Louisville month by month
Plan your visit to Louisville by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 5°C
- Low
- -3°C
- Rain
- 118 mm
January in Louisville means grey skies, daytime temperatures that hover around 5°C (42°F), and a city still settling after the holiday rush. Most visitors save their trip for Derby…
- February
- High
- 9°C
- Low
- -1°C
- Rain
- 107 mm
February in Louisville is cold, gray, and honest-to-god quiet. That is the single most important thing to know. Daytime temperatures hover around 9°C (49°F), nights regularly dip…
- March
- High
- 16°C
- Low
- 4°C
- Rain
- 114 mm
March in Louisville is a coin flip. You might get a 22°C (72°F) afternoon where the magnolias along Cherokee Road are already blooming and everyone spills onto the patios along…
- April
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 8°C
- Rain
- 130 mm
April in Louisville is Derby season's opening act, and that changes everything. Thunder Over Louisville, the largest annual fireworks display in North America, detonates over the…
- May
- High
- 24°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 108 mm
May in Louisville means one thing above all else. The Kentucky Derby, held the first Saturday of the month at Churchill Downs, turns this mid-sized Ohio River city into the center…
- June
- High
- 29°C
- Low
- 19°C
- Rain
- 97 mm
June in Louisville means humidity. The Ohio River valley traps moisture across Jefferson County, and at 71% average humidity with daytime highs around 29°C (85°F), you'll feel it…
- July
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 21°C
- Rain
- 132 mm
July in Louisville means one thing above all. Humidity. The Ohio River Valley traps moisture like a basin, and at 76% average humidity, the 31°C (87°F) afternoon highs feel closer…
- August
- High
- 30°C
- Low
- 20°C
- Rain
- 78 mm
August in Louisville means heat. Expect daytime highs around 30°C (85°F) with humidity that tends to hover near 75%, the kind that clings to your skin the moment you step outside…
- September
- High
- 27°C
- Low
- 17°C
- Rain
- 94 mm
September in Louisville is bourbon season, full stop. The city sits within 150 km of roughly 95% of the world's bourbon production, and September is National Bourbon Heritage…
- October
- High
- 21°C
- Low
- 11°C
- Rain
- 95 mm
October might be the best-kept timing secret in Louisville. The oppressive Ohio Valley humidity that hangs over the city from June through August has finally broken, daytime…
- November
- High
- 14°C
- Low
- 4°C
- Rain
- 77 mm
November in Louisville is the quiet exhale after bourbon season and well before Derby mania. Daytime highs hover around 14°C (56°F), and mornings dip to 4°C (40°F), the kind of…
- December
- High
- 9°C
- Low
- 1°C
- Rain
- 93 mm
December in Louisville is defined by early darkness, damp cold, and a city that has largely emptied of tourists since the Kentucky Derby crowds left 7 months ago. Daytime highs sit…