Louisville, KY: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 63.9°F in Louisville, KY, the warmest 1 January to 9 October since 2024, tied 5th warmest of 154 (with 2019).

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 63.9°F; Warmest since 2024; 5th warmest of 154
Precipitation: 38.01 in; Wettest since 2025; 48th wettest of 154

A normal 1 January to 9 October in Louisville, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 61.2°F, between 59.1°F and 63.7°F in eight years of ten and 39.13 in of precipitation, between 29.13 in and 50.47 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Louisville, KY since 1873: 63.9°F in 2026; the highest is 65°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 59.1 to 63.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Louisville, KY from 1872 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	63.9	5	73.3	8	54.4	6	38.01	48	0
2025	63	13	72.4	18	53.7	12	48.02	8	0
2024	65	1	74.4	2	55.5	1	36.86	57	0
2023	64	4	73.7	4	54.3	9	35.26	72	0
2022	62.7	17	72.4	18	52.9	26	36.49	60	0
2021	62.6	20	71.5	33	53.6	15	40.91	35	0
2020	62.8	16	72	23	53.6	15	42.52	25	0
2019	63.9	5	73.5	7	54.3	9	39.84	41	0
2018	63.5	10	72.4	18	54.6	4	55.64	1	0
2017	64.6	2	74.1	3	55.1	2	36.85	58	0
2016	63.7	7	72.9	12	54.4	6	35.95	66	0
2015	61.1	53	70.5	57	51.7	49	46.43	12	0
2014	60	91	70.1	71	50	101	35.18	73	0
2013	61.1	53	70.3	64	52	42	42.08	28	0
2012	64.5	3	74.8	1	54.3	9	36.69	59	0
2011	62.4	22	71.6	28	53.2	23	52.80	2	0
2010	63	13	72.5	15	53.5	19	29.93	116	0
2009	60.2	83	69	105	51.4	56	46.61	10	0
2008	61.5	44	71.1	40	52	42	38.42	46	0
2007	63.7	7	73.6	5	53.7	12	25.83	140	0
2006	61.9	30	71	43	52.8	27	46.49	11	0
2005	60.5	71	70.3	64	50.7	81	33.94	89	0
2004	59.2	113	69	105	49.4	113	42.08	28	0
2003	57.6	147	67	147	48.3	142	42.11	27	0
2002	61.3	50	71.4	34	51.1	69	42.99	21	0
2001	59.7	99	69.6	91	49.7	106	28.25	129	0
2000	60.4	76	70.4	58	50.3	95	42.00	30	0
1999	60.7	64	71.6	28	49.8	104	33.91	90	0
1998	61.6	40	70.8	48	52.4	34	46.36	13	0
1997	58	141	67.9	139	48	150	50.28	6	0
1996	57.4	151	67.1	146	47.7	152	52.20	3	1
1995	61.5	44	70.9	44	52	42	34.43	82	0
1994	59.6	102	70	76	49.2	121	27.64	135	0
1993	60.4	76	70.3	64	50.5	86	38.00	50	0
1992	60.5	71	70.2	69	50.8	79	34.02	87	0
1991	63.2	12	73	11	53.4	20	29.23	123	0
1990	62.7	17	72.7	13	52.7	29	44.86	15	0
1989	60.2	83	69.9	80	50.5	86	44.54	16	0
1988	60.2	83	71.2	38	49.2	121	27.05	138	0
1987	61.3	50	71.4	34	51.2	64	24.94	146	0
1986	61.6	40	71.6	28	51.6	51	28.87	127	0
1985	58.8	128	68.3	128	49.3	116	28.13	131	0
1984	58.4	132	68	137	48.8	128	36.16	63	0
1983	60.3	79	70	76	50.6	84	32.85	99	0
1982	58.4	132	68.3	128	48.4	139	34.29	83	0
1981	59.9	96	69.9	80	50	101	27.98	132	0
1980	59.5	104	69.3	98	49.7	106	30.95	112	0
1979	57.5	149	66.7	149	48.2	146	49.34	7	0
1978	57.4	151	66.8	148	48.1	148	31.56	107	0
1977	60.4	76	70.3	64	50.4	92	37.44	52	0
1976	60	91	70.8	48	49.3	116	29.41	119	0
1975	60.5	71	70	76	51	72	43.31	18	0
1974	59.2	113	68.2	133	50.3	95	34.96	76	0
1973	61.1	53	70	76	52.1	38	42.74	23	0
1972	59.3	110	69.2	101	49.3	116	36.08	64	0
1971	58.3	135	68.4	124	48.3	142	35.55	70	0
1970	59	123	68.9	110	49	127	42.21	26	0
1969	59.1	121	69	105	49.2	121	28.98	126	0
1968	58.4	132	68.2	133	48.7	131	30.06	114	0
1967	58.8	128	69.1	104	48.5	136	35.14	74	0
1966	57.9	144	67.6	141	48.3	142	35.97	65	0
1965	59.2	113	69.7	86	48.8	128	36.27	61	0
1964	59.5	104	70.9	44	48.2	146	37.02	56	0
1963	57.7	146	69	105	46.4	154	34.88	78	0
1962	58.9	125	69.4	94	48.4	139	34.49	80	0
1961	57.6	147	67.9	139	47.3	153	41.54	32	0
1960	58.2	136	68	137	48.3	142	31.42	108	0
1959	62.2	24	73.3	8	51.1	69	27.12	137	0
1958	58.2	136	68.3	128	48.1	148	35.04	75	0
1957	60.3	79	69.9	80	50.7	81	33.85	91	0
1956	59.2	113	69.2	101	49.3	116	36.27	61	0
1955	61.7	35	72.3	21	51.1	69	39.26	44	0
1954	62.3	23	73.6	5	51	72	24.82	147	0
1953	62	26	73.1	10	50.9	76	25.46	143	0
1952	61.4	47	72.6	14	50.2	98	29.83	118	0
1951	59.5	104	70.1	71	48.8	128	37.21	54	0
1950	59.5	104	69.7	86	49.3	116	51.62	4	0
1949	61.4	47	71.9	25	50.9	76	39.53	43	0
1948	59.6	102	70.6	55	48.6	134	32.19	104	0
1947	58.1	138	68.3	128	48	150	33.07	98	0
1946	60.6	66	71.6	28	49.7	106	34.01	88	4
1945	60.1	89	69.3	98	50.8	79	41.14	34	0
1944	62	26	70.4	58	53.6	15	35.36	71	0
1943	60.3	79	69.4	94	51.2	64	29.20	124	0
1942	60.2	83	69	105	51.4	56	37.06	55	0
1941	61.2	52	70.4	58	52.1	38	22.07	151	0
1940	57.5	149	66.3	152	48.7	131	27.68	134	0
1939	62	26	71.3	37	52.6	31	41.49	33	0
1938	62	26	70.7	50	53.3	21	34.06	86	0
1937	60.2	83	69.2	101	51.3	61	41.81	31	0
1936	60.9	61	70.7	50	51.2	64	21.69	152	0
1935	60	91	68.6	118	51.4	56	38.38	47	0
1934	60.7	64	70.2	69	51.2	64	24.09	149	0
1933	61.8	34	70.7	50	52.8	27	37.51	51	0
1932	61.1	53	70.1	71	52.1	38	32.42	101	0
1931	61	57	69.6	91	52.4	34	24.20	148	0
1930	61.6	40	71.2	38	52	42	19.37	154	0
1929	59.3	110	68.5	121	50	101	29.90	117	0
1928	58.1	138	66.7	149	49.4	113	31.00	111	0
1927	60.2	83	68.8	114	51.5	54	47.37	9	0
1926	59.2	113	68.1	136	50.2	98	33.51	93	0
1925	62.1	25	71.7	27	52.5	33	20.98	153	0
1924	57.2	153	65.9	153	48.6	134	30.87	113	0
1923	59.7	99	68.9	110	50.4	92	38.92	45	0
1922	61.9	30	70.9	44	53	25	34.95	77	0
1921	63.6	9	72.5	15	54.7	3	33.75	92	0
1920	58	141	66.6	151	49.4	113	29.16	125	0
1919	61.7	35	70.9	44	52.6	31	28.79	128	0
1918	58.8	128	68.4	124	49.1	125	27.82	133	0
1917	58.1	138	67.6	141	48.5	136	35.92	67	0
1916	60	91	69.4	94	50.7	81	43.02	20	0
1915	58.9	125	67.5	143	50.3	95	26.99	139	0
1914	60.5	71	69.6	91	51.4	56	27.26	136	0
1913	61.6	40	71.1	40	52.1	38	32.85	99	0
1912	58	141	67.3	145	48.7	131	39.76	42	0
1911	62.9	15	72.5	15	53.3	21	30.02	115	0
1910	60.6	66	70.1	71	51	72	42.70	24	0
1909	61	57	70.4	58	51.6	51	40.81	36	0
1908	61.7	35	71.4	34	52	42	34.29	83	0
1907	60.3	79	69.7	86	50.9	76	40.40	37	0
1906	60.6	66	69.8	84	51.3	61	29.37	121	0
1905	59.9	96	69.3	98	50.4	92	33.19	96	0
1904	59	123	68.5	121	49.5	112	25.07	144	0
1903	61	57	70.4	58	51.6	51	29.40	120	0
1902	59.1	121	68.4	124	49.8	104	31.65	106	0
1901	60.1	89	69.7	86	50.6	84	23.32	150	0
1900	61.4	47	71.1	40	51.7	49	28.19	130	0
1899	59.9	96	69.4	94	50.5	86	29.37	121	0
1898	62.7	17	71.8	26	53.6	15	43.57	17	0
1897	60.6	66	70.7	50	50.5	86	33.22	95	0
1896	60.9	61	70.4	58	51.4	56	40.08	40	0
1895	58.8	128	68.6	118	49.1	125	25.82	141	0
1894	61.7	35	71.6	28	51.9	47	31.11	109	0
1893	59.3	110	68.9	110	49.7	106	35.85	68	0
1892	59.4	109	68.3	128	50.5	86	32.36	102	0
1891	60.5	71	69.7	86	51.3	61	33.33	94	0
1890	61.9	30	70.6	55	53.2	23	45.64	14	0
1889	58.9	125	68.7	116	49.2	121	25.61	142	0
1888	59.2	113	68.6	118	49.7	106	38.01	48	0
1887	61.7	35	72	23	51.5	54	32.22	103	0
1886	59.2	113	68.7	116	49.7	106	31.92	105	0
1885	57.9	144	67.4	144	48.5	136	35.68	69	0
1884	60.6	66	68.8	114	52.4	34	42.87	22	0
1883	59.5	104	68.5	121	50.5	86	34.23	85	0
1882	61.9	30	70.1	71	53.7	12	50.39	5	0
1881	61.5	44	70.3	64	52.7	29	25.06	145	0
1880	63.3	11	72.2	22	54.5	5	40.22	38	0
1879	60	91	68.9	110	51.2	64	37.43	53	0
1878	62.5	21	70.7	50	54.4	6	34.81	79	0
1877	59.7	99	68.4	124	51	72	34.45	81	0
1876	60.8	63	69.9	80	51.8	48	43.25	19	0
1875	56.9	154	65.4	154	48.4	139	40.09	39	0
1874	61	57	69.8	84	52.2	37	31.05	110	0
1873	59.2	113	68.2	133	50.2	98	33.08	97	2
1872									213

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	65
2017	64.6
2012	64.5
2023	64
2026	63.9
2019	63.9
2016	63.7
2007	63.7
1921	63.6
2018	63.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1875	56.9
1924	57.2
1996	57.4
1978	57.4
1979	57.5
1940	57.5
2003	57.6
1961	57.6
1963	57.7
1966	57.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	55.64
2011	52.80
1996	52.20
1950	51.62
1882	50.39
1997	50.28
1979	49.34
2025	48.02
1927	47.37
2009	46.61

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1930	19.37
1925	20.98
1936	21.69
1941	22.07
1901	23.32
1934	24.09
1931	24.20
1954	24.82
1987	24.94
1881	25.06

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 100°F; 4 September 2026
Coldest night: 5°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 3.38 in; 18 June 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	30.6°F 35th coldest of 153	1.81 in 29th driest of 153
February	39.4°F 56th warmest of 154	1.11 in 14th driest of 154
March	56.7°F 4th warmest of 154	4.92 in 60th wettest of 154
April	65.7°F Warmest of 154	3.83 in 76th wettest of 154
May	66.7°F 73rd warmest of 154	5.83 in 29th wettest of 154
June	76°F 47th warmest of 154	9.72 in 2nd wettest of 154
July	79.9°F 42nd warmest of 154	7.18 in 13th wettest of 154
August	79.1°F 25th warmest of 155	2.16 in 41st driest of 155
September	77.9°F 2nd warmest of 155	1.16 in 27th driest of 155
October so far	68.7°F 25th warmest of 155	0.29 in 66th driest of 155

Hot days and freezes

Louisville, KY has had 44 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 51st most of 154 (with 1995, 1934, 1902 and 1 other year).
Louisville, KY has had 1 day at 100°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2024, tied 33rd most of 154 (with 1991, 1964, 1962 and 4 other years).
Louisville, KY has had 45 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2022, tied 117th most of 154 (with 2018, 2011, 1998 and 4 other years).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Louisville, KY came on Wednesday 18 March 2026, the latest since 2025, 146th latest of 154.

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
17 September	Warmest day	97°F	96°F 1955	Provisional
26 March	Warmest day	86°F	84°F 2007, 1907	Provisional
22 March	Warmest day	89°F	88°F 1907	Provisional
11 March	Warmest day	81°F	80°F 1911	Provisional
10 March	Warmest day	79°F	78°F 2009	Provisional
6 March	Warmest day	83°F	78°F 2023	Provisional
9 January	Warmest day	69°F	67°F 1949, 1939	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 38.01 in of precipitation in Louisville, KY, the wettest 1 January to 9 October since 2025, tied 48th wettest of 154 (with 1888).
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Louisville, KY: 100°F on Friday 4 September 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Louisville, KY: a low of 5°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Louisville, KY: 3.38 in on Thursday 18 June 2026.