Mooringsport, Louisiana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Mooringsport's normal year runs from 35°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 50.8 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.1 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.5°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,291 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMooringsport (1 mi N)
- Station IDUSC00166364
- Location32.71°N 93.96°W
- Elevation200 ft (61 m)
- Population703
On October 23, the normal high in Mooringsport is 75°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Mooringsport.
- Jan 56° 35°
- Feb 61° 39°
- Mar 68° 46°
- Apr 76° 54°
- May 83° 63°
- Jun 90° 70°
- Jul 94° 73°
- Aug 94° 72°
- Sep 89° 65°
- Oct 78° 54°
- Nov 66° 45°
- Dec 58° 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 Mooringsport each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 35°F. The most precipitation falls in December (5.05 in), the least in August (3.04 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F | 35°F | 45.8°F | 4.48 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 61°F | 39°F | 49.9°F | 4.52 | 10 | <1 | 7 | 11 h |
| March | 68°F | 46°F | 57.2°F | 4.70 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 54°F | 64.8°F | 4.73 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 63°F | 72.9°F | 4.11 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 90°F | 70°F | 79.7°F | 4.20 | 8 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 94°F | 73°F | 83.6°F | 3.24 | 7 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 94°F | 72°F | 83.2°F | 3.04 | 6 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 65°F | 77.0°F | 4.12 | 6 | 14 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 54°F | 66.2°F | 4.50 | 8 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 66°F | 45°F | 55.4°F | 4.15 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 58°F | 38°F | 47.7°F | 5.05 | 10 | <1 | 10 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 55°F | 65.3°F | 50.84 | 96 | 87 | 35 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 2°C | 7.7°C | 114 mm |
| February | 16°C | 4°C | 9.9°C | 115 mm |
| March | 20°C | 8°C | 14.0°C | 119 mm |
| April | 24°C | 12°C | 18.2°C | 120 mm |
| May | 28°C | 17°C | 22.7°C | 104 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.5°C | 107 mm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.7°C | 82 mm |
| August | 35°C | 22°C | 28.4°C | 77 mm |
| September | 31°C | 19°C | 25.0°C | 105 mm |
| October | 26°C | 12°C | 19.0°C | 114 mm |
| November | 19°C | 7°C | 13.0°C | 105 mm |
| December | 14°C | 3°C | 8.7°C | 128 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00166364; 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 Mooringsport?
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 (8).
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 USC00166364.
When is the last frost in Mooringsport?
In Mooringsport, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 6 in half of years and after March 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 19 in half of years and before November 2 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 61 year in 10 after March 27; 9 in 10 after February 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 191 year in 10 before November 2; 9 in 10 before December 9
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 257 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 285 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 21 in half of springs and before December 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mooringsport in zone 8b in ZIP code 71060, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Mooringsport's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°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 USC00166364; 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 Mooringsport?
In a normal year in Mooringsport, 87 days a year reach 90°F (11 of them 100°F or more), 35 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 96 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 87a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 35a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 96a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00166364.
How sunny is Mooringsport?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Mooringsport, 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 Mooringsport need?
A normal year in Mooringsport brings 2,323 heating degree days, 57% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,457 cooling degree days, 2.7 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 6,162 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 595 | 2 |
| February | 427 | 5 |
| March | 265 | 24 |
| April | 90 | 84 |
| May | 12 | 257 |
| June | 0 | 441 |
| July | 0 | 575 |
| August | 0 | 564 |
| September | 2 | 360 |
| October | 86 | 121 |
| November | 310 | 21 |
| December | 538 | 3 |
| Year (annual) | 2,323 | 2,457 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00166364. 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 Mooringsport been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 67.0°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.3°F. 1 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65.1°F | −0.2°F | 58.03 |
| 2023 | 67.0°F | +1.7°F | 50.56 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00166364. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Mooringsport's climate compare?
Mooringsport is warmer than 13 of the other 64 places with their own NOAA record in Louisiana, and wetter than 0. 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, Mooringsport 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 Mooringsport share this climate record?
7 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.
- Blanchard, LA3,371 people · 8 mi SE
- Oil City, LA866 people · 3 mi N
- McLeod, TX475 people · 18 mi N
- Belcher, LA237 people · 8 mi NE
- Hosston, LA235 people · 13 mi N
- Gilliam, LA117 people · 11 mi NE
- Uncertain, TX85 people · 10 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 Mooringsport's climate
What is the coldest month in Mooringsport?
January, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 35°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Mooringsport?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.1 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Mooringsport?
December, with 5.05 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.04 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Mooringsport in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Mooringsport in zone 8b in ZIP code 71060, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Mooringsport's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Mooringsport?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 6; in one year in ten it comes after March 27. Waiting until March 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Louisiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Benton, LA17 miles from this station, 64.4°F a year
- Shreveport, LA19 miles from this station, 66.6°F a year
- Jefferson, TX24 miles from this station, 64.7°F a year
- Marshall, TX26 miles from this station, 64.3°F a year
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