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    First snow · Kentucky

    When is the first snow in Kentucky?

    In Kentucky, Louisville’s first measurable snow usually lands around December 5.

    Kentucky’s first snow strolls in around early December, in no hurry at all, like it already knows the result.
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    That makes Kentucky number 31 of the 36 states we track, earliest first.

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    Snow in the next 5 days?

    • No. There’s no snow in the Louisville forecast for the next 5 days.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    First snow, city by city

    CityUsually around8 winters in 10Snow a winter
    LouisvilleDecember 5November 12 to December 29about 15 in

    Usually around is the middle date across 30 winters. In 8 winters out of 10, the first snow lands inside the range.

    States on the same snow schedule

    Every state’s first snow, earliest first

    Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for each city’s official station, winters 1991 to 2020, via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.