Climate averages 1991–2020

Louisville weather
in June.

A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.5°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 18.7°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 102 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Louisville · average highYear overview

June is a hot month in Louisville: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 47 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lexington (116 km away). In June its highs average 27.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Louisville, with 109 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Louisville ranks joint 221st of 498 for the warmest June highs and joint 344th of 498 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 498 cities is 27.9°C; Louisville is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 101 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Louisville climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Louisville, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 5.2°C-2.9°C-2.9°C919.79.810 h
February 7.8°C-1.6°C-1.6°C849.310.711 h
March 13.0°C2.7°C2.7°C11411.411.912 h
April 19.1°C8.3°C8.3°C12712.013.213 h
May 23.9°C13.9°C13.9°C12812.814.214 h
June, selected 28.5°C18.7°C18.7°C10211.714.815 h
July 30.4°C20.8°C20.8°C10111.814.515 h
August 30.0°C20.2°C20.2°C719.113.614 h
September 26.5°C16.5°C16.5°C777.712.512 h
October 19.9°C10.2°C10.2°C858.111.211 h
November 12.6°C4.0°C4.0°C899.310.110 h
December 7.1°C-0.5°C-0.5°C10210.19.610 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

June in nearby cities

Distance from Louisville

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Louisville) is explained once on the Louisville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.