Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Louisville, KY. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 5th in Louisville sits right in the heart of the city's wettest week of the year, with a 30% chance of rain today. Historically, highs on this date average 64° — though the range swings wildly, from a 35° low in 2018 to an 83° high just two years ago in 2023.
Louisville doesn't mess around at the extremes: the city has baked to 108° in July 2012 and frozen to -6° in February 2015, a 114-degree spread between its all-time records. A September storm in 2002 dropped 5.75 inches of rain in a single day, and a late-season March snowstorm in 1968 buried the city under 9.8 inches.
Louisville runs warm from June through September, peaking in mid-July when average highs hit 90°, then cools sharply to a January-February trough around 42-49°. Spring is the wettest stretch — early April is statistically the rainiest week of the year — so pack accordingly if you're visiting before summer.