Leesville, LA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Leesville's primary NOAA station, LEESVILLE.
The climate verdict for Leesville
Water is the standout signal in Leesville, Louisiana: 59.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 66°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 66°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 59.3"
- annual precipitation
- 234 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Leesville: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00165266 · Leesville, LA 66°F mean · 59.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 66°F
- RANK-WARM #6,175
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Anvil Rch
- PRCP-WET 59.3"
- SWING-MID 33°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00165266
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Anvil Rch, AZ (+ 0 °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.
- Leesville (this station) 66°F
- Hot Crockett, TX 66°F
- Near Anvil Rch, AZ 66°F
- Near Bakersfield, CA 66°F
- Near Baxley, GA 66°F
Leesville 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 · Leesville
Leesville: 72/100 · grade B
Leesville publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Leesville, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 66.2°F · 1.3° from 67.5°F | 95/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 234 days/year | 83/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 93 calendar days | 78/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 59.3 in · 24.3 from 35 in | 14/100 · F |
Leesville · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Leesville is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 48.6°F and warmest-month mean 81.8°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
- 81.8°F
- Coldest month
- 48.6°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 · balanced station
Where Leesville sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Leesville's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 10% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Leesville sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 6% wettest
- Leesville's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 86%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Leesville is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Leesville compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Leesville's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Leesville's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 76 complete annual observations from 1904 to 2025, LEESVILLE 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.
- Leesville 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 5.6" | 12.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 65°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.6" | 7.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 72°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 5.5" | 3.0 | 0.1 |
| April | 78°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 5.3" | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| May | 85°F (29°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 6.7 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 19.4 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 25.2 |
| August | 94°F (34°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 25.2 |
| September | 89°F (31°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 15.7 |
| October | 80°F (27°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 5.1" | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| November | 69°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 5.3" | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 61°F (16°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 5.6" | 10.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Leesville runs from a mild 37°F around January 9 to 94°F at the peak near August 2, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 9 through September 9, covering 93 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 9 to November 12.
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 37°F around January 9.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is January 1, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 30 at 26%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 126 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 19 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Leesville.
Where Leesville Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 93 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 59 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Leesville earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
12.6 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
Leesville spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 22% of the annual total and December through February 27%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Leesville has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 33.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 5.6" and August 4.2". The three wettest months together take 28% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Leesville, it arrives in quantity
59.3" of precipitation falls across only about 125 wet days here, averaging 0.47 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 125 a year, 34% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.47 inches
- Most wet days
- January, about 13
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 9
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 9
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
234 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,004
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,453
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside LA closest to Leesville 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 (66°F here).
- Bakersfield, CA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Baxley, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Crockett, TX 66°F · 0.0°F off
- El Paso, TX 66°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (59.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Lake Lure, NC 59.3" · 0.0" off
- Cleveland, MS 59.3" · 0.0" off
- Houston, MS 59.3" · 0.0" off
- Murphy, NC 59.3" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Leesville's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Leesville averages 59.3 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Leesville's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 33.2°F. The annual average is 66°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Leesville's normal, at 2,004 and 2,453 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
A roughly 234-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Leesville's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Leesville, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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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 Leesville's primary station: LEESVILLE (USC00165266). 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 2243010). Match rule for Leesville: 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 Leesville 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.