Tallulah, Louisiana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Tallulah's normal year runs from 38°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 53.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.9°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,355 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTallulah Vicksburg Regional Airport
- Station IDUSW00003996
- Location32.35°N 91.03°W
- Elevation86 ft (26 m)
- Population5,677
On October 23, the normal high in Tallulah is 76°F and the normal low 51°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 Tallulah.
- Jan 57° 38°
- Feb 62° 42°
- Mar 70° 49°
- Apr 77° 56°
- May 84° 64°
- Jun 90° 71°
- Jul 93° 73°
- Aug 93° 72°
- Sep 88° 66°
- Oct 79° 54°
- Nov 68° 44°
- Dec 60° 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 Tallulah each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 38°F. The most precipitation falls in April (5.96 in), the least in September (3.00 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57°F | 38°F | 47.6°F | 5.44 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 62°F | 42°F | 51.8°F | 5.11 | 10 | <1 | 7 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 49°F | 59.1°F | 5.02 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 56°F | 66.2°F | 5.96 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 64°F | 73.9°F | 3.85 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 90°F | 71°F | 80.4°F | 3.74 | 9 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 93°F | 73°F | 82.8°F | 4.05 | 10 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 93°F | 72°F | 82.4°F | 3.75 | 9 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 66°F | 77.2°F | 3.00 | 7 | 15 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 79°F | 54°F | 66.6°F | 4.13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 68°F | 44°F | 55.9°F | 3.92 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 60°F | 40°F | 49.7°F | 5.38 | 10 | <1 | 11 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 56°F | 66.1°F | 53.35 | 109 | 93 | 39 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 3°C | 8.7°C | 138 mm |
| February | 17°C | 5°C | 11.0°C | 130 mm |
| March | 21°C | 9°C | 15.1°C | 128 mm |
| April | 25°C | 13°C | 19.0°C | 151 mm |
| May | 29°C | 18°C | 23.3°C | 98 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 95 mm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.2°C | 103 mm |
| August | 34°C | 22°C | 28.0°C | 95 mm |
| September | 31°C | 19°C | 25.1°C | 76 mm |
| October | 26°C | 12°C | 19.2°C | 105 mm |
| November | 20°C | 7°C | 13.3°C | 100 mm |
| December | 15°C | 4°C | 9.8°C | 137 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Tallulah's own co-op station Tallulah station does: 0 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003996; 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 Tallulah?
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 USW00003996.
When is the last frost in Tallulah?
In Tallulah, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 3 in half of years and after March 20 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 11 in half of years and before October 29 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 31 year in 10 after March 20; 9 in 10 after February 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 111 year in 10 before October 29; 9 in 10 before December 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 254 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 284 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 16 in half of springs and before November 24 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tallulah in zone 8b in ZIP code 71282, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Tallulah's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (24 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 USW00003996; 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 Tallulah?
In a normal year in Tallulah, 93 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 39 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 109 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 93a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 39a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 109a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1996) is 108°F, on August 31, 2000; the lowest is 8°F, on January 18, 2018.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2004, with 71.84 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00003996; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00003996. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Tallulah?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Tallulah, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.7 |
| February | 66% | 3.2 |
| March | 73% | 4.4 |
| April | 77% | 5.5 |
| May | 80% | 6.1 |
| June | 83% | 6.5 |
| July | 83% | 6.3 |
| August | 83% | 5.8 |
| September | 83% | 5.1 |
| October | 81% | 4.2 |
| November | 78% | 3.1 |
| December | 70% | 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 Tallulah need?
A normal year in Tallulah brings 2,101 heating degree days, 61% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,542 cooling degree days, 2.8 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 6,383 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 546 | 5 |
| February | 382 | 12 |
| March | 221 | 39 |
| April | 75 | 111 |
| May | 10 | 285 |
| June | 0 | 462 |
| July | 0 | 553 |
| August | 0 | 539 |
| September | 3 | 370 |
| October | 85 | 133 |
| November | 294 | 21 |
| December | 486 | 10 |
| Year (annual) | 2,101 | 2,542 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003996. 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 Tallulah been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 67.8°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 66.1°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 67.9°F | +1.8°F | 40.73 |
| 2022 | 66.8°F | +0.7°F | 53.93 |
| 2023 | 68.7°F | +2.6°F | 44.17 |
| 2025 | 67.8°F | +1.7°F | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00003996. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Tallulah's climate compare?
Tallulah is warmer than 22 of the other 64 places with their own NOAA record in Louisiana, and wetter than 2. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.1°F is warmer than 90%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Tallulah 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 Tallulah 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.
- Beechwood, MS3,708 people · 13 mi E
- Eagle Bend, MS368 people · 12 mi N
- Bovina, MS341 people · 17 mi E
- Redwood, MS264 people · 16 mi NE
- Valley Park, MS72 people · 22 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Tallulah's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Tallulah. This page uses Tallulah Vicksburg Regional Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallulah station USC00168923 | 10 mi W | 85 ft | 67.6°F | 38°F | 94°F | 57.9 | 0 | March 2 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Tallulah's climate
What is the coldest month in Tallulah?
January, with a normal high of 57°F and a normal low of 38°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Tallulah?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Tallulah's NOAA station; Tallulah's own co-op station Tallulah station records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Tallulah?
April, with 5.96 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.00 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Tallulah in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Tallulah in zone 8b in ZIP code 71282, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Tallulah's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Tallulah?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 3; in one year in ten it comes after March 20. Waiting until March 20 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Louisiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Vicksburg, MS9 miles from this station, 66.3°F a year
- Port Gibson, MS25 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
- Satartia, MS29 miles from this station, 64.9°F a year
- St. Joseph, LA30 miles from this station, 65.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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