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Moss Bluff, LA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month

Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score

30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Moss Bluff's primary NOAA station, MOSS BLUFF 2 NNW.

The climate verdict for Moss Bluff

Water is the standout signal in Moss Bluff, Louisiana: 69.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 68°F. Its climate comfort score of 73/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 66% of station-mapped location scores.

68°F
average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
73/100
comfort score, above 66% of station-mapped location scores
69.3"
yearly precipitation total
268 days
frost-free growing season

Moss Bluff: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.

Normals record plate

Sheet USC00166434 · Moss Bluff, LA 68°F mean · 69.3" precip

TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL

Nearest mean-temperature peer: Barstow Daggett, CA (+ 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.

Moss Bluff 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 · Moss Bluff

Moss Bluff: 71/100 · grade B

Moss Bluff publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.

B
71/100Climate Living Index

PlainClimate-derived for Moss Bluff, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 73/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.

Moss Bluff Living Index dimension scores
DimensionStation valueScore
Annual temperature balance 67.9°F · 0.4° from 67.5°F 97/100 · A
Frost-free season 268 days/year 94/100 · A
Normal heat + freeze calendar 91 calendar days 79/100 · B
Precipitation balance 69.3 in · 34.3 from 35 in 0/100 · F

Moss Bluff · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.

Moss Bluff is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa

Coldest-month mean 51.4°F and warmest-month mean 82.3°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
82.3°F
Coldest month
51.4°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 Moss Bluff sits across the climate record

Three NOAA fields for Moss Bluff's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.

Annual temperature
Top 7% warmest
Among 6,861 stations, Moss Bluff sits in the warmer third of annual means.
Annual precipitation
Top 2% wettest
Moss Bluff's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
Seasonal temperature swing
Narrower than 89%
Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Moss Bluff is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.

How Moss Bluff compares across U.S. station-mapped locations

Moss Bluff's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations

PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals

73 Top 34% score exceeds 66% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry. 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry. This location 0 100 every station-mapped location, bucketed by value
  1. 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  2. 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  3. 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
  4. 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
  5. 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
  6. 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
  7. 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
  8. 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
  9. 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
  10. 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.

Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more station-mapped locations. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Monthly Temperatures

Average daily high and low temperatures by month

Month Avg High Avg Low Mean
January 63°F (17°C) 40°F (5°C) 51°F (11°C)
February 66°F (19°C) 45°F (7°C) 55°F (13°C)
March 72°F (22°C) 50°F (10°C) 61°F (16°C)
April 78°F (26°C) 56°F (13°C) 67°F (20°C)
May 85°F (30°C) 65°F (18°C) 75°F (24°C)
June 90°F (32°C) 71°F (22°C) 81°F (27°C)
July 92°F (33°C) 73°F (23°C) 82°F (28°C)
August 92°F (33°C) 72°F (22°C) 82°F (28°C)
September 88°F (31°C) 68°F (20°C) 78°F (26°C)
October 81°F (27°C) 57°F (14°C) 69°F (21°C)
November 71°F (22°C) 48°F (9°C) 59°F (15°C)
December 64°F (18°C) 42°F (6°C) 53°F (12°C)

The year, day by day

The year in Moss Bluff runs from a mild 40°F around January 6 to 93°F at the peak near August 1, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.

Normal daily high and low temperature for Moss Bluff, January through December Peaks 93°F around August 1. Bottoms 40°F around January 6. 35 45 55 65 75 85 95 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal daily high and low across the calendar year. NOAA 1991–2020 daily normals, MOSS BLUFF 2 NNW.

When the heat sits

Normal highs reach 90°F from June 6 through September 4, covering 91 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 7 to November 18.

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 40°F around January 6.

Where the wet dates fall

The likeliest wet date is August 17, when 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 18 at 26%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 118 wet dates a year.

The widest day

October 23 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.

Look up any date

Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Moss Bluff.

Where Moss Bluff Stands Nationally

This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 69 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.

Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 91 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.

Moss Bluff earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.

Monthly Precipitation

Average monthly rainfall

January 6.6"

9.7 days with precipitation

February 4.3"

10.9 days with precipitation

March 4.1"

8.6 days with precipitation

April 5.3"

8.6 days with precipitation

May 5.8"

8.8 days with precipitation

June 7.4"

11.8 days with precipitation

July 5.9"

11.0 days with precipitation

August 7.5"

11.5 days with precipitation

September 6.3"

10.0 days with precipitation

October 5.3"

7.7 days with precipitation

November 5.1"

8.2 days with precipitation

December 5.6"

11.4 days with precipitation

Moss Bluff spreads its precipitation across the year

Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 30% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Moss Bluff has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 30.9°F seasonal spread.

The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 7.5" and March 4.1". The three wettest months together take 31% 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 Moss Bluff, it arrives in quantity

69.3" of precipitation falls across only about 118 wet days here, averaging 0.59 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 118 a year, 32% of all days
Average depth per wet day
0.59 inches
Most wet days
June, about 12
Fewest wet days
October, about 8

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 25

50% probability date

Last Spring Freeze

March 2

50% probability date

Growing Season

268 days

Heating & Cooling Degree Days

Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling

Heating Degree Days

1,609

Higher = more heating needed

Cooling Degree Days

2,680

Higher = more cooling needed

Warmest Month

July

Coldest Month

January

Nationwide similar cities

Other rankable U.S. places outside LA closest to Moss Bluff 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 (68°F here).

Closest by annual precipitation

Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (69.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.

Louisiana climate overview →

Data-derived climate profile

How Moss Bluff's climate pattern fits together

mixed demand · wet · mid swing

Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Moss Bluff averages 69.3 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 Moss Bluff's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 30.9°F. The annual average is 68°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.

Heating and cooling both register in Moss Bluff's normal, at 1,609 and 2,680 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.

The frost-free window extends for about 268 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.

These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Moss Bluff'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 Moss Bluff, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.

Questions about Moss Bluff's climate

How much rain does Moss Bluff get?
Moss Bluff receives 69.3 inches of precipitation. Based on NOAA 30-year climate normals (1991-2020).
How many days above 90°F does Moss Bluff get?
Moss Bluff averages about 93 days a year at or above 90°F, concentrated in July and the months either side of it. That is a count of days reaching the threshold, not a measure of how far above it they go.
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Moss Bluff?
Moss Bluff has 1,609 heating degree days and 2,680 cooling degree days annually, a fairly balanced heating/cooling split. Degree-day definitions: reading weather data.

Data Sources

Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Moss Bluff's primary station: MOSS BLUFF 2 NNW (USC00166434). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 2252425), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Moss Bluff: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainClimate

On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Moss Bluff 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.