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4th in Lexington runs classic early spring — expect a high around 58° and a low that can still dip to near freezing at 29°. The date has a wide range of personality: it hit 86° as recently as 2021, but also bottomed out at 14° back in 1963. There's a modest 18% chance of precipitation, with a 1-in-10 shot that some of it falls as snow.
Lexington earns its Nebraska stripes with some serious extremes — a scorching 110° in June 2012 and a brutal -32° in February 2021, a 142-degree swing over 75 years of records. Single-day rainfall topped out at 5.74 inches in July 2019, and an April snowstorm in 1961 buried the area under 12 inches. This is a place where the weather means business.
Summer is the main event, with late July averaging a high of 89° and the full June–August stretch staying in the mid-to-upper 80s. If you're avoiding the cold, steer clear of mid-January, when highs average just 36°. Rain peaks in late May — the wettest week averages over an inch of precipitation — so spring travelers should pack accordingly.