Amite, Louisiana climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Amite's normal year runs from 39°F January nights to 92°F August afternoons, with 63.8 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.1 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.3°C, January lows of 4°C, August highs of 33°C, 1,621 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAmite
- Station IDUSC00160205
- Location30.71°N 90.53°W
- Elevation170 ft (52 m)
On October 24, the normal high in Amite is 78°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Amite.
- Jan 61° 39°
- Feb 65° 42°
- Mar 72° 48°
- Apr 78° 54°
- May 85° 62°
- Jun 90° 69°
- Jul 91° 71°
- Aug 92° 71°
- Sep 89° 66°
- Oct 81° 55°
- Nov 70° 46°
- Dec 63° 40°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Amite each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 39°F. The most precipitation falls in August (6.60 in), the least in September (3.62 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F | 39°F | 49.8°F | 5.93 | 10 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 65°F | 42°F | 53.3°F | 5.02 | 8 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 72°F | 48°F | 60.3°F | 5.22 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 54°F | 66.1°F | 5.09 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 85°F | 62°F | 73.7°F | 6.36 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 90°F | 69°F | 79.4°F | 5.88 | 11 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 91°F | 71°F | 81.1°F | 6.46 | 13 | 24 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 92°F | 71°F | 81.3°F | 6.60 | 11 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 66°F | 77.7°F | 3.62 | 7 | 17 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 81°F | 55°F | 67.8°F | 4.34 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 70°F | 46°F | 57.9°F | 3.83 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 63°F | 40°F | 51.4°F | 5.45 | 8 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 55°F | 66.7°F | 63.80 | 105 | 94 | 35 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 4°C | 9.9°C | 151 mm |
| February | 18°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 128 mm |
| March | 22°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 133 mm |
| April | 26°C | 12°C | 18.9°C | 129 mm |
| May | 30°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 162 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.3°C | 149 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.3°C | 164 mm |
| August | 33°C | 22°C | 27.4°C | 168 mm |
| September | 32°C | 19°C | 25.4°C | 92 mm |
| October | 27°C | 13°C | 19.9°C | 110 mm |
| November | 21°C | 8°C | 14.4°C | 97 mm |
| December | 17°C | 5°C | 10.8°C | 138 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00160205; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Amite?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (7).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00160205.
When is the last frost at Amite?
In Amite, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 7 in half of years and after March 31 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 18 in half of years and before November 1 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 71 year in 10 after March 31; 9 in 10 after February 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 181 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 257 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 293 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 20 in half of springs and before December 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Amite in zone 9a in ZIP code 70422, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (17 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Louisiana · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00160205; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Amite?
In a normal year in Amite, 94 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 35 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 105 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 94a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 35a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 105a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1892) is 105°F, on June 23, 1897; the lowest is 1°F, on February 13, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1961, with 101.79 in; the snowiest season is 1913–14, with 6.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00160205; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00160205. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Amite?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Amite, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. October is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.9 |
| February | 69% | 3.5 |
| March | 75% | 4.6 |
| April | 79% | 5.7 |
| May | 81% | 6.3 |
| June | 79% | 6.1 |
| July | 78% | 5.8 |
| August | 79% | 5.5 |
| September | 82% | 5.1 |
| October | 83% | 4.4 |
| November | 80% | 3.4 |
| December | 71% | 2.6 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Amite record?
A normal year at Amite brings 1,821 heating degree days, 66% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,459 cooling degree days, 2.7 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,444 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 475 | 6 |
| February | 338 | 10 |
| March | 187 | 42 |
| April | 75 | 108 |
| May | 7 | 278 |
| June | 0 | 433 |
| July | 0 | 499 |
| August | 0 | 507 |
| September | 2 | 382 |
| October | 62 | 151 |
| November | 245 | 32 |
| December | 431 | 11 |
| Year (annual) | 1,821 | 2,459 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00160205. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Amite's climate compare?
Amite is warmer than 29 of the 65 places with their own NOAA record in Louisiana, and wetter than 49. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.7°F is warmer than 91%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Amite is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Amite share this climate record?
8 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Amite City, LA4,086 people · 2 mi N
- Livingston, LA1,980 people · 20 mi SW
- Independence, LA1,653 people · 5 mi S
- Roseland, LA892 people · 4 mi N
- Greensburg, LA624 people · 12 mi NW
- Tangipahoa, LA450 people · 11 mi N
- Osyka, MS360 people · 21 mi N
- Montpelier, LA196 people · 8 mi W
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Amite's climate
What is the coldest month at Amite?
January, with a normal high of 61°F and a normal low of 39°F. The warmest is August (92°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow at Amite?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.1 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month at Amite?
August, with 6.60 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.62 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Amite in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Amite in zone 9a in ZIP code 70422, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (17 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come at Amite?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 7; in one year in ten it comes after March 31. Waiting until March 31 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Louisiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Hammond, LA17 miles from this station, 66.8°F a year
- Covington, LA27 miles from this station, 67.0°F a year
- Clinton, LA27 miles from this station, 65.6°F a year
- McComb, MS33 miles from this station, 66.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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