Louisville, KY: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 39°F in Louisville, KY, the warmest December since 2024, tied 65th warmest of 154 (with 1907 and 1895).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 39°F; Warmest since 2024; 65th warmest of 154
Precipitation: 2.29 in; Driest since 2023; 33rd driest of 154

A normal December in Louisville, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38.6°F, between 33.8°F and 43.1°F in eight years of ten and 4.31 in of precipitation, between 2.49 in and 6.64 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Louisville, KY since 1872: 39°F in 2025; the highest is 51.6°F, in 1889.

Normal range, 33.8 to 43.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Louisville, KY from 1872 to 2025, 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
2025	39	65	46.3	70	31.7	58	2.29	122	0
2024	42.7	21	49.9	27	35.5	17	3.81	65	0
2023	45.1	9	53.1	8	37.1	12	1.86	133	0
2022	39.4	54	46.9	61	31.9	52	3.28	86	0
2021	49.9	3	60	2	39.7	4	3.76	68	0
2020	39.8	48	47.9	49	31.8	54	2.52	115	0
2019	44.1	17	52.7	9	35.5	17	3.63	76	0
2018	43	18	50.5	23	35.4	20	5.90	13	0
2017	37	90	45.6	82	28.3	104	2.73	108	0
2016	38	79	45.4	85	30.5	77	5.30	26	0
2015	50	2	58	3	42	3	6.58	10	0
2014	41	37	47.4	55	34.6	25	3.57	79	0
2013	38.6	71	46.4	69	30.8	74	5.43	24	0
2012	44.4	16	51.6	19	37.1	12	7.14	7	0
2011	42.9	20	50.8	22	35	24	5.21	30	0
2010	30.8	138	36.8	146	24.8	133	1.66	139	0
2009	36.6	98	43.8	98	29.4	91	2.85	101	0
2008	37.5	87	46.8	63	28.2	106	5.18	31	0
2007	41.9	27	49.6	29	34.3	27	7.52	6	0
2006	43	18	51.9	13	34.2	28	3.14	91	0
2005	32.4	129	39.2	135	25.5	128	2.24	124	0
2004	35.4	110	44.3	91	26.5	122	5.50	20	0
2003	37	90	44.5	90	29.4	91	3.80	66	0
2002	36.4	100	43	110	29.9	86	7.62	5	0
2001	41.1	36	49.6	29	32.5	41	4.53	48	0
2000	25	154	32.9	154	17	153	4.59	46	0
1999	38.1	78	46.9	61	29.3	93	5.64	19	0
1998	40.1	43	48.4	41	31.8	54	3.27	87	0
1997	35.8	105	42.5	115	29.1	96	3.32	84	0
1996	39.9	46	48.5	39	31.3	65	5.47	23	0
1995	34	122	41.6	121	26.3	123	4.10	56	0
1994	42.4	23	49.2	34	35.5	17	3.24	89	0
1993	36.5	99	43.1	109	29.9	86	2.56	114	0
1992	38.5	74	45.7	80	31.4	63	1.60	140	0
1991	41.4	34	49.6	29	33.2	34	5.23	29	0
1990	40.7	39	50.2	26	31.3	65	8.86	1	0
1989	25.3	153	34.1	152	16.5	154	1.45	143	0
1988	37.9	83	48	48	27.9	111	3.45	82	0
1987	40.2	42	48.3	43	32.1	47	4.70	44	0
1986	36.7	96	43.6	101	29.8	89	2.69	109	0
1985	30.3	143	39	136	21.7	144	0.96	153	0
1984	45.9	6	54.3	6	37.5	9	5.86	15	0
1983	28.4	149	35.5	148	21.3	146	3.96	61	0
1982	44.9	11	52.6	11	37.1	12	5.11	33	0
1981	33.8	124	42.1	120	25.5	128	2.02	130	0
1980	38.3	76	47	59	29.6	90	1.25	145	0
1979	39.2	56	48.4	41	30	84	3.82	64	0
1978	40	45	48.5	39	31.5	60	7.64	4	0
1977	34.6	119	43.4	106	25.8	125	4.32	52	0
1976	33	128	43.8	98	22.3	142	0.65	154	0
1975	38.9	68	46.5	67	31.3	65	4.89	38	0
1974	39.1	62	46	73	32.2	44	2.85	101	0
1973	37	90	44	94	30.1	82	2.64	112	0
1972	39.1	62	46.3	70	31.8	54	5.29	27	0
1971	45.1	9	53.4	7	36.8	15	2.98	96	0
1970	39.5	53	48.2	45	30.9	71	4.18	54	0
1969	33.4	126	39.9	132	27	119	3.69	71	0
1968	35.7	108	43.4	106	27.9	111	3.62	77	0
1967	39.3	55	47.8	50	30.9	71	3.51	81	0
1966	35.5	109	42.2	118	28.9	99	4.33	51	0
1965	42.3	24	50.4	24	34.1	29	1.14	149	0
1964	38	79	47	59	29	97	5.86	15	0
1963	26.7	150	35.4	149	18	151	1.06	152	0
1962	30.3	143	40	130	20.6	149	2.74	106	0
1961	36.4	100	44.8	88	28	109	3.75	69	0
1960	29.9	146	39	136	20.8	148	2.88	100	0
1959	39.9	46	47.7	51	32	50	3.77	67	0
1958	31.1	136	40.5	125	21.7	144	1.19	148	0
1957	41.8	28	51	20	32.6	40	4.88	39	0
1956	44.7	13	52.1	12	37.3	11	2.74	106	0
1955	35.1	113	43.6	101	26.7	120	1.11	151	0
1954	37	90	44	94	29.9	86	3.87	63	0
1953	36.4	100	45.6	82	27.1	118	2.22	125	0
1952	39.2	56	45.4	85	33	36	4.67	45	0
1951	38.2	77	47.1	57	29.3	93	6.85	9	0
1950	30.5	141	39.7	133	21.3	146	2.66	111	0
1949	41.5	32	51.7	16	31.3	65	4.84	41	0
1948	40.1	43	48.1	47	32.1	47	3.05	94	0
1947	38	79	47.4	55	28.6	103	1.86	133	0
1946	41.6	31	51	20	32.1	47	2.94	98	0
1945	30.2	145	38.1	142	22.4	141	2.34	121	0
1944	32	132	38.4	140	25.7	127	3.91	62	0
1943	35.1	113	41.2	122	29	97	1.75	136	0
1942	34	122	40.5	125	27.6	113	4.77	42	0
1941	42	25	48.6	38	35.3	21	3.41	83	0
1940	42.5	22	49.6	29	35.3	21	3.10	92	0
1939	38.6	71	46	73	31.2	70	2.43	118	0
1938	37.9	83	45.5	84	30.4	79	1.38	144	0
1937	34.3	121	40.6	124	28.1	108	3.58	78	0
1936	39.6	51	47.5	52	31.7	58	2.77	105	0
1935	29.1	148	35.2	150	23	137	2.17	126	0
1934	36.2	103	43.2	108	29.3	93	2.37	119	0
1933	41.7	29	49.8	28	33.6	30	3.69	71	0
1932	36.8	95	44.6	89	28.9	99	5.27	28	0
1931	45.2	8	51.7	16	38.6	6	3.99	60	0
1930	34.6	119	40.4	127	28.8	101	1.87	132	0
1929	37.2	88	44.2	92	30.1	82	3.24	89	0
1928	39.2	56	47.1	57	31.3	65	3.31	85	0
1927	35.8	105	44	94	27.6	113	2.89	99	0
1926	35.2	111	42.3	117	28.2	106	3.71	70	0
1925	33.1	127	40.4	127	25.9	124	1.14	149	0
1924	33.8	124	42.8	114	24.9	131	4.10	56	0
1923	46.5	5	54.6	4	38.5	7	5.91	12	0
1922	39.2	56	47.5	52	30.8	74	4.96	37	0
1921	40.6	40	48.2	45	33.1	35	5.49	21	0
1920	38	79	44.2	92	31.9	52	2.09	128	0
1919	32.3	131	40.1	129	24.5	135	5.89	14	0
1918	44.8	12	51.7	16	37.9	8	4.48	49	0
1917	26	152	33.7	153	18.3	150	2.28	123	0
1916	34.9	116	43	110	26.7	120	4.12	55	0
1915	36.7	96	43	110	30.4	79	8.43	2	0
1914	31.1	136	37	144	25.2	130	4.06	59	0
1913	39.8	48	46	73	33.6	30	1.21	147	0
1912	38.5	74	46.3	70	30.7	76	2.52	115	0
1911	42	25	48.7	36	35.2	23	4.36	50	0
1910	31.7	133	38.5	139	24.9	131	3.65	74	0
1909	29.4	147	37	144	21.9	143	2.81	104	0
1908	40.5	41	48.3	43	32.7	39	1.85	135	0
1907	39	65	45.8	78	32.2	44	3.27	87	0
1906	39.2	56	45.9	77	32.4	43	5.02	36	0
1905	37.2	88	43.5	103	30.9	71	5.48	22	0
1904	35.8	105	43.5	103	28	109	3.66	73	0
1903	30.7	139	38.8	138	22.7	139	1.58	141	0
1902	34.9	116	41.1	123	28.7	102	5.65	18	0
1901	32.4	129	40	130	24.8	133	4.59	46	0
1900	39.1	62	46.8	63	31.4	63	1.75	136	0
1899	35.2	111	42.9	113	27.6	113	4.07	58	0
1898	34.7	118	42.2	118	27.2	117	2.61	113	0
1897	37.9	83	44	94	31.8	54	2.95	97	0
1896	41	37	48.7	36	33.3	32	2.15	127	0
1895	39	65	45.8	78	32.2	44	5.31	25	0
1894	39.6	51	46.6	65	32.5	41	5.18	31	0
1893	38.6	71	45.7	80	31.5	60	2.44	117	0
1892	35	115	42.5	115	27.6	113	2.07	129	0
1891	44.6	15	52.7	9	36.4	16	3.65	74	0
1890	38.8	70	46	73	31.5	60	3.06	93	0
1889	51.6	1	60.2	1	43.1	1	1.74	138	0
1888	38.9	68	47.5	52	30.3	81	1.57	142	0
1887	36.1	104	43.8	98	28.3	104	3.03	95	0
1886	31.4	134	39.7	133	23	137	2.69	109	0
1885	41.4	34	49.5	33	33.3	32	2.84	103	0
1884	37.7	86	45.4	85	30	84	5.11	33	0
1883	41.5	32	50.3	25	32.8	38	4.86	40	0
1882	37	90	43.5	103	30.5	77	1.99	131	0
1881	45.5	7	51.8	15	39.1	5	6.00	11	0
1880	30.6	140	37.5	143	23.6	136	3.52	80	0
1879	41.7	29	48.9	35	34.5	26	7.93	3	0
1878	31.2	135	36.7	147	25.8	125	5.10	35	0
1877	48.5	4	54.5	5	42.6	2	4.19	53	0
1876	26.6	151	35.2	150	18	151	1.24	146	0
1875	44.7	13	51.9	13	37.5	9	5.67	17	0
1874	39.8	48	46.6	65	32.9	37	4.77	42	0
1873	39.2	56	46.5	67	32	50	6.99	8	0
1872	30.4	142	38.4	140	22.5	140	2.35	120	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1889	51.6
2015	50
2021	49.9
1877	48.5
1923	46.5
1984	45.9
1881	45.5
1931	45.2
2023	45.1
1971	45.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2000	25
1989	25.3
1917	26
1876	26.6
1963	26.7
1983	28.4
1935	29.1
1909	29.4
1960	29.9
1945	30.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1990	8.86
1915	8.43
1879	7.93
1978	7.64
2002	7.62
2007	7.52
2012	7.14
1873	6.99
1951	6.85
2015	6.58

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	0.65
1985	0.96
1963	1.06
1955	1.11
1965	1.14
1925	1.14
1958	1.19
1913	1.21
1876	1.24
1980	1.25

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 75°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: 5°F; 14 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.84 in; 18 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 2.29 in of precipitation in Louisville, KY, the driest December since 2023, 33rd driest of 154.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Louisville, KY: 75°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Louisville, KY: a low of 5°F on Sunday 14 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Louisville, KY: 0.84 in on Thursday 18 December 2025.