Ashland, Louisiana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Ashland's normal year runs from 34°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 56.7 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.5 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.0°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,440 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAshland
- Station IDUSC00160349
- Location32.13°N 93.12°W
- Elevation240 ft (73 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population187
On October 23, the normal high in Ashland is 76°F and the normal low 49°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 Ashland.
- Jan 58° 34°
- Feb 62° 38°
- Mar 69° 45°
- Apr 76° 51°
- May 83° 61°
- Jun 89° 67°
- Jul 92° 71°
- Aug 93° 70°
- Sep 88° 63°
- Oct 78° 52°
- Nov 68° 42°
- Dec 59° 36°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Ashland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in December (6.18 in), the least in August (3.18 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 34°F | 45.9°F | 5.38 | 9 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 62°F | 38°F | 49.7°F | 5.24 | 8 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 45°F | 57.0°F | 5.56 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 51°F | 63.7°F | 5.25 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 61°F | 71.6°F | 4.63 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 67°F | 78.3°F | 4.00 | 7 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 92°F | 71°F | 81.3°F | 3.81 | 8 | 23 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 93°F | 70°F | 81.2°F | 3.18 | 6 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 63°F | 75.7°F | 3.92 | 6 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 78°F | 52°F | 65.0°F | 4.56 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 68°F | 42°F | 55.2°F | 4.99 | 7 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 59°F | 36°F | 47.8°F | 6.18 | 8 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 52°F | 64.4°F | 56.70 | 88 | 78 | 51 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 1°C | 7.7°C | 137 mm |
| February | 17°C | 3°C | 9.8°C | 133 mm |
| March | 21°C | 7°C | 13.9°C | 141 mm |
| April | 24°C | 11°C | 17.6°C | 133 mm |
| May | 28°C | 16°C | 22.0°C | 118 mm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 25.7°C | 102 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 27.4°C | 97 mm |
| August | 34°C | 21°C | 27.3°C | 81 mm |
| September | 31°C | 17°C | 24.3°C | 100 mm |
| October | 26°C | 11°C | 18.3°C | 116 mm |
| November | 20°C | 6°C | 12.9°C | 127 mm |
| December | 15°C | 2°C | 8.8°C | 157 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00160349; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Ashland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October 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 USC00160349.
When is the last frost in Ashland?
In Ashland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 24 in half of years and after April 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 7 in half of years and before October 22 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 241 year in 10 after April 16; 9 in 10 after February 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 71 year in 10 before October 22; 9 in 10 before November 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 229 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 258 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 7 in half of springs and before November 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ashland in zone 8b in ZIP code 71002. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Ashland's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°F (19 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 USC00160349; 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 in Ashland?
In a normal year in Ashland, 78 days a year reach 90°F (7 of them 100°F or more), 51 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 88 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 78a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 51a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 88a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1954) is 110°F, on September 1, 2000; the lowest is −5°F, on January 12, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1989, with 81.79 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 8.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00160349; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00160349. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Ashland?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Ashland, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (64%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.7 |
| February | 64% | 3.1 |
| March | 71% | 4.3 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 78% | 6.0 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 83% | 6.3 |
| August | 84% | 5.9 |
| September | 82% | 5.1 |
| October | 79% | 4.1 |
| November | 75% | 3.0 |
| December | 69% | 2.4 |
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 much heating and cooling does Ashland need?
A normal year in Ashland brings 2,406 heating degree days, 55% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,203 cooling degree days, 2.4 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,845 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 594 | 4 |
| February | 434 | 6 |
| March | 276 | 26 |
| April | 118 | 79 |
| May | 19 | 225 |
| June | 0 | 399 |
| July | 0 | 504 |
| August | 0 | 504 |
| September | 7 | 328 |
| October | 105 | 105 |
| November | 312 | 18 |
| December | 540 | 6 |
| Year (annual) | 2,406 | 2,203 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00160349. 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 Ashland's climate compare?
Ashland is warmer than 3 of the other 64 places with their own NOAA record in Louisiana, and wetter than 11. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.4°F is warmer than 86%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Ashland 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 Ashland 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.
- Coushatta, LA1,640 people · 15 mi SW
- Ringgold, LA1,317 people · 17 mi NW
- Martin, LA501 people · 6 mi W
- Goldonna, LA413 people · 14 mi SE
- Hall Summit, LA264 people · 11 mi W
- Saline, LA257 people · 9 mi E
- Castor, LA224 people · 9 mi N
- Edgefield, LA187 people · 14 mi SW
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 Ashland's climate
What is the coldest month in Ashland?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Ashland?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.5 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Ashland?
December, with 6.18 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.18 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Ashland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Ashland in zone 8b in ZIP code 71002. By the same method at Ashland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Ashland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 24; in one year in ten it comes after April 16. Waiting until April 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Louisiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Bienville, LA20 miles from this station, 65.2°F a year
- Natchitoches, LA25 miles from this station, 68.3°F a year
- Winnfield, LA29 miles from this station, 65.3°F a year
- Minden, LA35 miles from this station, 65.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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