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Louisville, KY 38.177°N, 85.731°W · station SDFthr · 155 years of record
92°F
HOTTEST JUL 16 SINCE 2025
forecast high · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Louisville.
88° MON 7/13 90° TUE 7/14 91° WED 7/15 92° THU 7/16 92° FRI 7/17 91° SAT 7/18 90° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #41 / 153
warmest Jul 16 in 153 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 16 ever 106°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 16 ever 78°F
set in 1897
Hottest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 16 at Louisville. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
78 92 106 1873: 90°F 1874: 81°F 1875: 93°F 1876: 90°F 1877: 82°F 1878: 93°F 1879: 98°F 1880: 94°F 1881: 98°F 1882: 89°F 1883: 89°F 1884: 84°F 1885: 93°F 1886: 85°F 1887: 96°F 1888: 84°F 1889: 82°F 1890: 92°F 1891: 83°F 1892: 90°F 1893: 89°F 1894: 94°F 1895: 91°F 1896: 93°F 1897: 78°F 1898: 94°F 1899: 94°F 1900: 92°F 1901: 99°F 1902: 83°F 1903: 80°F 1904: 89°F 1905: 96°F 1906: 78°F 1907: 93°F 1908: 87°F 1909: 85°F 1910: 78°F 1911: 80°F 1912: 94°F 1913: 93°F 1914: 88°F 1915: 90°F 1916: 90°F 1917: 79°F 1918: 88°F 1919: 82°F 1920: 84°F 1921: 94°F 1922: 89°F 1923: 89°F 1924: 84°F 1925: 90°F 1926: 84°F 1927: 83°F 1928: 84°F 1929: 86°F 1930: 86°F 1931: 94°F 1932: 97°F 1933: 84°F 1934: 97°F 1935: 87°F 1936: 106°F 1937: 94°F 1938: 86°F 1939: 83°F 1940: 88°F 1941: 90°F 1942: 93°F 1943: 95°F 1944: 93°F 1945: 78°F 1946: 86°F 1947: 84°F 1948: 90°F 1949: 84°F 1950: 88°F 1951: 92°F 1952: 85°F 1953: 91°F 1954: 91°F 1955: 88°F 1956: 88°F 1957: 89°F 1958: 85°F 1959: 94°F 1960: 79°F 1961: 85°F 1962: 87°F 1963: 89°F 1964: 87°F 1965: 87°F 1966: 87°F 1967: 82°F 1968: 92°F 1969: 92°F 1970: 85°F 1971: 85°F 1972: 81°F 1973: 84°F 1974: 85°F 1975: 87°F 1976: 94°F 1977: 95°F 1978: 85°F 1979: 90°F 1980: 101°F 1981: 88°F 1982: 91°F 1983: 93°F 1984: 88°F 1985: 84°F 1986: 94°F 1987: 84°F 1988: 98°F 1989: 85°F 1990: 88°F 1991: 92°F 1992: 84°F 1993: 84°F 1994: 87°F 1995: 94°F 1996: 82°F 1997: 89°F 1998: 84°F 1999: 90°F 2000: 85°F 2001: 90°F 2002: 89°F 2003: 87°F 2004: 83°F 2005: 83°F 2006: 94°F 2007: 90°F 2008: 92°F 2009: 85°F 2010: 95°F 2011: 88°F 2012: 93°F 2013: 94°F 2014: 78°F 2015: 87°F 2016: 92°F 2017: 90°F 2018: 88°F 2019: 92°F 2020: 92°F 2021: 91°F 2022: 96°F 2023: 87°F 2024: 95°F 2025: 93°F 92° forecast 1873 2025 1936 Forecast high · Jul 16 92°F Hottest this date since 2025 This-date record 106°F This-date rank #41 of 153
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 107°F (1901) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1872–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Louisville in each calendar month, and for the whole 1872–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 77°F 1943 -22°F 1994 Feb 82°F 2018 -19°F 1951 Mar 89°F 2026 -1°F 1960 Apr 91°F 1894 21°F 1875 May 98°F 1911 31°F 1963 Jun 105°F 2012 42°F 1966 Jul 107°F 1901 49°F 1947 Aug 105°F 1881 45°F 1946 Sep 104°F 1954 33°F 1949 Oct 97°F 2019 23°F 1925 Nov 85°F 2016 -1°F 1950 Dec 76°F 1982 -15°F 1989 All-time 107°F 1901 -22°F 1994
Records set or tied at Louisville so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 6 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (89°F)
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 22 days
record run, ended Aug 20 2007
So far in 2026 9 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Louisville's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 88°F · forecast is +4° vs normal .
Jan: 43°F Jan: 27°F Feb: 48°F Feb: 30°F Mar: 57°F Mar: 38°F Apr: 69°F Apr: 47°F May: 77°F May: 58°F Jun: 85°F Jun: 66°F Jul: 88°F Jul: 70°F Aug: 88°F Aug: 68°F Sep: 81°F Sep: 61°F Oct: 70°F Oct: 49°F Nov: 57°F Nov: 38°F Dec: 46°F Dec: 31°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:30 AM Sunset 7:07 PM Solar noon 11:48 AM Daylight 14h 36m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 38.18°N, 85.73°W Louisville's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Louisville's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Louisville, coloured by temperature — 155 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Louisville — counted through Jul 16 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
9 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 102nd most in 155 years. Normal for this point: 14 . Record: 32 in 1954.
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