First snow 2026-27 ยท Louisville, KY

When does Louisville get its first snow?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Dec 2.

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Dec 2 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Oct 19, 1989
Latest on record
Mar 5, 1932
Record since
1884 (142 winters)
Station
Louisville International Airport
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does Louisville get its first snow?

Around Dec 2. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Louisville International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.

Has Louisville had its first snow this winter?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Dec 2.

What is the earliest first snow on record in Louisville?

Oct 19, 1989, in a record that goes back to 1884.

What is the latest first snow on record in Louisville?

Mar 5, 1932.

Every winter on record

First snow in Louisville by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Dec 10.1 in
2024-25Nov 210.1 in
2023-24Dec 180.1 in
2022-23Nov 121.2 in
2021-22Jan 62.3 in
2020-21Nov 300.1 in
2019-20Nov 110.9 in
2018-19Nov 150.3 in
2017-18Dec 240.2 in
2016-17Dec 210.1 in
2015-16Jan 100.8 in
2014-15Nov 173.3 in
2013-14Nov 120.3 in
2012-13Dec 280.5 in
2011-12Jan 120.1 in
2010-11Nov 260.1 in
2009-10Dec 70.1 in
2008-09Dec 10.1 in
2007-08Dec 151.4 in
2006-07Dec 70.2 in
2005-06Dec 80.4 in
2004-05Dec 190.3 in
2003-04Nov 281 in
2002-03Nov 260.5 in
2001-02Dec 260.2 in
2000-01Dec 22.7 in
1999-00Dec 244.5 in
1998-99Dec 230.6 in
1997-98Nov 150.3 in
1996-97Dec 190.1 in
1995-96Nov 130.1 in
1994-95Jan 200.1 in
1993-94Oct 302.4 in
1992-93Nov 140.6 in
1991-92Nov 70.5 in
1990-91Dec 40.1 in
1989-90Oct 191.4 in
1988-89Dec 130.1 in
1987-88Jan 72.8 in
1986-87Jan 20.2 in
1985-86Dec 130.9 in
1984-85Dec 54.7 in
1983-84Dec 270.6 in
1982-83Jan 110.3 in
1981-82Nov 200.1 in
1980-81Jan 62.5 in
1979-80Nov 290.1 in
1978-79Jan 20.4 in
1977-78Nov 274.8 in
1976-77Nov 281.6 in
1975-76Nov 130.1 in
1974-75Nov 301 in
1973-74Dec 100.4 in
1972-73Nov 281.4 in
1971-72Nov 61.7 in
1970-71Nov 140.1 in
1969-70Nov 190.7 in
1968-69Nov 190.3 in
1967-68Dec 280.3 in
1966-67Nov 212.9 in
1965-66Jan 180.4 in
1964-65Nov 200.2 in
1963-64Dec 30.4 in
1962-63Dec 60.5 in
1961-62Nov 190.9 in
1960-61Dec 203.2 in
1959-60Nov 270.3 in
1958-59Nov 285.5 in
1957-58Dec 30.3 in
1956-57Nov 231.2 in
1955-56Nov 180.3 in
1954-55Dec 90.1 in
1953-54Dec 142.2 in
1952-53Nov 292.3 in
1951-52Nov 20.6 in
1950-51Nov 231.1 in
1949-50Dec 91.4 in
1948-49Dec 243.9 in
1947-48Jan 10.4 in
1946-47Dec 200.8 in
1945-46Nov 230.5 in
1944-45Dec 100.5 in
1943-44Dec 281 in
1942-43Dec 21 in
1941-42Jan 35 in
1940-41Jan 40.3 in
1939-40Dec 237.8 in
1938-39Nov 241.2 in
1937-38Oct 231.2 in
1936-37Nov 47.4 in
1935-36Dec 120.8 in
1934-35Dec 91.8 in
1933-34Dec 253.5 in
1932-33Dec 90.3 in
1931-32Mar 51.5 in
1930-31Nov 250.2 in
1929-30Nov 220.7 in
1928-29Jan 131 in
1927-28Dec 160.1 in
1926-27Nov 200.3 in
1925-26Oct 280.5 in
1924-25Nov 290.2 in
1923-24Dec 130.5 in
1922-23Nov 260.1 in
1921-22Jan 131.5 in
1920-21Nov 161.5 in
1919-20Dec 281.2 in
1918-19Dec 250.1 in
1917-18Dec 815 in
1916-17Dec 144.5 in
1915-16Dec 152.2 in
1914-15Dec 134 in
1913-14Dec 250.2 in
1912-13Dec 180.7 in
1911-12Jan 63 in
1910-11Dec 30.5 in
1909-10Dec 150.4 in
1908-09Jan 112 in
1907-08Dec 180.5 in
1906-07Nov 142.9 in
1905-06Dec 152.7 in
1904-05Dec 100.9 in
1903-04Nov 250.2 in
1902-03Dec 292 in
1901-02Dec 90.5 in
1900-01Nov 260.4 in
1899-00Dec 40.6 in
1898-99Nov 260.9 in
1897-98Dec 50.1 in
1896-97Jan 50.2 in
1895-96Dec 20.1 in
1894-95Nov 100.1 in
1893-94Dec 20.1 in
1892-93Nov 90.2 in
1891-92Nov 250.5 in
1890-91Dec 80.1 in
1889-90Nov 280.1 in
1888-89Dec 120.5 in
1887-88Nov 270.5 in
1886-87Nov 60.7 in
1885-86Nov 280.2 in
1884-85Dec 170.6 in

Sources

https://ryanhallyall.com/trackers/first-snow/louisville