Thunder Over Louisville is one of the best and most exciting and most attended events in Louisville all year long. A lot of the show is dependent on weather and we have seen our fare share of different kinds of weather in its history.
Here's some of the "highlights" of all kinds of weather we've seen in Thunder Over Louisville's past.
- Coldest High Temperature: 45° in 1999. Yeah this one wasn't fun. Back in 1999 Thunder Over Louisville only reached a cold high temperature of 45. Technically, it's not the coldest overall temperature though. Back in 2005 we hit 34° and even had SLEET! Sleet was also observed in 1990.
- Warmest Temperature: 87° in 2022. Most of us remember this one. We had a ton of sunshine 2 years ago and way above normal temperatures as we climbed close to 90!
- Wettest: 1.09" in 1996. Nobody likes rain on Thunder day, but especially heavy rain that makes for messy conditions. Back in 1996, you may remember a wet one. We got over an inch of rain on Thunder.
- While we're on the topic of rain, we've had our fair share of wet Thunder days in Louisville. From 1996-1999 it rained for all Thunder over Louisvilles!
- The longest stretch of dry weather we had was from 2013 to 2016!
This year's weather for Thunder Over Louisville is pretty good! We won't be reaching for either extremes, cold or hot, but we will be slightly below normal. Our average high temperature this time of year is around 70°, so below average isn't really "cold" per se.
Temperatures today are expected to climb into the low-mid 60s today with a high of around 63°. We'll see high clouds increase over our area during the afternoon, but they will be around 10,000 ft and higher so they will not be affecting the air show.
For fireworks, temperatures obviously fall some since we lose the sunshine, but a light jacket or a blanket is probably all you need. We'll be sitting in the low-mid 50s for firework time and with a Northwest wind that will blow most of the firework smoke down toward the Louisville Slugger Field area on the Kentucky side of the river.
