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West Louisville, Kentucky Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

West Louisville weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

West Louisville, KY
Wednesday, June 3 at 5:58 PM
80
°
Clear
Feels like
81°
Humidity
38%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
5:28 AM
Sunset
8:06 PM
West Louisville, KY
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWest Louisville, KY: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 60 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 60°H 81°
West Louisville, KY
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    82°54°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    83°60°+1°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    82°62°-1°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    85°65°+3°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    30%
    87°69°+2°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Drizzle
    37%
    0.03″
    72°68°-15°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    30%
    77°69°+5°
West Louisville, KY
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
E
100° · veering 74°
Direction
E
100°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 5
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 · pk 23 @ 7:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 136SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 74° from the e.
West Louisville, KY
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1007.9
-1.5 mb in 3h · falling · 29.76 inHg
Now
1007.9
mb
3h
-1.5
mb
12h
-1.1
mb
24h
+0.5
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10061010
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1010.01005.51006.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
West Louisville, KY
Air quality
28
AQI
Moderate
+4 in 6hPeak ~55 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 58 now. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). With UV 9.1 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 50 by mid-afternoon.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
8.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
112μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
8.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 58 now. With UV 9.1 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 50 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 58
UV peak
9.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 50

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 9.3 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.88
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
West Louisville, KY
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
4%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
106.6mi
UNLIMITED
143 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
17:58 UTC ·West Louisville, KY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
17:58 UTC ·West Louisville, KY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
West Louisville, KY
Satellite · infrared · animated
West Louisville, KY
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
West Louisville, KY
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:59 AM
Sunrise
5:28 AM
Daylight
14h 38m
Sunset
8:06 PM
Civil dusk
1:38 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
West Louisville, KY
The moon
Waning Gibbous
90% illuminated
Moonrise
3:32 AM
Moonset
12:56 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
West Louisville, KY
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

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Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

West Louisville at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 2 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 3, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in West Louisville

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.