Louisville, KY: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 65.7°F in Louisville, KY, the warmest April on record, in 154 years since 1873; provisional.

April 2026

Mean temperature: 65.7°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 154, provisional
Precipitation: 3.83 in; Wettest since 2025; 76th wettest of 154

A normal April in Louisville, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.3°F, between 54.3°F and 61.6°F in eight years of ten and 4.43 in of precipitation, between 2.64 in and 6.66 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Louisville, KY since 1873: 65.7°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 54.3 to 61.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Louisville, KY from 1873 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
2026	65.7	1	76	1	55.4	1	3.83	76
2025	61.1	16	71.3	19	51	11	9.42	5
2024	62.2	6	71.7	16	52.6	5	4.93	44
2023	59.2	36	70.9	24	47.4	63	2.64	118
2022	57.1	73	66.6	89	47.6	55	4.44	57
2021	58	58	68.5	58	47.5	58	4.00	70
2020	55.9	95	65.8	95	45.9	94	4.08	68
2019	61.2	15	72	14	50.3	15	6.62	17
2018	53.2	134	63.8	124	42.6	140	3.40	90
2017	65.3	2	75.7	2	54.9	2	4.47	56
2016	59.8	26	70.9	24	48.8	34	3.18	98
2015	60.2	22	70.4	30	50	20	10.84	3
2014	59.9	24	71.1	20	48.7	36	7.01	15
2013	58.4	48	69.3	47	47.5	58	3.75	79
2012	59.4	33	70.8	27	48	46	3.40	90
2011	62	8	72.6	9	51.4	6	13.97	1
2010	62.6	4	74	4	51.3	7	3.97	72
2009	58.3	50	68.3	61	48.3	42	4.43	59
2008	57.9	62	68.3	61	47.5	58	6.13	25
2007	55.5	101	65.5	98	45.6	104	4.55	53
2006	61.5	11	71.7	16	51.2	9	5.92	31
2005	57.1	73	67.9	65	46.3	87	3.51	85
2004	56.6	85	66.9	81	46.3	87	5.49	35
2003	57.8	64	68.6	54	47	69	6.06	27
2002	58.6	45	69.2	50	48	46	6.61	18
2001	61.3	12	72.6	9	50	20	1.09	146
2000	54.7	114	65.7	96	43.7	131	3.54	82
1999	57.7	67	67.6	68	47.8	54	4.43	59
1998	54.4	120	64	122	44.7	116	6.36	23
1997	50.8	150	62.5	136	39.1	154	2.23	130
1996	51.9	144	63	129	40.8	148	6.37	22
1995	57.8	64	69.3	47	46.2	91	2.64	118
1994	59.9	24	72.2	12	47.6	55	5.32	38
1993	54.9	110	65.3	101	44.4	122	3.57	81
1992	58.2	52	68.5	58	47.9	51	2.66	117
1991	60.3	19	70.3	34	50.3	15	2.61	122
1990	55.5	101	67.1	78	43.9	129	3.46	88
1989	56.7	84	67.5	70	45.9	94	4.93	44
1988	57	76	69.5	42	44.4	122	3.52	84
1987	55.4	104	66.3	92	44.4	122	2.35	128
1986	58.5	46	70.8	27	46.2	91	1.04	147
1985	60.3	19	71.6	18	49	31	1.69	142
1984	54.9	110	64.4	117	45.5	107	5.53	34
1983	51.7	145	59.8	150	43.5	134	7.10	14
1982	51.3	147	62.4	138	40.1	150	3.05	105
1981	62.4	5	73.5	6	51.2	9	4.44	57
1980	53.6	129	65	104	42.2	143	2.63	120
1979	55	109	64.5	115	45.5	107	7.32	10
1978	58	58	68.6	54	47.4	63	3.33	95
1977	60.3	19	72.1	13	48.5	38	3.40	90
1976	57.5	69	71.1	20	43.8	130	0.76	151
1975	54.4	120	64.7	110	44.1	128	6.47	19
1974	57.2	72	67.6	68	46.8	73	2.74	115
1973	54.4	120	62.3	140	46.4	84	5.77	33
1972	56.2	90	66.6	89	45.7	101	8.48	7
1971	54.7	114	67.7	66	41.7	145	2.16	133
1970	59.2	36	71	23	47.5	58	11.10	2
1969	58	58	69.4	44	46.5	81	3.77	78
1968	56.8	80	67.4	72	46.1	93	3.94	73
1967	59.7	28	70.9	24	48.4	40	4.39	62
1966	53.4	131	61.7	141	45.1	111	9.56	4
1965	58.2	52	69.8	39	46.7	75	3.28	97
1964	58.4	48	70.4	30	46.3	87	3.06	104
1963	58.9	42	70.8	27	47.1	66	1.87	140
1962	53.1	136	64.6	112	41.5	146	1.01	149
1961	49.2	152	59.1	152	39.3	152	4.83	48
1960	60.6	18	73.1	8	48.1	45	1.17	145
1959	58.7	44	70.4	30	47	69	1.68	143
1958	57.1	73	68.6	54	45.5	107	5.38	36
1957	59.1	39	69.4	44	48.8	34	6.09	26
1956	54	126	64.2	118	43.7	131	2.63	120
1955	61.8	9	73.2	7	50.4	14	4.40	61
1954	62.1	7	74	4	50.2	18	3.05	105
1953	53.1	136	63	129	43.2	137	4.30	64
1952	55.7	97	67.2	75	44.2	127	1.85	141
1951	53.3	132	63.4	128	43.3	135	2.88	112
1950	52.3	141	63.5	126	41.1	147	3.17	99
1949	54.4	120	64.1	120	44.6	120	3.07	103
1948	59.8	26	71.1	20	48.4	40	6.39	21
1947	56.9	78	67.3	74	46.6	77	6.26	24
1946	58	58	69.3	47	46.6	77	2.39	127
1945	58.2	52	67.7	66	48.6	37	3.93	74
1944	56.2	90	64.9	106	47.5	58	6.47	19
1943	53.1	136	62.5	136	43.6	133	3.04	108
1942	59.5	30	69.9	36	49.1	28	3.73	80
1941	60.8	17	70.3	34	51.3	7	2.77	114
1940	53.7	128	62.8	131	44.7	116	7.21	13
1939	53.3	132	61.6	142	44.9	113	4.96	42
1938	59.1	39	68	64	50.3	15	2.01	139
1937	55.3	106	64.7	110	45.9	94	4.06	69
1936	52.1	143	61.5	144	42.8	139	4.10	67
1935	54.3	125	62.6	135	45.9	94	2.98	110
1934	56.5	87	67.2	75	45.7	101	1.44	144
1933	54.9	110	64.2	118	45.6	104	5.81	32
1932	55.7	97	64.8	108	46.5	81	3.39	93
1931	56	93	65.4	100	46.6	77	3.87	75
1930	59.5	30	69.9	36	49.1	28	0.64	153
1929	60	23	69.8	39	50.2	18	4.31	63
1928	52.3	141	61.3	145	43.3	135	4.15	66
1927	57.3	70	66.5	91	48.2	44	5.16	40
1926	50.3	151	60	149	40.5	149	4.30	64
1925	61.3	12	71.9	15	50.8	13	2.21	131
1924	57	76	66.7	87	47.2	65	3.29	96
1923	54.5	119	64.6	112	44.4	122	4.53	54
1922	59.3	34	69.2	50	49.4	25	6.06	27
1921	59	41	68.7	53	49.4	25	4.58	52
1920	51.2	148	60.2	148	42.1	144	5.16	40
1919	56.6	85	66.1	93	47.1	66	3.15	101
1918	53.2	134	61.6	142	44.8	115	2.52	123
1917	54.8	113	65.1	103	44.5	121	4.93	44
1916	54	126	62.4	138	45.5	107	3.17	99
1915	61.7	10	72.3	11	51	11	1.02	148
1914	55.7	97	64.8	108	46.6	77	2.13	135
1913	55.4	104	64.1	120	46.8	73	2.11	136
1912	59.2	36	68.8	52	49.6	24	8.60	6
1911	54.7	114	63.5	126	45.9	94	5.35	37
1910	56.8	80	67.2	75	46.3	87	4.61	51
1909	55.9	95	66	94	45.8	100	4.86	47
1908	56.8	80	67.1	78	46.4	84	6.06	27
1907	48	154	56.8	154	39.2	153	2.42	125
1906	59.3	34	70.4	30	48.3	42	2.02	138
1905	56.9	78	66.8	84	46.9	72	2.14	134
1904	51.1	149	59.7	151	42.4	142	2.67	116
1903	56	93	65.5	98	46.4	84	4.82	49
1902	54.7	114	64.6	112	44.7	116	2.05	137
1901	51.7	145	60.4	146	43	138	2.49	124
1900	56.8	80	66.9	81	46.7	75	2.29	129
1899	58.5	46	67.5	70	49.4	25	3.50	87
1898	53.5	130	62.7	133	44.3	126	2.80	113
1897	55.3	106	65	104	45.7	101	3.83	76
1896	64.6	3	75.6	3	53.6	3	0.25	154
1895	58.1	56	68.2	63	48	46	3.10	102
1894	56.4	88	65.7	96	47.1	66	3.98	71
1893	57.3	70	66.7	87	48	46	7.69	8
1892	55.5	101	64.5	115	46.5	81	7.50	9
1891	59.5	30	69.9	36	49.1	28	2.42	125
1890	58.1	56	67.1	78	49	31	3.51	85
1889	57.8	64	68.6	54	47	69	0.65	152
1888	58.8	43	69.6	41	47.9	51	2.99	109
1887	56.1	92	67.4	72	44.9	113	7.31	12
1886	57.7	67	66.8	84	48.5	38	3.38	94
1885	58.2	52	68.4	60	48	46	4.94	43
1884	55.2	108	62.7	133	47.6	55	2.91	111
1883	57.9	62	66.9	81	48.9	33	6.63	16
1882	58.3	50	66.8	84	49.8	22	2.17	132
1881	52.6	140	60.4	146	44.7	116	3.45	89
1880	59.6	29	69.4	44	49.7	23	7.32	10
1879	54.7	114	63.8	124	45.6	104	4.63	50
1878	61.3	12	69.5	42	53.2	4	3.53	83
1877	56.4	88	64.9	106	47.9	51	5.31	39
1876	55.6	100	65.3	101	45.9	94	4.50	55
1875	52.7	139	62.8	131	42.6	140	0.98	150
1874	48.6	153	57.7	153	39.5	151	6.01	30
1873	54.4	120	63.9	123	45	112	3.05	105

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	65.7
2017	65.3
1896	64.6
2010	62.6
1981	62.4
2024	62.2
1954	62.1
2011	62
1955	61.8
1915	61.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	48
1874	48.6
1961	49.2
1926	50.3
1997	50.8
1904	51.1
1920	51.2
1982	51.3
1983	51.7
1901	51.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	13.97
1970	11.10
2015	10.84
1966	9.56
2025	9.42
1912	8.60
1972	8.48
1893	7.69
1892	7.50
1979	7.32
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1896	0.25
1930	0.64
1889	0.65
1976	0.76
1875	0.98
1962	1.01
1915	1.02
1986	1.04
2001	1.09
1960	1.17

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 15 April 2026
Coldest night: 40°F; 8 April 2026
Wettest day: 1.58 in; 27 April 2026

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April 2026 brought 3.83 in of precipitation in Louisville, KY, the wettest April since 2025, tied 76th wettest of 154 (with 1897).
The hottest day of April 2026 in Louisville, KY: 86°F on Wednesday 15 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Louisville, KY: a low of 40°F on Wednesday 8 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Louisville, KY: 1.58 in on Monday 27 April 2026.