What is the hottest Louisville has ever been?

With it being so hot recently some of you may be wondering if this is anywhere close to the hottest temperature we’ve ever had in Louisville. The short answer is no, it is not the hottest we’ve ever had, but the question still remains…what is?

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It has been a very long time since the last time we saw the hottest temperature ever recorded in Louisville. The hottest Louisville has ever seen was 107°F! It wasn’t just one time that this happened though, this has actually happened three separate times! Now, none of them are recent, but it has in fact happened three times. The most recent was back in 1936 on July 14th! The previous two instances were July 28th, 1930, and July 24th, 1901.

If you notice the two most recent times this occurred in 1930 & 1936, this was also during the Dust Bowl era. That heat wave in 1936 unfortunately took the lives of 16 people in Louisville…

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