Louisville Weather in 1961

Historical record of Louisville, Kentucky weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Louisville Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	August 1
Lowest temperature	-8 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 30
Lowest daily high	14 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	4.6 inches	May 7
Most daily snow	9.5 inches	February 25
Total annual precipitation	50.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	27.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Louisville in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Louisville, Kentucky in 1961 was 94 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Louisville in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Aug 1
1	94 °F	Jul 30
3	93 °F	Aug 2
3	93 °F	Jul 31
5	92 °F	Sep 12
5	92 °F	Sep 5
5	92 °F	Aug 31
5	92 °F	Aug 29
5	92 °F	Jul 22
10	91 °F	Sep 24
10	91 °F	Sep 8
10	91 °F	Jul 29
10	91 °F	Jul 23

What was the coldest temperature in Louisville in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Louisville, Kentucky in 1961 was -8 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Louisville in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-8 °F	January 28
2	0 °F	January 27
3	3 °F	January 25
4	4 °F	December 28
4	4 °F	January 29
4	4 °F	January 22
7	5 °F	January 30
7	5 °F	January 21
9	6 °F	February 4
10	7 °F	December 29

January 1961 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	32	0.04	0.1
January 2	32	30	0.00	0.0
January 3	33	30	0.00	0.0
January 4	41	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	49	29	0.00	0.0
January 6	55	38	0.00	0.0
January 7	55	37	0.00	0.0
January 8	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 9	31	17	0.00	0.0
January 10	50	15	0.00	0.0
January 11	54	21	0.00	0.0
January 12	57	23	0.00	0.0
January 13	56	24	0.00	0.0
January 14	47	40	0.65	0.0
January 15	43	38	0.45	0.0
January 16	40	34	0.09	0.0
January 17	49	34	0.00	0.0
January 18	49	23	0.00	0.0
January 19	37	23	0.07	0.1
January 20	27	18	0.06	0.7
January 21	18	5	0.00	0.1
January 22	24	4	0.00	0.0
January 23	31	17	0.00	0.1
January 24	32	8	0.00	0.0
January 25	21	3	0.00	0.0
January 26	22	11	0.21	2.7
January 27	14	0	0.00	0.0
January 28	22	-8	0.00	0.0
January 29	30	4	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	5	0.00	0.0
January 31	50	15	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	47	26	0.00	0.0
February 2	27	20	0.42	2.4
February 3	28	10	0.06	0.5
February 4	26	6	0.00	0.0
February 5	33	22	0.00	0.0
February 6	34	18	0.00	0.0
February 7	38	30	0.59	0.0
February 8	33	29	0.02	0.1
February 9	43	23	0.00	0.0
February 10	48	30	0.00	0.0
February 11	52	29	0.00	0.0
February 12	61	35	0.00	0.0
February 13	69	37	0.00	0.0
February 14	58	34	0.00	0.0
February 15	63	33	0.01	0.0
February 16	60	26	0.00	0.0
February 17	58	40	0.40	0.0
February 18	69	43	0.18	0.0
February 19	43	32	0.00	0.0
February 20	43	30	0.00	0.0
February 21	46	37	0.02	0.0
February 22	66	44	1.06	0.0
February 23	66	47	0.00	0.0
February 24	70	40	0.00	0.0
February 25	41	26	2.04	9.5
February 26	46	20	0.00	0.0
February 27	50	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	34	0.44	0.0

March 1961 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	42	33	0.03	0.0
March 2	60	30	0.00	0.0
March 3	64	39	0.00	0.0
March 4	66	56	0.54	0.0
March 5	65	58	1.84	0.0
March 6	70	49	1.15	0.0
March 7	56	40	0.25	0.0
March 8	61	33	0.59	0.0
March 9	42	31	0.00	0.0
March 10	50	30	0.00	0.0
March 11	65	38	0.00	0.0
March 12	60	39	0.17	0.0
March 13	67	45	0.13	0.0
March 14	46	32	0.00	0.0
March 15	59	34	0.05	0.0
March 16	50	28	0.00	0.0
March 17	46	26	0.00	0.0
March 18	60	36	0.19	0.0
March 19	53	41	0.00	0.0
March 20	52	38	0.66	0.0
March 21	56	46	0.40	0.0
March 22	52	41	0.46	0.0
March 23	46	40	0.07	0.0
March 24	45	38	0.00	0.0
March 25	58	40	0.00	0.0
March 26	69	37	0.00	0.0
March 27	74	50	0.00	0.0
March 28	64	40	0.20	0.0
March 29	54	37	0.00	0.0
March 30	52	39	0.00	0.0
March 31	46	32	0.90	0.4

April 1961 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	50	33	0.02	0.0
April 2	46	25	0.00	0.0
April 3	52	34	0.04	0.0
April 4	59	35	0.00	0.0
April 5	58	44	0.00	0.0
April 6	53	33	0.00	0.0
April 7	51	30	0.00	0.0
April 8	55	28	0.23	0.0
April 9	48	40	0.70	0.0
April 10	45	31	0.00	0.0
April 11	56	27	0.00	0.0
April 12	53	39	0.83	0.0
April 13	53	36	0.00	0.0
April 14	68	33	0.00	0.0
April 15	61	35	0.52	0.0
April 16	44	31	0.05	0.2
April 17	44	35	0.02	0.0
April 18	53	36	0.00	0.0
April 19	63	32	0.00	0.0
April 20	73	39	0.00	0.0
April 21	66	56	0.69	0.0
April 22	71	54	0.26	0.0
April 23	77	57	0.95	0.0
April 24	81	69	0.00	0.0
April 25	78	51	0.38	0.0
April 26	63	48	0.00	0.0
April 27	69	47	0.00	0.0
April 28	57	41	0.08	0.0
April 29	60	35	0.00	0.0
April 30	67	46	0.06	0.0

May 1961 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	65	44	0.00
May 2	62	33	0.00
May 3	65	35	0.00
May 4	65	40	0.00
May 5	55	47	1.40
May 6	81	52	0.25
May 7	70	60	4.60
May 8	67	58	1.98
May 9	61	50	0.00
May 10	66	44	0.00
May 11	76	48	0.00
May 12	76	52	0.00
May 13	80	53	0.00
May 14	82	58	0.00
May 15	78	57	0.03
May 16	67	51	0.00
May 17	69	47	0.06
May 18	71	57	0.62
May 19	67	52	0.00
May 20	67	47	0.00
May 21	73	53	0.00
May 22	66	48	0.00
May 23	67	41	0.00
May 24	73	41	0.00
May 25	79	45	0.01
May 26	64	43	0.05
May 27	65	36	0.00
May 28	73	41	0.00
May 29	80	52	0.00
May 30	73	45	0.00
May 31	81	44	0.00

June 1961 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	87	71	0.00
June 2	86	67	0.08
June 3	82	57	0.91
June 4	79	55	0.00
June 5	81	59	0.39
June 6	82	61	0.02
June 7	76	63	0.47
June 8	84	66	0.36
June 9	75	66	0.16
June 10	83	63	0.00
June 11	87	62	0.00
June 12	88	67	0.00
June 13	86	68	0.00
June 14	85	62	0.07
June 15	62	52	1.13
June 16	70	47	0.00
June 17	74	49	0.00
June 18	78	51	0.00
June 19	80	53	0.00
June 20	78	59	0.00
June 21	68	53	0.00
June 22	78	49	0.00
June 23	76	54	0.00
June 24	77	51	0.00
June 25	80	54	0.00
June 26	78	57	0.00
June 27	81	53	0.00
June 28	83	53	0.00
June 29	86	54	0.00
June 30	88	59	0.00

July 1961 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	90	64	0.00
July 2	90	67	0.12
July 3	84	61	0.00
July 4	88	54	0.00
July 5	90	71	0.00
July 6	87	69	0.00
July 7	85	65	0.00
July 8	79	60	0.00
July 9	81	52	0.00
July 10	83	52	0.00
July 11	85	52	0.00
July 12	76	64	0.62
July 13	83	68	0.18
July 14	82	67	1.72
July 15	83	69	0.74
July 16	85	67	0.50
July 17	87	66	0.88
July 18	88	66	0.05
July 19	86	71	0.08
July 20	86	70	0.00
July 21	89	70	0.00
July 22	92	72	0.00
July 23	91	71	0.04
July 24	88	73	0.10
July 25	88	71	0.13
July 26	86	67	0.00
July 27	87	64	0.00
July 28	87	68	0.00
July 29	91	75	0.00
July 30	94	76	0.00
July 31	93	75	0.00

August 1961 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	94	71	0.00
August 2	93	74	0.64
August 3	87	68	0.00
August 4	86	63	0.00
August 5	87	65	0.00
August 6	83	62	0.00
August 7	84	64	0.00
August 8	86	64	0.07
August 9	88	66	0.00
August 10	85	67	0.03
August 11	87	72	0.16
August 12	86	62	0.08
August 13	77	56	0.00
August 14	83	54	0.00
August 15	86	58	0.00
August 16	87	61	0.00
August 17	87	63	0.00
August 18	90	65	0.09
August 19	88	64	0.02
August 20	77	66	0.00
August 21	75	62	0.00
August 22	78	58	0.00
August 23	82	67	0.00
August 24	81	65	0.31
August 25	82	67	0.14
August 26	85	62	0.00
August 27	87	61	0.00
August 28	90	66	0.00
August 29	92	66	0.00
August 30	90	71	0.00
August 31	92	71	0.02

September 1961 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	87	72	0.38
September 2	89	72	0.00
September 3	86	74	0.00
September 4	90	70	0.00
September 5	92	72	0.00
September 6	90	72	0.35
September 7	88	70	0.00
September 8	91	71	0.00
September 9	90	72	0.00
September 10	90	71	0.00
September 11	89	70	0.00
September 12	92	71	0.00
September 13	90	69	0.00
September 14	81	57	0.12
September 15	69	50	0.00
September 16	75	45	0.00
September 17	76	47	0.00
September 18	77	48	0.00
September 19	81	54	0.00
September 20	83	60	0.01
September 21	86	55	0.00
September 22	90	65	0.01
September 23	90	68	0.00
September 24	91	65	0.00
September 25	86	58	0.61
September 26	72	45	0.00
September 27	78	45	0.00
September 28	71	51	0.00
September 29	80	45	0.00
September 30	85	60	0.00

October 1961 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	53	1.48
October 2	64	47	0.00
October 3	64	42	0.00
October 4	68	38	0.00
October 5	72	47	0.00
October 6	74	46	0.00
October 7	74	44	0.00
October 8	76	43	0.00
October 9	78	46	0.00
October 10	80	51	0.00
October 11	81	54	0.00
October 12	84	56	0.00
October 13	82	55	0.01
October 14	60	44	0.00
October 15	64	32	0.00
October 16	74	44	0.00
October 17	79	45	0.00
October 18	78	44	0.00
October 19	57	42	0.25
October 20	52	40	0.01
October 21	56	48	0.00
October 22	62	47	0.00
October 23	71	39	0.00
October 24	75	46	0.00
October 25	67	49	0.08
October 26	55	33	0.00
October 27	60	27	0.00
October 28	71	43	0.00
October 29	77	50	0.00
October 30	74	64	0.17
October 31	66	60	0.00

November 1961 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	65	54	0.00	0.0
November 2	81	58	0.00	0.0
November 3	76	40	0.78	0.0
November 4	46	32	0.00	0.0
November 5	52	43	0.00	0.0
November 6	47	35	0.00	0.0
November 7	50	26	0.00	0.0
November 8	45	28	0.00	0.0
November 9	51	25	0.00	0.0
November 10	57	31	0.00	0.0
November 11	59	39	0.00	0.0
November 12	68	49	0.18	0.0
November 13	60	54	0.86	0.0
November 14	61	52	0.02	0.0
November 15	62	52	0.38	0.0
November 16	67	45	0.66	0.0
November 17	45	35	0.00	0.0
November 18	44	29	0.00	0.0
November 19	37	33	0.10	0.9
November 20	38	35	0.00	0.0
November 21	44	28	0.00	0.0
November 22	51	31	0.64	0.0
November 23	51	45	0.60	0.0
November 24	52	33	0.00	0.0
November 25	61	31	0.00	0.0
November 26	60	41	0.00	0.0
November 27	58	31	0.01	0.0
November 28	35	24	0.00	0.0
November 29	41	19	0.00	0.0
November 30	49	21	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Louisville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	56	30	0.00	0.0
December 2	60	42	0.00	0.0
December 3	69	36	0.00	0.0
December 4	70	52	0.74	0.0
December 5	52	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	51	23	0.00	0.0
December 7	42	28	0.00	0.0
December 8	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 9	41	28	1.37	5.0
December 10	45	37	0.04	0.0
December 11	45	37	0.21	0.0
December 12	55	23	0.00	0.0
December 13	28	16	0.00	0.0
December 14	40	17	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	27	0.00	0.0
December 16	56	31	0.44	0.0
December 17	57	43	0.01	0.0
December 18	43	38	0.22	0.0
December 19	50	37	0.12	0.0
December 20	37	32	0.00	0.0
December 21	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 22	52	27	0.02	0.0
December 23	44	29	0.30	1.8
December 24	32	29	0.04	0.4
December 25	31	26	0.00	0.0
December 26	54	26	0.00	0.0
December 27	47	22	0.17	0.0
December 28	24	4	0.02	0.1
December 29	24	7	0.03	1.7
December 30	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 31	39	20	0.02	0.3

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Louisville International Airport	location
1893–1947	Jeffersonville	location