Multiple clipper systems will bring cold temperatures and enhance lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes. An arctic blast will bring frigid temperatures accompanied with gusty winds that may lead to dangerous wind chills beginning in the Northern Plains Thursday before expanding to the South and East. An expansive winter storm will start Friday in the Southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South. Read More >
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Historical Christmas Weather | |
| Louisville | Lexington | Bowling Green | Frankfort | |
| Highest Temperature | 75° in 2021 | 70° in 2021 & 1982 | 76° in 2021 | 72° in 2021 |
| Highest Average Temperature | 64° in 2021 & 1982 | 64° in 1982 | 67° in 2021 | 63° in 2021 |
| Lowest Temperature | -7° in 1983 | -9° in 1983 | -7° in 1983 | -10° in 1989 |
| Lowest Average Temperature | 1° in 1983 | -2° in 1983 | 2° in 1983 | 4.5° in 1989 |
| Wettest | 2.09" in 1987 | 2.35" in 1987 | 2.96" in 1987 | 2.40" in 1895 |
| Snowiest | 4.5" in 1890 | 6.5" in 1935 | 4.5" in 1935 | 3.5" in 1948 |
| Deepest Snow Cover | 5" in 2004 and 1939 | 7" in 1935 | 6" in 1963 | 5" in 1963 |
Detailed weather for each Christmas:
Climatological Likelihood of a White Christmas
A car buried in snow in Milltown, Indiana on December 22, 2004. Photo: Angela Crecelius
Note on the data presented here:
At Bowling Green and Frankfort data presented here may differ from data presented elsewhere. That is due primarily to "time shifting," which is when observers give their 24-hour reports at 7am. The high temperature, for example, may be given by the observer as 80 degrees on the 7am report on June 1, meaning that the 80 degree reading actually happened on the calendar day of May 31 (the previous afternoon). Unfortunately that high temperature may have gone into the climatological record as having happened on June 1, since that is the date of the report. Additionally, data may be time shifted for only a portion of a location's history.
An additional problem at Bowling Green is that there have been many observers over the years, occasionally simultaneously, and a difference can arise depending on which observer's data are used.
These issues are not present at Louisville and Lexington.
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