Toledo Bend Lake, LA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Toledo Bend Lake's primary NOAA station, TOLEDO BEND LAKE.
The climate verdict for Toledo Bend Lake
Water is the standout signal in Toledo Bend Lake, Louisiana: 57.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 67°F. It scores 85/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 85% of them.
- 67°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 57.5"
- yearly precipitation total
- 274 days
- frost-free growing season
Toledo Bend Lake: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00169074 · Toledo Bend Lake, LA 67°F mean · 57.5" 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 ≈ Amite
- PRCP-WET 57.5"
- SWING-MID 34°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00169074
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Amite, LA (+ 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.
- Toledo Bend Lake (this station) 67°F
- Hot Irvine Rch, CA 67°F
- Near Amite, LA 67°F
- Near Edisto Island M…, SC 67°F
- Near Fresno, CA 67°F
Toledo Bend Lake 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 · Toledo Bend Lake
Toledo Bend Lake: 77/100 · grade B
Toledo Bend Lake publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Toledo Bend Lake, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 66.7°F · 0.8° from 67.5°F | 96/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 274 days/year | 96/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 67 calendar days | 86/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 57.5 in · 22.5 from 35 in | 20/100 · F |
Toledo Bend Lake · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Toledo Bend Lake is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 48.7°F and warmest-month mean 83.1°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
- 83.1°F
- Coldest month
- 48.7°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 Toledo Bend Lake sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Toledo Bend Lake'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, Toledo Bend Lake sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 8% wettest
- Toledo Bend Lake's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 84%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Toledo Bend Lake is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Toledo Bend Lake compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Toledo Bend Lake's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
85 Top 15% score exceeds 85% 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F (15°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 5.6" | 8.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 63°F (17°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.6" | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 70°F (21°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 5.2" | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 77°F (25°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| May | 83°F (28°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 17.9 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 22.9 |
| August | 94°F (34°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 25.8 |
| September | 88°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 15.6 |
| October | 80°F (27°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 5.0" | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| November | 69°F (20°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 5.0" | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 62°F (17°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 5.8" | 6.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Toledo Bend Lake runs from a mild 38°F around January 9 to 94°F at the peak near August 11, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 3 through September 7, covering 67 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 15 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 9.
The widest day
October 19 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Toledo Bend Lake.
Where Toledo Bend Lake Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 58 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 67 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Toledo Bend Lake earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Toledo Bend Lake spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 22% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Toledo Bend Lake has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 34.4°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 5.8" and July 3.9". The three wettest months together take 29% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 30
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
274 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,875
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,504
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside LA closest to Toledo Bend Lake 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).
- Fresno, CA 67°F · 0.0°F off
- San Angelo, TX 67°F · 0.0°F off
- San Manuel, AZ 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Arlington, TX 67°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (57.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Chatsworth, GA 57.5" · 0.0" off
- Malvern, AR 57.5" · 0.0" off
- Louisville, MS 57.5" · 0.0" off
- D'lo, MS 57.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Toledo Bend Lake's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Toledo Bend Lake averages 57.5 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.
August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Toledo Bend Lake's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 34.4°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 Toledo Bend Lake's normal, at 1,875 and 2,504 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 274 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 Toledo Bend Lake'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 Toledo Bend Lake, 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 Toledo Bend Lake's primary station: TOLEDO BEND LAKE (USC00169074). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Toledo Bend Lake; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Toledo Bend Lake 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.