Louisville, KY: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 36.2°F in Louisville, KY, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 69th coldest of 154 (with 1956).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 36.2°F; Coldest since 2015; 69th coldest of 154
Precipitation: 5.21 in; Driest since 1981; 6th driest of 154

A normal winter in Louisville, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38.1°F, between 33.3°F and 41.5°F in eight years of ten and 11.37 in of precipitation, between 8.58 in and 15.37 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Louisville, KY since 1873: 36.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 27.2°F, in 1978.

Normal range, 33.3 to 41.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	36.2	85	44.6	73	27.8	88	5.21	149	0
2025	37.6	57	45.7	52	29.5	57	13.98	30	0
2024	42.3	9	50.9	8	33.6	10	10.02	81	0
2023	43.3	5	51.6	4	35	6	11.34	63	0
2022	40.7	15	50.4	10	31	32	14.99	16	0
2021	36.7	77	43.6	96	29.7	54	12.24	51	0
2020	42.1	10	50.3	11	33.9	9	11.14	65	0
2019	40.3	18	48.2	19	32.3	20	17.50	9	0
2018	38	50	46.8	36	29.2	65	15.03	15	0
2017	42.7	8	50.8	9	34.6	7	11.57	60	0
2016	41.6	12	50.2	12	33.1	11	12.40	47	0
2015	34.4	109	42.5	113	26.3	105	6.67	138	0
2014	33.4	121	42.3	115	24.5	129	11.59	58	0
2013	40.1	19	48.3	18	31.9	23	14.16	28	0
2012	41.5	13	50.2	12	32.7	13	11.04	66	0
2011	33.9	118	41.4	126	26.5	102	8.83	110	0
2010	32.6	128	39.5	140	25.6	116	7.62	128	0
2009	35.7	90	44.5	78	26.8	99	11.01	67	0
2008	38.1	45	45.8	49	30.4	42	15.31	14	0
2007	37.5	58	45.8	49	29.2	65	9.67	91	0
2006	38.1	45	46.3	44	29.9	52	8.59	117	0
2005	37.4	60	45.5	58	29.3	62	13.33	36	0
2004	34.6	107	43.2	104	26.1	108	10.35	78	0
2003	31.7	143	38.5	148	24.9	124	14.48	21	0
2002	39.6	24	49	16	30.3	44	11.16	64	0
2001	32.3	133	40.6	131	23.9	140	9.87	85	0
2000	38.5	39	47.6	25	29.3	62	17.77	8	0
1999	38.9	31	47.6	25	30.2	48	12.63	44	0
1998	39.7	23	46.7	37	32.7	13	11.58	59	0
1997	37	69	45.7	52	28.4	81	12.79	41	0
1996	33.9	118	42	119	25.7	115	12.44	46	1
1995	38.1	45	45.7	52	30.5	40	8.44	120	0
1994	33.6	120	41.7	121	25.5	118	9.60	92	0
1993	37.1	67	45.2	63	28.9	76	9.30	96	0
1992	40.7	15	49.3	15	32.1	21	8.94	106	0
1991	38.4	42	47.3	29	29.5	57	15.87	13	0
1990	37.3	62	46.4	41	28.3	82	12.07	53	0
1989	38	50	47.2	30	28.7	77	16.15	11	0
1988	35.3	96	44	87	26.6	101	12.28	49	0
1987	36.5	81	43.9	88	29.2	65	7.92	126	0
1986	34.7	105	43.6	96	25.8	112	5.77	146	0
1985	34.8	104	42.7	110	26.9	97	10.14	80	0
1984	32.7	126	41	128	24.5	129	6.56	140	0
1983	39.1	27	46.9	35	31.2	29	8.26	122	0
1982	32.3	133	41.4	126	23.2	144	8.85	107	0
1981	35.7	90	45	67	26.4	104	4.93	152	0
1980	34.2	112	42.3	115	26	110	6.62	139	0
1979	30.9	148	39.3	144	22.6	147	15.94	12	0
1978	27.2	154	35.2	154	19.2	152	10.98	68	0
1977	29.2	150	39	147	19.5	151	4.43	153	0
1976	38.4	42	47.5	27	29.2	65	11.87	56	0
1975	39.1	27	46.7	37	31.4	27	12.25	50	0
1974	38.7	36	46.1	47	31.3	28	8.66	115	0
1973	36.8	75	44.6	73	29	72	8.85	107	0
1972	38.5	39	47.5	27	29.4	61	9.79	86	0
1971	35.1	101	43.8	91	26.5	102	13.10	38	0
1970	31.6	144	39.9	136	23.2	144	7.96	125	0
1969	35.2	98	42.9	107	27.4	94	10.58	74	0
1968	33.3	123	41.6	122	25	122	6.44	141	0
1967	34.4	109	42.9	107	25.8	112	7.45	131	0
1966	34.5	108	42.1	118	26.9	97	11.88	55	0
1965	36.1	87	46.3	44	25.9	111	13.29	37	0
1964	32	138	42	119	21.9	149	5.96	143	0
1963	28.8	151	39.2	145	18.4	154	5.03	151	0
1962	35.2	98	44.3	83	26.1	108	14.36	23	0
1961	32.4	131	41.6	122	23.2	144	9.69	89	0
1960	37.3	62	44.6	73	30	51	10.63	73	0
1959	34	116	43.9	88	24.1	136	9.46	94	0
1958	34.2	112	42.6	111	25.8	112	9.15	104	0
1957	39.4	25	47	34	31.7	24	8.40	121	0
1956	36.2	85	44.2	85	28.3	82	12.32	48	0
1955	36	89	43.7	92	28.3	82	12.60	45	0
1954	38.8	33	48.1	20	29.5	57	8.45	119	0
1953	40.1	19	47.7	24	32.4	18	9.22	100	0
1952	39.3	26	48	21	30.7	35	14.86	17	0
1951	34.2	112	43.3	101	25	122	13.85	31	0
1950	41.8	11	51.2	6	32.4	18	21.94	3	0
1949	41	14	49.5	14	32.5	16	14.21	27	0
1948	33.4	121	42.8	109	24.1	136	9.01	105	0
1947	36.5	81	45.4	62	27.6	92	8.65	116	0
1946	34.2	112	43.7	92	24.8	125	10.49	76	4
1945	33.1	124	40	135	26.3	105	11.47	61	0
1944	38.1	45	44.6	73	31.6	26	6.22	142	0
1943	36.4	83	44.5	78	28.2	86	7.39	133	0
1942	36.1	87	43	106	29.1	69	8.57	118	0
1941	37.3	62	44.1	86	30.4	42	5.87	144	0
1940	31.3	146	38.2	150	24.4	133	9.22	100	0
1939	38.9	31	47.1	32	30.7	35	12.75	43	0
1938	37.4	60	44.4	80	30.3	44	8.21	123	0
1937	38.8	33	46.6	39	30.9	33	23.59	1	0
1936	28.8	151	36.5	152	21	150	5.86	145	0
1935	36.9	71	44.7	71	29.1	69	7.10	134	0
1934	36.9	71	45	67	28.7	77	5.14	150	0
1933	39	30	47.2	30	30.7	35	12.90	40	0
1932	44.8	3	52.4	3	37.1	4	13.38	34	0
1931	37.7	54	44.4	80	31.1	30	5.71	147	0
1930	38.3	44	45.9	48	30.7	35	13.05	39	0
1929	34	116	42.5	113	25.5	118	9.24	99	0
1928	35.3	96	43.1	105	27.4	94	7.41	132	0
1927	37.7	54	45.2	63	30.3	44	13.35	35	0
1926	35.2	98	42.6	111	27.8	88	7.57	129	0
1925	36.8	75	45.2	63	28.5	79	9.22	100	0
1924	36.7	77	44.4	80	29	72	12.02	54	0
1923	37.5	58	45.5	58	29.5	57	14.26	25	0
1922	37.8	53	45.5	58	30.2	48	9.74	87	0
1921	39.1	27	45.7	52	32.5	16	6.94	137	0
1920	32.3	133	39.4	141	25.2	121	11.45	62	0
1919	40.5	17	48	21	32.9	12	7.10	134	0
1918	27.5	153	35.9	153	19.1	153	7.67	127	0
1917	34.4	109	43.3	101	25.5	118	12.79	41	0
1916	36.9	71	44.9	69	29	72	19.73	5	0
1915	34.7	105	41.5	124	27.9	87	9.97	82	0
1914	36.4	83	43.6	96	29.3	62	8.82	111	0
1913	38.1	45	46.3	44	29.9	52	14.52	20	0
1912	31.9	140	39.6	139	24.2	134	10.55	75	0
1911	37.7	54	45.1	66	30.2	48	8.76	112	0
1910	32.1	136	40.1	133	24.2	134	11.68	57	0
1909	40	21	48	21	32.1	21	14.74	18	0
1908	36.7	77	43.7	92	29.6	55	10.93	69	0
1907	38.5	39	46.5	40	30.5	40	18.38	6	0
1906	37	69	44.9	69	29	72	9.71	88	0
1905	30.4	149	38.2	150	22.5	148	8.13	124	0
1904	31.6	144	39.9	136	23.4	143	7.55	130	0
1903	35	102	42.3	115	27.8	88	14.11	29	0
1902	31.1	147	38.3	149	23.8	141	9.88	84	0
1901	35.7	90	43.7	92	27.8	88	3.89	154	0
1900	35.4	94	43.6	96	27.1	96	10.91	70	0
1899	32.5	129	40.2	132	24.7	126	8.75	113	0
1898	38.7	36	45.7	52	31.7	24	13.72	32	0
1897	37.2	65	44.7	71	29.6	55	9.48	93	0
1896	37.2	65	43.9	88	30.6	39	9.29	97	0
1895	32	138	39.4	141	24.5	129	10.36	77	0
1894	38	50	45.6	57	30.3	44	10.34	79	0
1893	31.9	140	40.1	133	23.6	142	9.22	100	0
1892	38.8	33	46.4	41	31.1	30	8.72	114	0
1891	39.9	22	47.1	32	32.6	15	12.21	52	0
1890	47.6	1	55.7	1	39.5	1	13.72	32	0
1889	36.9	71	45.5	58	28.3	82	6.97	136	0
1888	35.4	94	43.4	100	27.5	93	8.85	107	0
1887	35.5	93	44.6	73	26.3	105	14.37	22	0
1886	35	102	43.3	101	26.8	99	9.42	95	0
1885	32.7	126	41	128	24.5	129	14.33	24	0
1884	37.1	67	45.8	49	28.5	79	16.64	10	0
1883	36.7	77	44.3	83	29.1	69	14.23	26	0
1882	44.1	4	51	7	37.2	3	21.98	2	0
1881	32.1	136	39.4	141	24.7	126	10.81	71	0
1880	45.3	2	52.8	2	37.8	2	17.94	7	0
1879	32.4	131	39.2	145	25.6	116	9.93	83	0
1878	42.8	7	48.9	17	36.8	5	9.69	89	0
1877	33.1	124	41.5	124	24.6	128	5.63	148	0
1876	43	6	51.6	4	34.4	8	20.22	4	0
1875	31.8	142	39.7	138	24	138	9.28	98	0
1874	38.7	36	46.4	41	30.9	33	14.56	19	0
1873	32.5	129	40.9	130	24	138	10.70	72	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1890	47.6
1880	45.3
1932	44.8
1882	44.1
2023	43.3
1876	43
1878	42.8
2017	42.7
2024	42.3
2020	42.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	27.2
1918	27.5
1963	28.8
1936	28.8
1977	29.2
1905	30.4
1979	30.9
1902	31.1
1940	31.3
1970	31.6
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	23.59
1882	21.98
1950	21.94
1876	20.22
1916	19.73
1907	18.38
1880	17.94
2000	17.77
2019	17.50
1884	16.64

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1901	3.89
1977	4.43
1981	4.93
1963	5.03
1934	5.14
2026	5.21
1877	5.63
1931	5.71
1986	5.77
1936	5.86

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 75°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: 5°F; 1 February 2026, 14 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.96 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 5.21 in of precipitation in Louisville, KY, the driest winter since 1981, 6th driest of 154.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Louisville, KY: 75°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Louisville, KY: a low of 5°F on Sunday 1 February 2026 and Sunday 14 December 2025.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Louisville, KY: 0.96 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.