Rayville, 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 Rayville's primary NOAA station, RAYVILLE.
The climate verdict for Rayville
Water is the standout signal in Rayville, Louisiana: 60.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 67°F. It scores 87/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 87% of them.
- 67°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 87/100
- comfort score, above 87% of station-mapped location scores
- 60.0"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 271 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Rayville: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00167691 · Rayville, LA 67°F mean · 60.0" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 67°F
- RANK-WARM #6,244
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cedar Island
- PRCP-WET 60.0"
- SWING-MID 36°F
- COMF-TOP 87/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00167691
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Cedar Island, NC (+ 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.
- Rayville (this station) 67°F
- Hot Dallas, TX 67°F
- Near Cedar Island, NC 67°F
- Near Cleveland, TX 67°F
- Near Columbus Metro, GA 67°F
Rayville 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 · Rayville
Rayville: 75/100 · grade B
Rayville publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Rayville, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 87/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 66.6°F · 0.9° from 67.5°F | 96/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 271 days/year | 95/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.7 inches/year | 85/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 89 calendar days | 79/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 60.0 in · 25.0 from 35 in | 12/100 · F |
Rayville · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Rayville is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 47.7°F and warmest-month mean 83.6°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
- 83.6°F
- Coldest month
- 47.7°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 Rayville sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Rayville's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 9% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Rayville sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 6% wettest
- Rayville's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 80%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Rayville is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Rayville compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Rayville's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
87 Top 13% score exceeds 87% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57°F (14°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 5.5" | 0.3" | 12.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 62°F (16°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 5.1" | 0.4" | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 70°F (21°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 5.7" | 0.0" | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 78°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 6.7" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 5.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.5 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 22.7 |
| August | 94°F (34°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.5 |
| September | 89°F (31°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.8 |
| October | 80°F (27°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 2.4 |
| November | 68°F (20°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 60°F (15°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 5.8" | 0.0" | 10.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Rayville runs from a mild 38°F around January 12 to 94°F at the peak near August 8, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 13 through September 9, covering 89 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 17 to November 11.
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 38°F around January 12.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is December 23, when 29% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 30 at 14%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 88 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 25 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 Rayville.
Where Rayville Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 60 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 89 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Rayville earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 0.3"
8.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
7.9 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
Rayville spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 21% of the annual total and December through February 27%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Rayville has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 35.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: April averages 6.7" and September 3.8". The three wettest months together take 30% 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 Rayville, it arrives in quantity
60.0" of precipitation falls across only about 88 wet days here, averaging 0.68 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 88 a year, 24% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.68 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 9
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 5
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.
Snow reaches Rayville, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.7 inches of snow a year here, most likely in February. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 0 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 28
50% probability date
Growing Season
271 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,060
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,675
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside LA closest to Rayville 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 (67°F here).
- Cleveland, TX 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Dallas, TX 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Killeen, TX 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Medina, TX 67°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (60.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Cookeville, TN 60.0" · 0.0" off
- Gainesville, AL 60.0" · 0.0" off
- Waynesboro, MS 60.0" · 0.0" off
- Monticello, FL 59.9" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Rayville's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Rayville averages 60.0 inches of precipitation a year. Annual snowfall totals 0.7 inches. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Rayville's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.9°F. The annual average is 67°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Rayville's normal, at 2,060 and 2,675 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 271 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 Rayville'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 Rayville, 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 Rayville's primary station: RAYVILLE (USC00167691). 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 2263680). Match rule for Rayville: 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 Rayville 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.