Louisville, KY: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 79.1°F in Louisville, KY, the warmest August since 2024, tied 25th warmest of 155 (with 2022, 1991 and 1899).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 79.1°F; Warmest since 2024; 25th warmest of 155
Precipitation: 2.16 in; Driest since 2025; 41st driest of 155

A normal August in Louisville, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 78.1°F, between 74.8°F and 81.3°F in eight years of ten and 3.47 in of precipitation, between 1.41 in and 5.93 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Louisville, KY since 1872: 79.1°F in 2026; the highest is 85°F, in 2007.

Normal range, 74.8 to 81.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August 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	79.1	25	88.2	46	70	20	2.16	115	0
2025	76.9	75	86	90	67.9	59	1.45	136	0
2024	80	14	90.3	14	69.7	24	0.99	143	0
2023	78.3	43	87.3	64	69.4	30	3.54	61	0
2022	79.1	25	87.9	53	70.2	18	4.69	33	0
2021	80.9	11	89.9	19	71.9	7	3.27	69	0
2020	77.9	51	86.5	80	69.3	31	5.56	16	0
2019	79.8	17	89.8	20	69.7	24	2.68	95	0
2018	79.5	18	87.4	63	71.5	8	7.23	5	0
2017	76.9	75	86.5	80	67.4	72	4.20	45	0
2016	81.2	9	89.2	26	73.2	2	5.71	14	0
2015	76.4	93	85.5	109	67.3	77	3.47	63	0
2014	78.5	38	87.2	67	69.8	22	6.40	9	0
2013	77.7	58	86.9	75	68.6	43	3.20	75	0
2012	78.4	41	89.2	26	67.5	69	1.46	135	0
2011	79.4	19	89.5	21	69.3	31	3.46	65	0
2010	82.8	3	92.8	4	72.8	5	2.06	120	0
2009	75.7	117	84.4	133	67	86	5.88	12	0
2008	78.8	33	89.1	30	68.5	47	0.63	150	0
2007	85	1	96.1	1	74	1	1.61	130	0
2006	79.3	21	87.5	59	71.1	12	5.14	24	0
2005	78.8	33	89	31	68.5	47	7.04	6	0
2004	72.1	152	82.1	150	62.2	152	4.14	47	0
2003	76.4	93	85.3	115	67.4	72	4.70	32	0
2002	78.2	47	88.9	32	67.6	66	0.96	145	0
2001	77.4	65	87	72	67.9	59	3.07	78	0
2000	75.5	120	85.3	115	65.7	115	2.56	99	0
1999	76.2	102	88.6	39	63.8	144	0.97	144	0
1998	76.4	93	86.4	83	66.5	99	3.16	77	0
1997	73.6	145	83	144	64.2	138	4.31	39	0
1996	74.9	132	84.5	129	65.3	121	2.97	84	0
1995	82.3	5	91.5	8	73	4	4.07	48	0
1994	76	107	86.8	77	65.3	121	1.58	132	0
1993	79	29	89.3	23	68.7	41	5.74	13	0
1992	73.2	148	82.6	147	63.8	144	4.71	31	0
1991	79.1	25	90.1	16	68.2	54	3.35	68	0
1990	77.5	63	88.2	46	66.7	92	3.21	73	0
1989	76.5	87	86.4	83	66.7	92	2.20	110	0
1988	80	14	90.3	14	69.7	24	3.00	82	0
1987	78.2	47	88.8	35	67.6	66	2.66	96	0
1986	74.3	138	84.5	129	64.1	139	2.19	112	0
1985	74.8	134	83.5	139	66.1	110	4.49	37	0
1984	76	107	85.4	110	66.6	95	5.08	26	0
1983	81.6	7	92.9	3	70.4	16	2.39	103	0
1982	73.5	146	82.6	147	64.3	135	3.74	55	0
1981	76	107	85.8	97	66.3	105	3.21	73	0
1980	80.9	11	90.4	13	71.5	8	3.76	53	0
1979	76	107	84.7	126	67.4	72	2.37	105	0
1978	77.1	71	86.1	88	68.1	56	5.50	17	0
1977	77.5	63	86.6	79	68.4	52	6.12	10	0
1976	74.2	139	84.4	133	63.9	141	3.18	76	0
1975	79.2	22	88.1	50	70.4	16	3.89	51	0
1974	75	131	83.5	139	66.5	99	8.79	3	0
1973	77	73	86.2	87	67.7	62	0.91	146	0
1972	76	107	85.8	97	66.3	105	2.45	101	0
1971	74.1	140	83.9	137	64.3	135	1.83	124	0
1970	76	107	85.4	110	66.5	99	7.65	4	0
1969	74.7	135	85.4	110	63.9	141	3.65	59	0
1968	77.9	51	87.3	64	68.5	47	3.68	56	0
1967	72.2	151	82.3	149	62.1	153	4.30	40	0
1966	75.6	118	85.7	102	65.5	119	5.18	23	0
1965	75.2	128	85.9	94	64.5	131	2.12	117	0
1964	76.2	102	88	52	64.4	134	2.63	98	0
1963	73.4	147	84.3	135	62.5	150	2.13	116	0
1962	76.4	93	88.8	35	64	140	2.20	110	0
1961	75.1	129	85.6	105	64.5	131	1.56	134	0
1960	76.9	75	87.1	70	66.6	95	1.79	125	0
1959	80.6	13	91.2	9	70	20	5.20	22	0
1958	76.3	99	87.6	56	65.1	125	3.45	66	0
1957	75.5	120	87.1	70	63.9	141	1.01	142	0
1956	75.1	129	85.4	110	64.9	128	4.03	50	0
1955	80	14	91.6	7	68.5	47	0.26	152	0
1954	77.8	54	88.3	42	67.3	77	4.51	35	0
1953	77.3	67	90.8	11	63.7	146	0.23	153	0
1952	77.4	65	90.1	16	64.7	130	2.39	103	0
1951	77.1	71	88.9	32	65.2	123	2.66	96	0
1950	73.1	149	83.8	138	62.4	151	3.02	81	0
1949	76.5	87	87.3	64	65.6	118	3.47	63	0
1948	76.2	102	89.5	21	62.9	149	1.34	140	0
1947	81	10	91.2	9	70.9	13	1.75	126	0
1946	70.7	155	81.2	152	60.2	155	4.26	43	0
1945	75.6	118	86.9	75	64.3	135	1.68	127	0
1944	76.8	78	85.9	94	67.7	62	5.69	15	0
1943	79	29	88.5	40	69.5	28	0.50	151	0
1942	76.2	102	84.8	125	67.5	69	6.10	11	0
1941	78.3	43	88.1	50	68.5	47	1.91	122	0
1940	78.6	35	88.2	46	68.9	38	1.59	131	0
1939	76.3	99	85.4	110	67.3	77	2.98	83	0
1938	78.4	41	87.5	59	69.3	31	3.79	52	0
1937	79.2	22	88.3	42	70.1	19	4.27	42	0
1936	83	2	92.7	5	73.2	2	2.21	109	0
1935	77.3	67	85.6	105	68.9	38	3.68	56	0
1934	76.8	78	85.7	102	68	57	4.91	28	0
1933	75.4	123	84.6	127	66.3	105	2.17	114	0
1932	76.5	87	85.8	97	67.2	82	5.22	21	0
1931	75.9	113	84.2	136	67.5	69	2.91	87	0
1930	77.8	54	88.9	32	66.6	95	1.20	141	0
1929	74.9	132	85	124	64.8	129	1.39	138	0
1928	77	73	85.3	115	68.6	43	3.23	71	0
1927	70.8	154	79.6	154	61.9	154	2.92	86	0
1926	77.7	58	85.6	105	69.7	24	6.89	8	0
1925	77.8	54	88.7	38	66.8	90	0.89	147	0
1924	76.8	78	86.8	77	66.8	90	2.50	100	0
1923	76.4	93	85.6	105	67.1	83	2.29	107	0
1922	76.5	87	86	90	66.9	88	1.63	129	0
1921	76.5	87	85.3	115	67.7	62	5.40	20	0
1920	73.7	143	82.1	150	65.2	123	4.78	30	0
1919	75.8	115	85.1	122	66.5	99	1.57	133	0
1918	81.4	8	90.6	12	72.3	6	3.25	70	0
1917	75.5	120	85.1	122	65.9	112	4.05	49	0
1916	78.3	43	87	72	69.5	28	3.06	79	0
1915	71.2	153	79.2	155	63.2	147	4.65	34	0
1914	77.3	67	86.4	83	68.2	54	6.97	7	0
1913	79.2	22	89.3	23	69.2	35	2.09	119	0
1912	75.4	123	84.5	129	66.2	109	5.06	27	0
1911	78.5	38	88.2	46	68.8	40	2.71	93	0
1910	75.4	123	85.8	97	65.1	125	2.31	106	0
1909	79	29	89.3	23	68.6	43	0.83	149	0
1908	78.5	38	89.2	26	67.8	61	2.29	107	0
1907	76.3	99	85.7	102	66.9	88	3.68	56	0
1906	79.4	19	88.3	42	70.5	15	1.92	121	0
1905	77.3	67	87	72	67.6	66	3.76	53	0
1904	76.8	78	87.2	67	66.4	104	2.11	118	0
1903	76.4	93	86	90	66.7	92	3.51	62	0
1902	75.8	115	86	90	65.7	115	2.74	90	0
1901	77.8	54	87.6	56	68	57	2.86	88	0
1900	82.5	4	93.6	2	71.4	10	3.43	67	0
1899	79.1	25	89.2	26	69.1	36	2.72	92	0
1898	78.3	43	87.8	54	68.7	41	5.14	24	0
1897	76.7	84	87.6	56	65.9	112	1.35	139	0
1896	77.7	58	88.8	35	66.6	95	4.51	35	0
1895	77.7	58	88.3	42	67	86	1.45	136	0
1894	78.6	35	90	18	67.3	77	3.57	60	0
1893	76.7	84	87.8	54	65.5	119	1.68	127	0
1892	76.6	86	85.8	97	67.4	72	1.84	123	0
1891	73.9	141	82.8	145	65.1	125	5.42	19	0
1890	74.7	135	83.4	141	66	111	4.18	46	0
1889	73.9	141	84.6	127	63.2	147	0.23	153	0
1888	75.9	113	85.3	115	66.5	99	10.53	1	0
1887	78.1	49	88.4	41	67.7	62	2.74	90	0
1886	76.8	78	86.4	83	67.3	77	4.43	38	0
1885	76.5	87	85.9	94	67.1	83	2.97	84	0
1884	75.4	123	84.5	129	66.3	105	4.81	29	0
1883	73.7	143	82.8	145	64.5	131	0.86	148	0
1882	75.4	123	83.3	143	67.4	72	5.45	18	0
1881	81.9	6	92.6	6	71.3	11	0.15	155	0
1880	78	50	87.5	59	68.6	43	2.82	89	0
1879	74.5	137	83.4	141	65.7	115	10.02	2	0
1878	78.6	35	87.5	59	69.8	22	4.21	44	0
1877	76.1	106	85.2	121	67.1	83	2.70	94	0
1876	77.6	62	86.1	88	69.1	36	4.29	41	0
1875	73.1	149	80.3	153	65.8	114	2.19	112	0
1874	77.9	51	86.5	80	69.3	31	3.23	71	0
1873	76.8	78	85.3	115	68.4	52	3.04	80	1
1872	79	29	87.2	67	70.7	14	2.45	101	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2007	85
1936	83
2010	82.8
1900	82.5
1995	82.3
1881	81.9
1983	81.6
1918	81.4
2016	81.2
1947	81

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1946	70.7
1927	70.8
1915	71.2
2004	72.1
1967	72.2
1950	73.1
1875	73.1
1992	73.2
1963	73.4
1982	73.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1888	10.53
1879	10.02
1974	8.79
1970	7.65
2018	7.23
2005	7.04
1914	6.97
1926	6.89
2014	6.40
1977	6.12

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1881	0.15
1953	0.23
1889	0.23
1955	0.26
1943	0.50
2008	0.63
1909	0.83
1883	0.86
1925	0.89
1973	0.91

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 15 August 2026
Coldest night: 62°F; 25 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.64 in; 16 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 2.16 in of precipitation in Louisville, KY, the driest August since 2025, 41st driest of 155.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Louisville, KY: 96°F on Saturday 15 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Louisville, KY: a low of 62°F on Tuesday 25 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Louisville, KY: 0.64 in on Sunday 16 August 2026.