Minden, Louisiana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Minden's normal year runs from 34°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 57.6 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.4 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.5°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 35°C, 1,463 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMinden
- Station IDUSC00166244
- Location32.61°N 93.29°W
- Elevation185 ft (56 m)
- Population11,195
On October 23, the normal high in Minden is 77°F and the normal low 50°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 Minden.
- Jan 58° 34°
- Feb 62° 37°
- Mar 70° 44°
- Apr 77° 52°
- May 84° 62°
- Jun 91° 70°
- Jul 94° 73°
- Aug 95° 72°
- Sep 89° 65°
- Oct 79° 53°
- Nov 68° 43°
- Dec 60° 36°
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 Minden each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in April (6.45 in), the least in August (3.24 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 34°F | 46.0°F | 5.27 | 9 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 62°F | 37°F | 49.5°F | 5.01 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 44°F | 57.1°F | 5.66 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 52°F | 64.5°F | 6.45 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 62°F | 73.0°F | 4.89 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 70°F | 80.3°F | 4.93 | 8 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 94°F | 73°F | 83.5°F | 3.68 | 7 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 95°F | 72°F | 83.3°F | 3.24 | 7 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 65°F | 77.3°F | 3.69 | 6 | 14 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 79°F | 53°F | 66.0°F | 4.68 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 68°F | 43°F | 55.4°F | 4.36 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 60°F | 36°F | 48.1°F | 5.73 | 9 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 53°F | 65.3°F | 57.59 | 95 | 88 | 52 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 1°C | 7.8°C | 134 mm |
| February | 17°C | 3°C | 9.7°C | 127 mm |
| March | 21°C | 7°C | 13.9°C | 144 mm |
| April | 25°C | 11°C | 18.1°C | 164 mm |
| May | 29°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 124 mm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 26.8°C | 125 mm |
| July | 35°C | 23°C | 28.6°C | 93 mm |
| August | 35°C | 22°C | 28.5°C | 82 mm |
| September | 32°C | 19°C | 25.2°C | 94 mm |
| October | 26°C | 12°C | 18.9°C | 119 mm |
| November | 20°C | 6°C | 13.0°C | 111 mm |
| December | 15°C | 2°C | 8.9°C | 146 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00166244; 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 Minden?
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 USC00166244.
When is the last frost in Minden?
In Minden, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 17 in half of years and after April 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 14 in half of years and before October 28 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 171 year in 10 after April 6; 9 in 10 after February 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 141 year in 10 before October 28; 9 in 10 before December 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 241 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 269 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 1 in half of springs and before November 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Minden in zone 8b in ZIP code 71055, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Minden's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (25 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 USC00166244; 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 Minden?
In a normal year in Minden, 88 days a year reach 90°F (8 of them 100°F or more), 52 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 95 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 88a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 8a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 52a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 95a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 112°F, on August 18, 1909; the lowest is −16°F, on February 13, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1991, with 91.40 in; the snowiest season is 1948–49, with 9.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00166244; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00166244. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Minden?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Minden, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (64%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.7 |
| February | 64% | 3.1 |
| March | 71% | 4.3 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 78% | 6.0 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 83% | 6.3 |
| August | 84% | 5.9 |
| September | 82% | 5.1 |
| October | 79% | 4.1 |
| November | 75% | 3.0 |
| December | 69% | 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 Minden need?
A normal year in Minden brings 2,364 heating degree days, 56% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,521 cooling degree days, 2.8 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 6,199 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 591 | 4 |
| February | 440 | 7 |
| March | 275 | 30 |
| April | 105 | 88 |
| May | 15 | 263 |
| June | 0 | 459 |
| July | 0 | 575 |
| August | 0 | 567 |
| September | 5 | 375 |
| October | 91 | 124 |
| November | 311 | 23 |
| December | 532 | 7 |
| Year (annual) | 2,364 | 2,521 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00166244. 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 Minden been warmer than normal lately?
Over 75 complete years from 1897 to 2020, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.0°F per century (+0.00°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 Minden's climate compare?
Minden is warmer than 13 of the other 64 places with their own NOAA record in Louisiana, and wetter than 14. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.3°F is warmer than 88%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Minden 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 Minden share this climate record?
5 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.
- Sibley, LA1,077 people · 4 mi S
- Doyline, LA649 people · 9 mi SW
- Dixie Inn, LA278 people · 2 mi W
- Dubberly, LA238 people · 5 mi SE
- Heflin, LA205 people · 10 mi S
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 Minden's climate
What is the coldest month in Minden?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Minden?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.4 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Minden?
April, with 6.45 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.24 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Minden in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Minden in zone 8b in ZIP code 71055, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Minden's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Minden?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 17; in one year in ten it comes after April 6. Waiting until April 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Louisiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Homer, LA19 miles from this station, 62.8°F a year
- Benton, LA22 miles from this station, 64.4°F a year
- Red River Research Station, LA24 miles from this station, 65.7°F a year
- Bienville, LA26 miles from this station, 65.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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