Lake Providence, Louisiana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lake Providence's normal year runs from 36°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 58.8 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 18.1°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,493 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLake Providence
- Station IDUSC00165090
- Location32.81°N 91.17°W
- Elevation100 ft (31 m)
- Population3,231
On October 23, the normal high in Lake Providence is 74°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lake Providence.
- Jan 54° 36°
- Feb 58° 39°
- Mar 66° 46°
- Apr 74° 54°
- May 82° 63°
- Jun 88° 71°
- Jul 91° 73°
- Aug 91° 73°
- Sep 87° 67°
- Oct 77° 55°
- Nov 65° 44°
- Dec 56° 38°
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 Lake Providence each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 36°F. The most precipitation falls in April (6.59 in), the least in September (3.29 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 36°F | 44.8°F | 5.61 | 10 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 58°F | 39°F | 48.6°F | 5.49 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 11 h |
| March | 66°F | 46°F | 56.2°F | 5.16 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 74°F | 54°F | 64.2°F | 6.59 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 63°F | 72.6°F | 4.98 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 88°F | 71°F | 79.5°F | 4.26 | 8 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 91°F | 73°F | 82.3°F | 3.93 | 8 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 91°F | 73°F | 81.8°F | 4.03 | 8 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 67°F | 76.7°F | 3.29 | 6 | 12 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 77°F | 55°F | 66.1°F | 4.99 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 65°F | 44°F | 54.7°F | 4.72 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 56°F | 38°F | 47.3°F | 5.74 | 10 | <1 | 10 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 55°F | 64.6°F | 58.79 | 99 | 79 | 34 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 2°C | 7.1°C | 142 mm |
| February | 15°C | 4°C | 9.2°C | 139 mm |
| March | 19°C | 8°C | 13.4°C | 131 mm |
| April | 24°C | 12°C | 17.9°C | 167 mm |
| May | 28°C | 17°C | 22.6°C | 126 mm |
| June | 31°C | 21°C | 26.4°C | 108 mm |
| July | 33°C | 23°C | 27.9°C | 100 mm |
| August | 33°C | 23°C | 27.7°C | 102 mm |
| September | 30°C | 19°C | 24.8°C | 84 mm |
| October | 25°C | 13°C | 18.9°C | 127 mm |
| November | 18°C | 7°C | 12.6°C | 120 mm |
| December | 13°C | 4°C | 8.5°C | 146 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00165090; 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 Lake Providence?
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 USC00165090.
When is the last frost in Lake Providence?
In Lake Providence, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 5 in half of years and after March 22 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 24 in half of years and before November 6 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 51 year in 10 after March 22; 9 in 10 after February 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 241 year in 10 before November 6; 9 in 10 before December 12
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 263 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 295 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 21 in half of springs and before December 7 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lake Providence in zone 8b in ZIP code 71254, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lake Providence's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (28 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 USC00165090; 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 Lake Providence?
In a normal year in Lake Providence, 79 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 34 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 99 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 79a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 34a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 99a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 110°F, on September 1, 1951; the lowest is −5°F, on January 12, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1991, with 80.57 in; the snowiest season is 1898–99, with 14.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00165090; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00165090. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Lake Providence?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lake Providence, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.7 |
| February | 66% | 3.2 |
| March | 73% | 4.4 |
| April | 77% | 5.5 |
| May | 80% | 6.1 |
| June | 83% | 6.5 |
| July | 83% | 6.3 |
| August | 83% | 5.8 |
| September | 83% | 5.1 |
| October | 81% | 4.2 |
| November | 78% | 3.1 |
| December | 70% | 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 Lake Providence need?
A normal year in Lake Providence brings 2,474 heating degree days, 54% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,346 cooling degree days, 2.6 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 5,987 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 630 | 2 |
| February | 463 | 4 |
| March | 296 | 21 |
| April | 104 | 80 |
| May | 13 | 250 |
| June | 0 | 435 |
| July | 0 | 536 |
| August | 0 | 521 |
| September | 4 | 353 |
| October | 88 | 120 |
| November | 325 | 17 |
| December | 553 | 6 |
| Year (annual) | 2,474 | 2,346 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00165090. 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 Lake Providence been warmer than normal lately?
Over 75 complete years from 1930 to 2016, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.4°F per century (+0.13°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 Lake Providence's climate compare?
Lake Providence is warmer than 5 of the other 64 places with their own NOAA record in Louisiana, and wetter than 22. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.6°F is warmer than 87%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lake Providence 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 Lake Providence share this climate record?
4 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.
- Mayersville, MS464 people · 10 mi NE
- Forest, LA285 people · 14 mi W
- Cary, MS225 people · 14 mi E
- Pioneer, LA152 people · 16 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 Lake Providence's climate
What is the coldest month in Lake Providence?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 36°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Lake Providence?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.5 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Lake Providence?
April, with 6.59 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.29 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lake Providence in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lake Providence in zone 8b in ZIP code 71254, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Lake Providence's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Lake Providence?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 5; in one year in ten it comes after March 22. Waiting until March 22 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Louisiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Rolling Fork, MS18 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
- Eudora, AR22 miles from this station, 64.5°F a year
- Tallulah, LA33 miles from this station, 66.1°F a year
- Vicksburg, MS34 miles from this station, 66.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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