Rosepine, Louisiana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Rosepine's normal year runs from 39°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 60.5 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.2°C, January lows of 4°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,537 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationRosepine Research Station
- Station IDUSC00168046
- Location30.95°N 93.28°W
- Elevation238 ft (73 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population1,445
On October 14, the normal high in Rosepine is 81°F and the normal low 56°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 32%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Rosepine.
- Jan 59° 39°
- Feb 64° 42°
- Mar 70° 48°
- Apr 77° 55°
- May 84° 63°
- Jun 90° 70°
- Jul 92° 72°
- Aug 93° 71°
- Sep 88° 66°
- Oct 80° 56°
- Nov 69° 46°
- Dec 62° 40°
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 Rosepine each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 39°F. The most precipitation falls in December (5.99 in), the least in August (3.96 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F | 39°F | 49.0°F | 5.53 | 13 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 64°F | 42°F | 53.0°F | 4.69 | 11 | <1 | 6 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 48°F | 59.2°F | 4.97 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 55°F | 65.8°F | 4.97 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 84°F | 63°F | 73.2°F | 5.17 | 9 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 90°F | 70°F | 79.7°F | 4.51 | 12 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 92°F | 72°F | 82.0°F | 5.42 | 11 | 26 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 93°F | 71°F | 82.0°F | 3.96 | 10 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 66°F | 77.3°F | 4.95 | 9 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 80°F | 56°F | 67.7°F | 5.10 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 46°F | 57.9°F | 5.24 | 10 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 62°F | 40°F | 51.0°F | 5.99 | 13 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 56°F | 66.5°F | 60.50 | 126 | 97 | 33 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 4°C | 9.4°C | 140 mm |
| February | 18°C | 6°C | 11.7°C | 119 mm |
| March | 21°C | 9°C | 15.1°C | 126 mm |
| April | 25°C | 13°C | 18.8°C | 126 mm |
| May | 29°C | 17°C | 22.9°C | 131 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.5°C | 115 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.8°C | 138 mm |
| August | 34°C | 22°C | 27.8°C | 101 mm |
| September | 31°C | 19°C | 25.2°C | 126 mm |
| October | 27°C | 13°C | 19.8°C | 130 mm |
| November | 21°C | 8°C | 14.4°C | 133 mm |
| December | 17°C | 4°C | 10.6°C | 152 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00168046; 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 Rosepine?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, April 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 USC00168046.
When is the last frost in Rosepine?
In Rosepine, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 8 in half of years and after March 31 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 21 in half of years and before November 3 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 81 year in 10 after March 31; 9 in 10 after February 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 211 year in 10 before November 3; 9 in 10 before December 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 259 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 294 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 19 in half of springs and before December 7 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rosepine in zone 9a in ZIP code 70659. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Rosepine's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 21°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 USC00168046; 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 Rosepine?
In a normal year in Rosepine, 97 days a year reach 90°F (6 of them 100°F or more), 33 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 126 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 97a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 33a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 126a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1901) is 110°F, on August 1, 1998; the lowest is 6°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1991, with 83.34 in; the snowiest season is 1901–02, with 2.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00168046; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00168046. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Rosepine?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Rosepine, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. October is the sunniest month (81%) and February the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.8 |
| February | 65% | 3.2 |
| March | 71% | 4.4 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 79% | 6.0 |
| June | 79% | 6.1 |
| July | 79% | 6.0 |
| August | 81% | 5.7 |
| September | 80% | 5.0 |
| October | 81% | 4.3 |
| November | 78% | 3.3 |
| 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 Rosepine need?
A normal year in Rosepine brings 1,904 heating degree days, 65% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,476 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 6,410 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 502 | 6 |
| February | 347 | 11 |
| March | 215 | 37 |
| April | 81 | 106 |
| May | 9 | 265 |
| June | 0 | 440 |
| July | 0 | 527 |
| August | 0 | 528 |
| September | 2 | 371 |
| October | 63 | 147 |
| November | 243 | 29 |
| December | 443 | 11 |
| Year (annual) | 1,904 | 2,476 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00168046. 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.
How does Rosepine's climate compare?
Rosepine is warmer than 25 of the other 64 places with their own NOAA record in Louisiana, and wetter than 33. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.5°F is warmer than 91%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Rosepine 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.
Questions about Rosepine's climate
What is the coldest month in Rosepine?
January, with a normal high of 59°F and a normal low of 39°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Rosepine?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Rosepine?
December, with 5.99 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.96 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Rosepine in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Rosepine in zone 9a in ZIP code 70659. By the same method at Rosepine's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 21°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Rosepine?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 8; in one year in ten it comes after March 31. Waiting until March 31 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Louisiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- De Ridder, LA7 miles from this station, 67.2°F a year
- Leesville, LA14 miles from this station, 66.2°F a year
- Toledo Bend Dam, TX23 miles from this station, 66.0°F a year
- Fort Polk Fullerton Landing Strip, LA23 miles from this station, 67.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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