Louisville, KY: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 30.6°F in Louisville, KY, the coldest January since 2025, 35th coldest of 153.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 30.6°F; Coldest since 2025; 35th coldest of 153
Precipitation: 1.81 in; Driest since 2018; 29th driest of 153

A normal January in Louisville, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 34.6°F, between 29.8°F and 41.3°F in eight years of ten and 3.60 in of precipitation, between 1.51 in and 5.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Louisville, KY since 1873: 30.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 18.5°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 29.8 to 41.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	Days missing
2026	30.6	119	38.8	117	22.4	120	1.81	125	0
2025	30.5	120	38.6	123	22.5	116	3.33	75	0
2024	34.7	69	41.3	85	28.2	55	6.53	13	0
2023	43.4	5	50.8	10	36	3	5.36	24	0
2022	32.5	94	41.3	85	23.6	106	4.49	46	0
2021	36.5	51	42.6	67	30.5	39	3.87	60	0
2020	41.7	10	49	15	34.4	9	4.05	55	0
2019	35.2	65	42.3	73	28.1	56	3.22	83	0
2018	32.7	92	41.2	88	24.2	99	1.76	127	0
2017	41.6	11	48.8	16	34.3	10	4.21	50	0
2016	34.5	72	43.3	63	25.7	82	1.01	144	0
2015	33.8	80	42.5	69	25.1	87	0.87	150	0
2014	28.6	134	39	116	18.3	143	2.41	108	0
2013	38	42	46.3	36	29.7	49	5.10	32	0
2012	39.2	28	48.4	17	30	45	4.15	52	0
2011	30.8	115	37.6	127	24	102	1.48	137	0
2010	30.1	126	36.6	131	23.5	107	2.86	92	0
2009	29.9	127	38.1	124	21.6	129	3.63	67	0
2008	34.7	69	42.7	66	26.7	71	2.92	88	0
2007	38.8	35	46.5	31	31.2	32	3.63	67	0
2006	44.1	4	53	3	35.3	6	4.53	45	0
2005	37	50	43.8	61	30.2	44	5.09	33	0
2004	30.7	117	39.5	107	21.9	125	4.74	37	0
2003	27.2	139	34.3	144	20.1	133	1.57	133	0
2002	38.9	32	48.3	18	29.6	50	5.18	30	0
2001	32.4	99	40.5	97	24.2	99	1.51	136	0
2000	33.5	87	42	74	25	88	5.51	22	0
1999	35.8	60	44.4	57	27.2	66	6.99	11	0
1998	41.3	15	48.1	21	34.6	8	4.68	38	0
1997	31	112	40	103	22.1	122	3.57	69	0
1996	31.4	108	39.4	109	23.4	108	5.35	25	0
1995	35.6	62	42.5	69	28.7	53	3.20	84	0
1994	26.8	142	34.6	141	18.9	140	4.08	53	0
1993	38.4	38	46.5	31	30.4	41	3.50	71	0
1992	37.1	49	45.4	46	28.8	52	1.97	120	0
1991	34.1	76	41.4	83	26.8	69	3.29	76	0
1990	43.1	7	51.9	5	34.3	10	3.90	59	0
1989	41.6	11	51.5	7	31.6	30	3.68	64	0
1988	30.9	114	39.3	113	22.6	115	4.00	57	0
1987	33.7	81	40.7	96	26.7	71	0.81	152	0
1986	34.4	73	44.7	51	24.2	99	0.91	149	0
1985	25.4	146	32.3	148	18.5	141	2.20	114	0
1984	28.8	132	36.4	134	21.3	130	0.92	148	0
1983	34.7	69	41.5	80	27.8	60	1.63	129	0
1982	28.6	134	38.7	122	18.5	141	5.28	28	0
1981	30.4	124	38.8	117	21.9	125	0.45	153	0
1980	33.5	87	40.5	97	26.4	76	1.71	128	0
1979	24.6	149	31.9	149	17.3	145	3.81	62	0
1978	22.9	150	30.4	150	15.4	150	5.90	18	0
1977	18.5	153	26.9	153	10.2	153	2.33	110	0
1976	31.2	109	40.4	99	22.1	122	3.85	61	0
1975	38.1	41	46.3	36	29.9	46	4.87	35	0
1974	39.8	23	45.9	41	33.7	14	4.38	48	0
1973	35	67	42.6	67	27.3	64	1.96	121	0
1972	35.2	65	44.5	52	25.9	80	2.87	90	0
1971	30.8	115	39.2	114	22.5	116	2.64	97	0
1970	27.9	136	37.5	128	18.3	143	1.40	139	0
1969	33	90	41.2	88	24.9	89	5.31	26	0
1968	30.3	125	38	125	22.5	116	2.13	116	0
1967	36.3	52	46	40	26.6	73	1.11	143	0
1966	27	141	34.4	143	19.7	137	5.73	19	0
1965	34.3	74	44.9	49	23.7	105	2.76	95	0
1964	35.9	58	47.3	27	24.5	94	2.45	104	0
1963	26	144	36.5	133	15.6	149	1.18	141	0
1962	30.5	120	39.6	106	21.3	130	4.03	56	0
1961	28.8	132	37.8	126	19.8	136	1.57	133	0
1960	38	42	45	48	30.9	33	2.55	100	0
1959	32.5	94	42.4	71	22.5	116	5.51	22	0
1958	32.5	94	39.4	109	25.6	83	2.91	89	0
1957	32	103	39.4	109	24.6	93	2.83	93	0
1956	32.5	94	40.3	100	24.7	91	2.87	90	0
1955	33.6	83	41.3	85	25.9	80	1.80	126	0
1954	36	57	44.5	52	27.4	63	4.21	50	0
1953	40	20	47.2	28	32.8	18	3.68	64	0
1952	39.2	28	47.6	25	30.7	36	5.11	31	0
1951	35.7	61	43.9	60	27.5	62	7.83	8	0
1950	44.6	2	53.4	2	35.8	4	11.38	4	0
1949	41.6	11	49.4	13	33.9	13	7.10	10	0
1948	25.5	145	34.5	142	16.5	147	2.54	101	0
1947	38.9	32	47.5	26	30.4	41	5.31	26	0
1946									4
1945	30.5	120	36.6	131	24.3	97	1.88	123	0
1944	38.4	38	44.9	49	31.8	27	1.13	142	0
1943	36.1	54	44.3	58	27.9	59	1.35	140	0
1942	32.8	91	40.8	94	24.8	90	2.58	98	0
1941	36.1	54	42.4	71	29.8	47	2.32	111	0
1940	20.3	151	28	151	12.6	151	1.56	135	0
1939	40.6	17	48	22	33.3	15	4.42	47	0
1938	34.3	74	41.5	80	27.1	67	2.47	103	0
1937	40.6	17	48	22	33.1	16	19.17	1	0
1936	27.8	137	35.7	138	19.9	135	1.59	131	0
1935	36.3	52	44.5	52	28	58	3.37	74	0
1934	38.4	38	46.2	38	30.7	36	1.01	144	0
1933	43.1	7	51.2	8	35	7	4.63	42	0
1932	43.3	6	51.1	9	35.5	5	6.54	12	0
1931	37.6	46	44.3	58	30.8	34	0.96	147	0
1930	32.5	94	40.3	100	24.7	91	5.95	17	0
1929	31.9	105	41.7	76	22.1	122	3.77	63	0
1928	33.6	83	41.5	80	25.6	83	2.01	118	0
1927	34.1	76	41.6	78	26.6	73	7.62	9	0
1926	33.7	81	41.1	91	26.3	77	3.68	64	0
1925	34.1	76	41.4	83	26.8	69	2.02	117	0
1924	29	131	37.5	128	20.4	132	4.65	40	0
1923	40.4	19	48.2	19	32.7	19	5.65	21	0
1922	33.4	89	41.2	88	25.6	83	1.59	131	0
1921	39.2	28	45.9	41	32.6	20	2.20	114	0
1920	30.5	120	37.2	130	23.8	104	4.77	36	0
1919	38.5	36	46.4	35	30.6	38	1.63	129	0
1918	19.6	152	27.3	152	11.9	152	3.49	72	0
1917	35.9	58	44.5	52	27.3	64	6.12	16	0
1916	40	20	49.2	14	30.8	34	8.16	7	0
1915	31.9	105	39.4	109	24.4	95	4.98	34	0
1914	39	31	45.8	44	32.2	24	1.84	124	0
1913	41.4	14	50.4	11	32.4	22	9.91	5	0
1912	24.8	148	32.8	147	16.7	146	3.45	73	0
1911	39.5	26	46.5	31	32.4	22	2.31	112	0
1910	34	79	41.6	78	26.5	75	3.25	79	0
1909	37.8	45	45.1	47	30.5	39	3.25	79	0
1908	35.5	64	43	64	28.1	56	1.98	119	0
1907	41	16	49.9	12	32.1	25	12.11	2	0
1906	39.8	23	47.8	24	31.8	27	2.68	96	0
1905	27.8	137	35.5	139	20	134	2.24	113	0
1904	31.2	109	39.2	114	23.3	109	2.43	105	0
1903	33.6	83	40.8	94	26.3	77	2.43	105	0
1902	33.6	83	41.1	91	26.2	79	4.67	39	0
1901	36.1	54	44.5	52	27.6	61	0.98	146	0
1900	38	42	46.1	39	29.8	47	3.10	85	0
1899	35	67	43	64	27	68	4.30	49	0
1898	40	20	46.8	29	33.1	16	9.04	6	0
1897	32	103	39.7	105	24.3	97	3.29	76	0
1896	35.6	62	41.7	76	29.4	51	0.82	151	0
1895	29.2	129	36.4	134	21.9	125	4.54	44	0
1894	39.7	25	48.2	19	31.3	31	2.81	94	0
1893	24.9	147	33.4	146	16.4	148	2.57	99	0
1892	29.1	130	36.4	134	21.9	125	1.46	138	0
1891	39.3	27	45.9	41	32.6	20	5.21	29	0
1890	44.6	2	52.3	4	36.9	2	5.73	19	0
1889	38.5	36	46.7	30	30.3	43	3.07	86	0
1888	32.4	99	40.3	100	24.4	95	3.26	78	0
1887	32.1	101	41.8	75	22.3	121	4.08	53	0
1886	31.1	111	38.8	117	23.3	109	4.64	41	0
1885	30.7	117	38.8	117	22.7	114	6.34	14	0
1884	27.2	139	35.5	139	19	139	1.94	122	0
1883	32.7	92	39.9	104	25.6	83	3.52	70	0
1882	38.9	32	45.8	44	31.9	26	6.29	15	0
1881	29.5	128	36.1	137	22.9	113	3.24	82	0
1880	50	1	57.4	1	42.6	1	4.61	43	0
1879	31.7	107	39.5	107	24	102	2.52	102	0
1878	37.6	46	43.4	62	31.8	27	3.25	79	0
1877	32.1	101	41	93	23.2	111	3.95	58	0
1876	43	9	51.9	5	34.2	12	11.63	3	0
1875	26.6	143	33.9	145	19.3	138	2.42	107	0
1874	37.4	48	46.5	31	28.4	54	2.39	109	0
1873	31	112	38.8	117	23.1	112	2.93	87	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1880	50
1950	44.6
1890	44.6
2006	44.1
2023	43.4
1932	43.3
1990	43.1
1933	43.1
1876	43
2020	41.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	18.5
1918	19.6
1940	20.3
1978	22.9
1979	24.6
1912	24.8
1893	24.9
1985	25.4
1948	25.5
1963	26

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	19.17
1907	12.11
1876	11.63
1950	11.38
1913	9.91
1898	9.04
1916	8.16
1951	7.83
1927	7.62
1949	7.10

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.45
1987	0.81
1896	0.82
2015	0.87
1986	0.91
1984	0.92
1931	0.96
1901	0.98
2016	1.01
1934	1.01

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 6°F; 27 January 2026, 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.96 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.81 in of precipitation in Louisville, KY, the driest January since 2018, 29th driest of 153.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Louisville, KY: 69°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Louisville, KY: a low of 6°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026 and Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Louisville, KY: 0.96 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.