Hackberry, Louisiana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hackberry's normal year runs from 44°F January nights to 91°F August afternoons, with 60.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.8°C, January lows of 7°C, August highs of 33°C, 1,528 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHackberry (8 mi SSW)
- Station IDUSC00163979
- Location29.89°N 93.40°W
- Elevation6 ft (2 m)
- Population (census place)830
On October 23, the normal high in Hackberry is 78°F and the normal low 61°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 Hackberry.
- Jan 61° 44°
- Feb 64° 48°
- Mar 70° 54°
- Apr 76° 62°
- May 83° 70°
- Jun 89° 76°
- Jul 90° 77°
- Aug 91° 77°
- Sep 88° 73°
- Oct 80° 64°
- Nov 71° 53°
- Dec 63° 46°
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 Hackberry each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 44°F. The most precipitation falls in June (7.23 in), the least in February (3.52 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F | 44°F | 52.4°F | 5.44 | 10 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 64°F | 48°F | 56.0°F | 3.52 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 70°F | 54°F | 61.9°F | 3.84 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 62°F | 68.9°F | 4.62 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 83°F | 70°F | 76.5°F | 4.21 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 89°F | 76°F | 82.1°F | 7.23 | 11 | 12 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 90°F | 77°F | 83.8°F | 6.72 | 11 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 91°F | 77°F | 83.9°F | 6.23 | 10 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 73°F | 80.3°F | 5.24 | 8 | 12 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 80°F | 64°F | 71.9°F | 4.29 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 71°F | 53°F | 62.1°F | 4.37 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 63°F | 46°F | 54.8°F | 4.44 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 62°F | 69.5°F | 60.15 | 103 | 71 | 6 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 7°C | 11.3°C | 138 mm |
| February | 18°C | 9°C | 13.3°C | 89 mm |
| March | 21°C | 12°C | 16.6°C | 98 mm |
| April | 25°C | 16°C | 20.5°C | 117 mm |
| May | 28°C | 21°C | 24.7°C | 107 mm |
| June | 31°C | 24°C | 27.8°C | 184 mm |
| July | 32°C | 25°C | 28.8°C | 171 mm |
| August | 33°C | 25°C | 28.8°C | 158 mm |
| September | 31°C | 23°C | 26.8°C | 133 mm |
| October | 27°C | 18°C | 22.2°C | 109 mm |
| November | 22°C | 12°C | 16.7°C | 111 mm |
| December | 17°C | 8°C | 12.7°C | 113 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00163979; 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 Hackberry?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, 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 USC00163979.
When is the last frost in Hackberry?
In Hackberry, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 3 in half of years and after March 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 24 in half of years and before November 26 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 93% of years here (NOAA).
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- February 31 year in 10 after March 9; 9 in 10 after January 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 241 year in 10 before November 26; 9 in 10 before January 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 323 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 355 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 22 in half of springs and before January 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hackberry in zone 9b in ZIP code 70645. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hackberry's NOAA station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 27°F (18 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 USC00163979; 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 Hackberry?
In a normal year in Hackberry, 71 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 6 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 103 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 71a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 6a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 103a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1939) is 106°F, on September 1, 2000; the lowest is 11°F, on February 2, 1951.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1979, with 83.99 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 4.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00163979; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00163979. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hackberry?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hackberry, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (85%) and February the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.9 |
| February | 69% | 3.4 |
| March | 76% | 4.7 |
| April | 80% | 5.7 |
| May | 85% | 6.5 |
| June | 85% | 6.6 |
| July | 82% | 6.1 |
| August | 82% | 5.8 |
| September | 81% | 5.1 |
| October | 85% | 4.5 |
| November | 81% | 3.5 |
| 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 much heating and cooling does Hackberry need?
A normal year in Hackberry brings 1,342 heating degree days, 75% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,028 cooling degree days, 3.3 times the median (908). Two months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,340 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 396 | 6 |
| February | 266 | 12 |
| March | 146 | 50 |
| April | 31 | 149 |
| May | 2 | 357 |
| June | 0 | 513 |
| July | 0 | 583 |
| August | 0 | 586 |
| September | 0 | 459 |
| October | 22 | 237 |
| November | 148 | 61 |
| December | 332 | 16 |
| Year (annual) | 1,342 | 3,028 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00163979. 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.
Has Hackberry been warmer than normal lately?
Over 42 complete years from 1947 to 2017, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.3°F per century (+0.18°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hackberry's climate compare?
Hackberry is warmer than 55 of the other 64 places with their own NOAA record in Louisiana, and wetter than 32. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 69.5°F is warmer than 95%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hackberry 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 Hackberry share this climate record?
Cameron has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Cameron, LA177 people · 9 mi SE
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 Hackberry's climate
What is the coldest month in Hackberry?
January, with a normal high of 61°F and a normal low of 44°F. The warmest is August (91°F by day, 77°F at night).
Does it snow in Hackberry?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Hackberry?
June, with 7.23 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.52 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hackberry in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hackberry in zone 9b in ZIP code 70645. By the same method at Hackberry's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 27°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come in Hackberry?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 3; in one year in ten it comes after March 9. Waiting until March 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Louisiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Lake Charles, LA20 miles from this station, 69.7°F a year
- Orange, TX31 miles from this station, 66.8°F a year
- Moss Bluff, LA33 miles from this station, 67.9°F a year
- Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, LA37 miles from this station, 69.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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