Lexington County
Temperature Summary
Highest Maximum: 107 F, July 3, 1897, August 21, 1983, August 1, 1980
Lowest Minimum: -4 F, February 14, 1899
Annual Average:
Maximum 75.4 F
Mean 63.5 F
Minimum 51.5 F
Precipitation Summary (1948-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 7.10 Inches, September 4, 1998
Annual Average Rainfall: 48.29 Inches
Wettest Year: 76.11 Inches, 1964
Driest Year: 27.38 Inches, 1954
Mean Snowfall: 1.6 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 12.3 Inches, 1973
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
21 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
Total cost from all the tornadoes $56.970 million
55 Injuries from all the tornadoes
1 death from all the tornadoes
256 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
141 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total cost= $5,000
7 Lightning Events (1993-2006)
5 Lightning-related Injury
1 Death from Lightning
Total cost= $1.340
Following data from 1993-2006
16 Total Floods
13 Flash Floods
2 River Floods
4 Urban Floods
19 Ice, Sleet or Snow Events
17 Extreme Cold Events
195 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
