Louisville Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Louisville

The next two tables list monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

10-year snowfall averages at Louisville, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
2.2	January	5.4	13.6
1.5	February	4.6	11.7
0.9	March	3.7	9.3
0.1	April	0.1	0.3
0.0	October	0.0	0.0
0.1	November	0.6	1.5
0.5	December	1.5	3.8
5.3	Year	15.9	40.3

30-year snowfall averages at Louisville, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
3.7	January	4.5	11.4
3.7	February	4.1	10.4
1.7	March	2.1	5.3
0.1	April	0.1	0.3
0.0	October	0.1	0.3
0.6	November	0.3	0.8
2.5	December	2.2	5.6
12.3	Year	13.4	34.0

These averages don't show how much the snowfall in Louisville varies from year to year.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 2.7 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 0.1 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 6.3 inches, while the lightest years get less than 1.2 inches.

New snow for February ranges from over 5.7 inches in heavy snowfall years to under 0.8 inches in light years.

When Louisville Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of winter for Louisville usually arrives in December. Sometimes November gets a little snow, or the snow holds off until January.

The snow season most often ends in March. But the last snowfall can land as early as February or as late as April.

Louisville is normally free of snow every year from May to October.

How Many Snowstorms Louisville Gets

Most days of snowfall in Louisville leave just a skiff, amounting to less than an inch, of fresh snow on the ground. On four days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day don't occur every year. Major blizzards that dump ten inches or more are once-in-a-decade events.

Number of days per month and year on average in Louisville with a total snowfall of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
1.5	0.4	January	0.1	0.0
1.1	0.4	February	0.2	0.0
0.6	0.2	March	0.1	0.0
0.0	0.0	November	0.0	0.0
0.7	0.1	December	0.0	0.0
3.9	1.1	Year	0.4	0.0

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Louisville

For most winter days, Louisville has little, if any, snow on the ground.

Typically, on one or two days a year, the snow covering Louisville gets to five or more inches deep. The snowpack can build up to twenty inches, but that is uncommon.

Average total days per month and year in with snow depth of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches on the ground

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
4.6	1.5	January	0.7	0.4
3.3	1.4	February	0.6	0.0
0.9	0.5	March	0.2	0.0
0.1	0.0	November	0.0	0.0
2.2	0.7	December	0.3	0.0
11.1	4.1	Year	1.8	0.4