Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport

KSDF · Kentucky, United States

Climate Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (KSDF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.3 40 53 73 48 63
February 69.0 81 89 63 62 63
March 79.2 74 77 86 89 74
April 86.2 89 84 92 84
May 85.6 84 87 89 83
June 88.5 79 96 88 91
July 89.1 89 82 86 90
August 90.3 84 88 93 88
September 88.6 94 93 87 88
October 82.3 83 90 83 74
November 76.5 86 76 91 84
December 71.1 67 54 71 73
Average 79.6 64.8 81.5 82.7 82.8 80.5

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.4 84 86 88 89 90
February 89.3 97 99 87 92 84
March 94.7 91 96 99 97 93
April 96.3 98 95 97 95
May 95.8 96 99 98 92
June 96.4 91 98 96 98
July 96.9 96 93 98 99
August 97.2 95 98 99 96
September 95.5 99 98 96 95
October 93.7 96 97 96 91
November 92.6 98 90 96 97
December 90.6 95 68 93 92
Average 93.8 90.5 95.2 93.6 95.7 93.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.4 6 11 6 6 10
February 11.6 15 15 11 5 10
March 15.8 18 16 17 18 17
April 20.7 22 19 20 19
May 25.8 25 27 24 24
June 29.8 29 31 30 30
July 31.7 31 33 31 32
August 30.6 30 31 32 30
September 28.3 29 27 28 27
October 21.7 22 21 23 21
November 14.0 16 15 14 17
December 10.7 12 10 15 9
Average 19.7 12.6 21.5 21.0 20.5 20.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -1.5 -2 3 -4 0 2
February 1.7 2 4 0 -3 1
March 5.1 7 5 6 6 7
April 9.6 10 9 10 9
May 15.8 15 17 14 14
June 20.0 19 21 21 20
July 22.6 23 23 22 23
August 21.4 21 22 22 21
September 18.2 18 17 18 17
October 11.5 12 9 14 11
November 4.2 5 5 3 7
December 2.2 3 3 5 0
Average 10.0 2.5 11.3 10.8 11.0 11.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.9 25 18 21 15 20
February 15.2 4 7 19 19 22
March 10.5 9 13 8 7 13
April 10.2 4 15 13 12
May 8.3 5 6 7 16
June 5.6 10 2 8 5
July 5.0 3 8 5 6
August 4.3 3 3 6 4
September 5.6 2 2 9 4
October 7.8 6 6 9 9
November 9.7 5 13 8 9
December 11.1 12 12 9 10
Average 9.5 12.7 7.0 8.9 9.1 10.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.1 8 9 8 7 8
February 8.3 8 9 8 8 8
March 9.2 9 10 10 9 9
April 8.5 9 9 8 8
May 7.9 7 9 7 7
June 7.2 7 7 8 8
July 6.4 7 7 6 6
August 6.6 9 6 6 6
September 6.1 5 7 7 6
October 7.1 7 8 7 6
November 7.4 7 8 7 8
December 7.6 8 6 9 8
Average 7.6 8.6 7.7 7.7 7.3 7.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 250° 247° 283° 255° 226°
February 243° 230° 229° 324° 268°
March 242° 241° 233° 215° 243°
April 238° 218° 238° 263°
May 022° 194° 206° 244°
June 338° 247° 205° 228°
July 242° 257° 248° 248°
August 189° 223° 210° 290°
September 329° 304° 209° 220°
October 260° 238° 210° 213°
November 237° 234° 225° 228°
December 230° 199° 211° 243°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.