The average temperature for the month turned out to be 44.2 degrees. (Average monthly temperatures are determined by adding up all the highs and all the lows for the month then dividing the total by the number of days in the month, ie... 31 for January) The average monthly temperature of 44.2 degrees turned out to be the 4th warmest on record for Louisville dating back to 1870! In fact, the last time Louisville saw a January as warm as January 2006 was way back in 1950 when the temperature averaged out to be 44.6 degrees. On eight occasions the high temperature exceeded 60 degrees, including a daily record high of 72 degrees set on January 2nd. The coldest temperature recorded during the month was only 24 degrees on the morning of the 26th. Ironically, 24 degrees is about what the low temperature should be for this time of the year.