Alexandria, LA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Alexandria's primary NOAA station, ALEXANDRIA INTL AP - 3 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Alexandria
Water is the standout signal in Alexandria, Louisiana: 54.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 67°F. It scores 85/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 85% of them.
- 67°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 54.5"
- yearly precipitation total
- 260 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Alexandria: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093915 · Alexandria, LA 67°F mean · 54.5" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 67°F
- RANK-WARM #6,312
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Camp Wood
- PRCP-WET 54.5"
- SWING-MID 34°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-MULTI USW00093915
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Camp Wood, TX (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every LA station list.
- Alexandria (this station) 67°F
- Hot Fort Worth Alli…, TX 67°F
- Near Camp Wood, TX 67°F
- Near Dallas Redbird, TX 67°F
- Near Elizabeth, LA 67°F
Alexandria sits in Louisiana, the #3 hottest U.S. state at 67.3°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Alexandria
Alexandria: 76/100 · grade B
Alexandria publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Alexandria, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 66.9°F · 0.6° from 67.5°F | 96/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 260 days/year | 92/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 96 calendar days | 77/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 54.5 in · 19.5 from 35 in | 30/100 · F |
Alexandria · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Alexandria is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 49.3°F and warmest-month mean 82.8°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 82.8°F
- Coldest month
- 49.3°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Alexandria sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Alexandria's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 8% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Alexandria sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 11% wettest
- Alexandria's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 85%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Alexandria is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Alexandria compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Alexandria's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
85 Top 15% score exceeds 85% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Alexandria's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 40 complete annual observations from 1948 to 2025, ALEXANDRIA INTL AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.26°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Alexandria primary station fitted change +0.26 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F (15°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 5.5" | N/A | 9.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 64°F (18°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.2" | N/A | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 71°F (22°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 4.9" | N/A | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 78°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.9" | N/A | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| May | 85°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.9" | N/A | 0.0 | 9.7 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.1" | N/A | 0.0 | 20.7 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 4.6" | N/A | 0.0 | 25.4 |
| August | 94°F (34°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 3.3" | N/A | 0.0 | 26.7 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 3.4" | N/A | 0.0 | 17.1 |
| October | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.7" | N/A | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| November | 69°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.6" | N/A | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 61°F (16°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 5.3" | N/A | 7.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Alexandria runs from a mild 39°F around January 11 to 94°F at the peak near August 7, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 9 through September 12, covering 96 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 14 to November 13.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 39°F around January 11.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 22, when 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 1 at 28%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 120 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 28 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Alexandria.
Where Alexandria Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 96 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 55 inches.
Alexandria earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
10.2 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
Alexandria spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 24% of the annual total and December through February 27%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Alexandria has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 33.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: January averages 5.5" and August 3.3". The three wettest months together take 29% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Alexandria, it arrives in quantity
54.6" of precipitation falls across only about 120 wet days here, averaging 0.46 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 120 a year, 33% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.46 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 9
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 17
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 2
50% probability date
Growing Season
260 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,892
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,619
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside LA closest to Alexandria on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (67°F here).
- Camp Wood, TX 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Hampton, SC 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Mccamey, TX 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Mexia, TX 67°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (54.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Byrdstown, TN 54.6" · 0.0" off
- Woodbine, GA 54.6" · 0.0" off
- Idabel, OK 54.5" · 0.0" off
- Plymouth, NC 54.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Alexandria's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Alexandria averages 54.5 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Alexandria's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 33.5°F. The annual average is 67°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Alexandria's normal, at 1,892 and 2,619 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
The frost-free window extends for about 260 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Alexandria's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Alexandria, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Alexandria's primary station: ALEXANDRIA INTL AP (USW00093915). 3 NOAA stations are mapped to the Alexandria area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 2200975). Match rule for Alexandria: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Alexandria comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.