Franklin, 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 Franklin's primary NOAA station, FRANKLIN 3 NW.
The climate verdict for Franklin
Warm-season cooling demand defines Franklin, Louisiana, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 69°F. It scores 77/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 70% of them.
- 69°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 77/100
- comfort score, above 70% of station-mapped location scores
- 65.3"
- annual precipitation
- 300 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Franklin: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00163313 · Franklin, LA 69°F mean · 65.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 69°F
- RANK-WARM #6,449
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Anahuac
- PRCP-WET 65.3"
- SWING-NARROW 29°F
- COMF-TOP 77/100
- LOAD-COOL 2,759 CDD
- STN-1 USC00163313
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Anahuac, TX ( -0.1 °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.
- Franklin (this station) 69°F
- Cold Anahuac, TX 69°F
- Hot Matagorda NO, TX 69°F
- Near Carville, LA 69°F
- Near Perry Foley, FL 69°F
Franklin 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 · Franklin
Franklin: 78/100 · grade B
Franklin publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Franklin, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 77/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 300 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 68.8°F · 1.3° from 67.5°F | 95/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 35 calendar days | 95/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 65.3 in · 30.3 from 35 in | 1/100 · F |
Franklin · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Franklin is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 53.2°F and warmest-month mean 82.0°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
- 82.0°F
- Coldest month
- 53.2°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 · cooling-led station
Where Franklin sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Franklin's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 6% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Franklin sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 3% wettest
- Franklin's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 92%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Franklin is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Franklin compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Franklin's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
77 Top 30% score exceeds 70% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Franklin's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 98 complete annual observations from 1894 to 2023, FRANKLIN 3 NW warmed at a fitted rate of 0.08°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Franklin primary station fitted change +0.08 °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 | 63°F (17°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 5.6" | 0.0" | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 67°F (19°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 72°F (22°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 78°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 7.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.9 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 8.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.2 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 7.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.7 |
| September | 87°F (31°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 5.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| October | 80°F (27°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| November | 72°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 65°F (18°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 2.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Franklin runs from a mild 43°F around January 11 to 91°F at the peak near August 8, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 21 through August 24, covering 35 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 3 to November 21.
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 43°F around January 11.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 12, when 46% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 9 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 112 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Franklin.
Where Franklin Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 65 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Franklin 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
9.1 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
14.1 days with precipitation
13.5 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
Franklin runs a summer-peaked wet season
36% of Franklin's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is July at 8.0", on an unusually narrow 28.8°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: July, June, August, taking 36% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 4.0".
- Winter share: 22% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
When it rains in Franklin, it arrives in quantity
65.3" of precipitation falls across only about 112 wet days here, averaging 0.58 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 112 a year, 31% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.58 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 14
- Fewest wet days
- April, about 7
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.
Franklin's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 8
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
300 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,333
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,759
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside LA closest to Franklin 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 (69°F here).
- Bellville, TX 69°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbus, TX 69°F · 0.0°F off
- Gonzales, TX 69°F · 0.0°F off
- Nixon, TX 69°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (65.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Coos Bay, OR 65.3" · 0.1" off
- Cleveland, GA 65.2" · 0.1" off
- Hollywood, FL 65.0" · 0.2" off
- Waveland, MS 65.0" · 0.3" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Franklin's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Franklin. Cooling totals 2,759 degree days, more than double the 1,333 heating measure, and the 28.8°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 65.3 inches of precipitation at Franklin. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Franklin's 28.8°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 69°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
The frost-free window extends for about 300 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 Franklin's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. For Franklin that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
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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 Franklin's primary station: FRANKLIN 3 NW (USC00163313). 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 2227155). Match rule for Franklin: 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 Franklin 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.