Leesville, Louisiana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Leesville's normal year runs from 37°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 59.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.0°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,506 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLeesville
- Station IDUSC00165266
- Location31.14°N 93.24°W
- Elevation28 ft (9 m)
- From the center3 miles
- Population5,339
On October 23, the normal high in Leesville is 77°F and the normal low 51°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 28%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Leesville.
- Jan 60° 37°
- Feb 65° 41°
- Mar 72° 48°
- Apr 78° 54°
- May 85° 62°
- Jun 91° 68°
- Jul 93° 71°
- Aug 94° 70°
- Sep 89° 65°
- Oct 80° 54°
- Nov 69° 45°
- Dec 61° 39°
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 Leesville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in December (5.63 in), the least in July (4.22 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F | 37°F | 48.6°F | 5.57 | 13 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 65°F | 41°F | 52.8°F | 4.60 | 11 | <1 | 7 | 11 h |
| March | 72°F | 48°F | 59.8°F | 5.51 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 54°F | 65.8°F | 5.35 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 85°F | 62°F | 73.5°F | 4.76 | 9 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 91°F | 68°F | 79.4°F | 4.77 | 12 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 93°F | 71°F | 81.8°F | 4.22 | 12 | 25 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 94°F | 70°F | 81.7°F | 4.22 | 11 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 65°F | 76.5°F | 4.28 | 9 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 80°F | 54°F | 66.7°F | 5.08 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 45°F | 56.9°F | 5.32 | 10 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 61°F | 39°F | 50.3°F | 5.63 | 12 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 55°F | 66.2°F | 59.31 | 125 | 95 | 39 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 3°C | 9.2°C | 141 mm |
| February | 18°C | 5°C | 11.6°C | 117 mm |
| March | 22°C | 9°C | 15.4°C | 140 mm |
| April | 26°C | 12°C | 18.8°C | 136 mm |
| May | 29°C | 17°C | 23.1°C | 121 mm |
| June | 33°C | 20°C | 26.3°C | 121 mm |
| July | 34°C | 21°C | 27.7°C | 107 mm |
| August | 34°C | 21°C | 27.6°C | 107 mm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.7°C | 109 mm |
| October | 27°C | 12°C | 19.3°C | 129 mm |
| November | 21°C | 7°C | 13.8°C | 135 mm |
| December | 16°C | 4°C | 10.2°C | 143 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Rosepine (14 miles away), gets 0 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00165266; 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 Leesville?
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 (9).
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 USC00165266.
When is the last frost in Leesville?
In Leesville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 20 in half of years and after April 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 9 in half of years and before October 26 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 201 year in 10 after April 12; 9 in 10 after February 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 91 year in 10 before October 26; 9 in 10 before December 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 234 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 264 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 28 in half of springs and before November 23 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Leesville in zone 9a in ZIP code 71461, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Leesville's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (29 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Louisiana · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00165266; 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 Leesville?
In a normal year in Leesville, 95 days a year reach 90°F (7 of them 100°F or more), 39 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 125 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 95a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 39a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 125a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1903) is 110°F, on August 25, 2023; the lowest is 1°F, on January 25, 1948.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2004, with 88.90 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 10.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00165266; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00165266. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Leesville?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Leesville, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.8 |
| February | 65% | 3.1 |
| March | 71% | 4.3 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 78% | 6.0 |
| June | 79% | 6.2 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 82% | 5.8 |
| September | 81% | 5.0 |
| October | 80% | 4.2 |
| November | 77% | 3.2 |
| December | 69% | 2.5 |
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 Leesville need?
A normal year in Leesville brings 2,004 heating degree days, 63% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,453 cooling degree days, 2.7 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,350 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 515 | 7 |
| February | 356 | 15 |
| March | 211 | 48 |
| April | 84 | 108 |
| May | 12 | 277 |
| June | 0 | 431 |
| July | 0 | 521 |
| August | 0 | 519 |
| September | 4 | 351 |
| October | 82 | 136 |
| November | 273 | 30 |
| December | 468 | 12 |
| Year (annual) | 2,004 | 2,453 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00165266. 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 Leesville been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 69.2°F, 3.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 66.2°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 67.4°F | +1.2°F | 69.02 |
| 2022 | 67.6°F | +1.4°F | 51.79 |
| 2023 | 69.8°F | +3.6°F | 38.07 |
| 2024 | 69.2°F | +3.0°F | 87.44 |
Over 76 complete years from 1904 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.4°F per century (+0.08°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00165266; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Leesville's climate compare?
Leesville is warmer than 23 of the other 64 places with their own NOAA record in Louisiana, and wetter than 24. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.2°F is warmer than 90%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Leesville 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 Leesville share this climate record?
3 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.
- Fort Polk South, LA8,056 people · 6 mi S
- New Llano, LA2,064 people · 3 mi SW
- Fort Polk North, LA2,034 people · 5 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 Leesville's climate
What is the coldest month in Leesville?
January, with a normal high of 60°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Leesville?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Leesville's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Rosepine (14 miles away), records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Leesville?
December, with 5.63 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 4.22 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Leesville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Leesville in zone 9a in ZIP code 71461, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Leesville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Leesville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 20; in one year in ten it comes after April 12. Waiting until April 12 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Louisiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Rosepine, LA14 miles from this station, 66.5°F a year
- Fort Polk Fullerton Landing Strip, LA16 miles from this station, 67.5°F a year
- Peason Ridge Range, LA18 miles from this station, 66.5°F a year
- Hodges Gardens, LA19 miles from this station, 66.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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