Kentucky Derby 151 is just around the corner and everyone is, of course, wondering what the weather will be like at Churchill Downs on Derby day.
While the National Weather Service has released their latest forecast for what the weather might be like, we can also take a look back at what the weather has been like for previous years according to NWS in Louisville.
What was the weather like for Kentucky Derby 150?
For the 2024 Kentucky Derby, there was a high of 83 degrees and mostly cloudy skies at Churchill Downs.
Here's what the weather was like for the previous 4 years:
- 2023: 79 degrees and mostly cloudy.
- 2022: A cloudy day and colder than recent years with a high of 64 degrees.
- 2021: Sunny with a high of 76 degrees
- 2020: 84 degrees and sunny.
Kentucky Derby weather history
Here are somehistorical weather factsfor the Kentucky Derby provided by theNational Weather Service in Louisville.
- Coldest temperature:36 degrees; May 4, 1940, and May 4, 1957.
- Coldest high temperature:47 degrees; May 4, 1935, and May 4, 1957.
- Coldest average daily temperature:42 degrees; May 4, 1957 − the cold temperatures on May 4, 1957 were accompanied by 20 to 25 mph north winds
- Warmest temperature:94 degrees; May 2, 1959.
- Warmest low temperature:72 degrees; May 14, 1886.
- Warmest average daily temperature:79 degrees; May 14, 1886.
- Wettest: 3.15 inches of rain; May 5, 2018.
- Frozen precipitation:Sleet was observed from 1:01 to 1:05 p.m. May 6, 1989.
- Kentucky Derby days with rain:71 out of 149 − or 48 percent − have experienced rain at some point during the day.
- Longest stretch of consecutive wet Derby Days (24 hours):7; 2007-2013.
- Longest stretch of consecutive wet Derby Days (1 to 7 p.m.):6; 1989-1994.
- Longest stretch of consecutive dry Derby Days (24 hours):8; 1937-1944.
- Longest stretch of consecutive dry Derby Days (1 to 7 p.m.): 12; 1875-1886.
When is the Kentucky Derby 2025?
Kentucky Derby 151 is Saturday, May 3, 2025.
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