New Iberia climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of New Iberia?

New Iberia has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 1,246 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in New Iberia?

The hottest day measured in New Iberia between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 2023, reaching 40.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in New Iberia?

The coldest day measured in New Iberia between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2025, at -12.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in New Iberia?

Almost never: New Iberia sees virtually no snow, with about 7 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of New Iberia warmed?

Yes: New Iberia warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in New Iberia?

The wettest day measured in New Iberia between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 1987, with 209 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in New Iberia?

The windiest day measured in New Iberia between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1965, with winds reaching 73.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in New Iberia?

The warmest month in New Iberia is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in New Iberia?

New Iberia receives on average 1,246 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in New Iberia?

New Iberia gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

New Iberia (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 1,246 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

New Iberia averages 7 frost days, 101 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.

New Iberia has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 27 August 2023) and the coldest -12.4 °C (on 22 January 2025).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

New IberiaLouisiana

coords: 30.00°, -91.82°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

20.2°C

Average daily high

24.8°C

Average daily low

16.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,246mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

17.2km/h

Seasonal range

16.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

7 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

101 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

135 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.6 cm

Average feels-like high

26.4 °C

Average feels-like low

16.3 °C

Average peak gust

34.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

149 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

40.7 °C

27 August 2023

Coldest day

-12.4 °C

22 January 2025

Wettest day

209 mm

16 November 1987

Windiest day

73.0 km/h

10 September 1965

Strongest gust

136.4 km/h

10 September 1965

Hottest feels-like

45.3 °C

24 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

-19.7 °C

23 December 1989

Snowiest day

8.6 cm

21 January 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

21 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.2 °C29 July 2025	-12.4 °C22 January 2025	21.5 °C	1,056 mm	135	10
2024	35.8 °C6 August 2024	-6.6 °C17 January 2024	21.7 °C	1,767 mm	121	5
2023	40.7 °C27 August 2023	0.9 °C20 March 2023	22.4 °C	958 mm	150	0
2022	36.9 °C19 June 2022	-5.9 °C23 December 2022	21.0 °C	1,164 mm	141	10
2021	35.1 °C23 August 2021	-7.4 °C16 February 2021	21.0 °C	1,479 mm	100	6
2020	37.3 °C16 August 2020	0.2 °C1 December 2020	21.6 °C	1,463 mm	111	0
2019	38.2 °C11 July 2019	-2.8 °C13 November 2019	21.2 °C	1,425 mm	134	2
2018	36.2 °C23 July 2018	-8.3 °C17 January 2018	21.1 °C	1,395 mm	132	13
2017	34.5 °C19 August 2017	-4.8 °C7 January 2017	21.5 °C	1,396 mm	103	4
2016	35.6 °C27 June 2016	-0.1 °C5 February 2016	21.4 °C	1,416 mm	125	1
2015	37.1 °C10 August 2015	-4.2 °C8 January 2015	21.2 °C	1,417 mm	117	2
2014	33.7 °C25 August 2014	-6.0 °C7 January 2014	19.6 °C	1,261 mm	102	14
2013	37.3 °C7 August 2013	-1.2 °C28 November 2013	20.4 °C	1,233 mm	125	2
2012	37.1 °C26 June 2012	-0.1 °C12 February 2012	21.5 °C	1,340 mm	112	1
2011	38.5 °C2 June 2011	-4.0 °C13 January 2011	20.9 °C	976 mm	123	14
2010	37.3 °C2 August 2010	-5.8 °C9 January 2010	20.1 °C	1,088 mm	140	12
2009	38.0 °C24 June 2009	-1.0 °C16 January 2009	20.8 °C	1,437 mm	120	4
2008	36.1 °C21 July 2008	-3.5 °C3 January 2008	20.7 °C	1,215 mm	108	3
2007	37.9 °C11 August 2007	-0.1 °C16 February 2007	20.7 °C	1,038 mm	117	1
2006	37.6 °C16 August 2006	-2.6 °C8 December 2006	21.2 °C	1,021 mm	124	4
2005	37.0 °C28 August 2005	-0.7 °C24 January 2005	20.8 °C	1,005 mm	138	4
2004	35.7 °C16 September 2004	-3.2 °C26 December 2004	20.7 °C	1,368 mm	116	8
2003	33.4 °C7 August 2003	-4.5 °C24 January 2003	19.9 °C	1,381 mm	91	6
2002	34.5 °C7 July 2002	-5.0 °C4 January 2002	20.1 °C	1,343 mm	102	8
2001	33.6 °C21 July 2001	-4.2 °C3 January 2001	20.0 °C	1,436 mm	76	12
2000	39.3 °C30 August 2000	-2.7 °C20 December 2000	20.6 °C	820 mm	119	7
1999	35.9 °C3 August 1999	-3.6 °C5 January 1999	20.7 °C	873 mm	120	4
1998	35.8 °C1 August 1998	0.4 °C11 March 1998	20.9 °C	1,564 mm	117	0
1997	34.3 °C4 July 1997	-3.0 °C17 January 1997	19.8 °C	1,305 mm	104	6
1996	35.0 °C6 July 1996	-8.5 °C5 February 1996	19.9 °C	1,040 mm	99	17
1995	36.2 °C2 September 1995	-2.3 °C10 December 1995	20.5 °C	1,420 mm	115	5
1994	32.9 °C17 June 1994	-2.9 °C19 January 1994	20.2 °C	1,158 mm	81	5
1993	34.9 °C18 August 1993	-3.1 °C14 March 1993	19.7 °C	1,252 mm	107	2
1992	35.1 °C5 July 1992	-2.9 °C20 January 1992	19.6 °C	1,382 mm	80	3
1991	34.4 °C14 July 1991	-2.0 °C9 November 1991	20.2 °C	1,689 mm	92	3
1990	36.5 °C26 August 1990	-4.2 °C24 December 1990	20.6 °C	1,223 mm	115	3
1989	35.7 °C2 September 1989	-12.0 °C23 December 1989	19.6 °C	1,268 mm	87	13
1988	34.2 °C18 June 1988	-4.2 °C7 February 1988	19.5 °C	1,279 mm	90	13
1987	33.4 °C20 August 1987	-3.1 °C23 January 1987	19.4 °C	1,716 mm	83	3
1986	36.2 °C30 July 1986	-3.4 °C12 February 1986	20.2 °C	1,334 mm	111	6
1985	33.6 °C27 June 1985	-9.8 °C21 January 1985	19.8 °C	1,389 mm	84	15
1984	33.6 °C14 May 1984	-3.5 °C21 January 1984	19.8 °C	1,170 mm	73	11
1983	34.5 °C31 August 1983	-9.8 °C25 December 1983	18.9 °C	1,653 mm	74	8
1982	33.8 °C30 August 1982	-10.3 °C11 January 1982	20.1 °C	1,505 mm	97	10
1981	36.5 °C23 July 1981	-4.3 °C12 February 1981	20.1 °C	949 mm	117	7
1980	37.7 °C22 August 1980	-4.2 °C3 March 1980	19.9 °C	1,309 mm	115	10
1979	33.9 °C30 June 1979	-5.6 °C3 January 1979	19.1 °C	1,244 mm	75	17
1978	33.9 °C4 August 1978	-4.8 °C22 February 1978	19.2 °C	1,205 mm	98	15
1977	35.7 °C2 July 1977	-6.2 °C19 January 1977	19.8 °C	1,291 mm	96	13
1976	34.2 °C26 August 1976	-4.8 °C9 January 1976	19.0 °C	1,059 mm	86	9
1975	32.6 °C2 September 1975	-3.6 °C19 December 1975	19.9 °C	1,445 mm	64	5
1974	32.9 °C20 August 1974	-1.3 °C26 February 1974	20.2 °C	1,235 mm	62	3
1973	35.1 °C19 July 1973	-5.0 °C13 January 1973	20.1 °C	1,591 mm	83	13
1972	34.8 °C7 June 1972	-4.1 °C16 January 1972	20.2 °C	1,077 mm	113	8
1971	34.7 °C24 June 1971	-3.2 °C10 February 1971	20.3 °C	980 mm	84	6
1970	36.7 °C3 July 1970	-5.9 °C7 January 1970	19.7 °C	1,047 mm	102	12
1969	35.8 °C1 July 1969	-4.1 °C5 January 1969	19.6 °C	902 mm	113	4
1968	33.8 °C28 July 1968	-3.1 °C14 January 1968	19.2 °C	818 mm	101	11
1967	34.4 °C19 June 1967	-2.7 °C8 February 1967	19.9 °C	1,069 mm	79	5
1966	34.5 °C10 June 1966	-6.4 °C30 January 1966	19.3 °C	1,298 mm	71	12
1965	33.5 °C21 July 1965	-4.6 °C17 January 1965	20.1 °C	1,028 mm	85	6
1964	34.8 °C23 June 1964	-5.2 °C14 January 1964	19.6 °C	1,242 mm	91	8
1963	34.9 °C7 September 1963	-8.5 °C24 January 1963	19.8 °C	873 mm	118	23
1962	36.8 °C8 August 1962	-10.6 °C11 January 1962	20.0 °C	895 mm	121	10
1961	32.4 °C19 July 1961	-4.1 °C29 January 1961	19.2 °C	1,503 mm	66	9
1960	34.8 °C4 July 1960	-3.2 °C14 February 1960	19.3 °C	1,016 mm	101	14
1959	33.9 °C18 June 1959	-2.9 °C11 January 1959	19.6 °C	1,250 mm	97	8
1958	34.4 °C30 July 1958	-5.5 °C13 February 1958	19.3 °C	1,069 mm	98	12
1957	34.8 °C14 July 1957	-4.5 °C12 December 1957	20.5 °C	1,270 mm	96	4
1956	34.5 °C17 July 1956	-1.4 °C30 November 1956	20.4 °C	1,014 mm	101	3
1955	34.7 °C23 August 1955	-3.4 °C16 December 1955	20.3 °C	1,071 mm	104	6
1954	36.8 °C30 June 1954	-1.2 °C8 February 1954	20.5 °C	744 mm	119	2
1953	35.0 °C11 June 1953	-2.6 °C24 December 1953	20.3 °C	1,494 mm	100	3
1952	34.2 °C23 June 1952	-2.8 °C15 December 1952	19.9 °C	1,018 mm	100	2
1951	36.8 °C18 July 1951	-9.9 °C3 February 1951	20.4 °C	903 mm	117	12
1950	34.2 °C17 August 1950	-5.6 °C7 December 1950	20.3 °C	1,040 mm	86	4
1949	34.4 °C20 August 1949	-5.6 °C31 January 1949	20.5 °C	1,615 mm	82	4
1948	36.0 °C9 July 1948	-6.6 °C18 January 1948	20.0 °C	1,569 mm	94	13
1947	36.3 °C6 August 1947	-1.4 °C10 February 1947	19.7 °C	1,704 mm	89	4
1946	33.0 °C27 July 1946	-2.6 °C23 January 1946	20.3 °C	1,699 mm	49	1
1945	34.7 °C3 August 1945	-1.0 °C20 December 1945	20.7 °C	1,131 mm	93	1
1944	36.5 °C22 September 1944	-0.7 °C10 January 1944	20.8 °C	1,261 mm	101	1
1943	38.4 °C24 July 1943	-1.9 °C20 January 1943	20.0 °C	1,302 mm	95	7
1942	34.1 °C15 July 1942	-4.2 °C11 January 1942	19.7 °C	987 mm	78	4
1941	33.9 °C23 August 1941	-0.7 °C19 January 1941	19.4 °C	1,319 mm	65	2
1940	32.5 °C10 September 1940	-4.4 °C27 January 1940	18.9 °C	1,471 mm	46	13

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.4 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

135 d/yr

+34

Frost days (< 0 °C)

10 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1056 mm

-190 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	14.7 °C	-1.5 °C	100 mm	-16 mm
Feb	20.4 °C	+2.5 °C	111 mm	+4 mm
Mar	23.9 °C	+2.6 °C	106 mm	-6 mm
Apr	26.6 °C	+1.7 °C	60 mm	-40 mm
May	28.6 °C	+0.2 °C	161 mm	+65 mm
Jun	31.5 °C	+0.5 °C	105 mm	+7 mm
Jul	32.7 °C	+1.2 °C	106 mm	-18 mm
Aug	33.0 °C	+1.4 °C	103 mm	-11 mm
Sep	32.8 °C	+2.8 °C	31 mm	-73 mm
Oct	28.9 °C	+2.5 °C	92 mm	+19 mm
Nov	23.7 °C	+2.5 °C	13 mm	-81 mm
Dec	19.3 °C	+1.6 °C	68 mm	-41 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.2 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-12.4 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

53.3 mm

23 Feb 2025

Windiest day

42.5 km/h

2 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

85.0 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.7 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-17.7 °C

22 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

8.6 cm

21 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

21 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of New Iberia?

New Iberia has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 1,246 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in New Iberia?

The hottest day measured in New Iberia between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 2023, reaching 40.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in New Iberia?

The coldest day measured in New Iberia between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2025, at -12.4 °C.

Does it snow in New Iberia?

Almost never: New Iberia sees virtually no snow, with about 7 frost days per year.

Has the climate of New Iberia warmed?

Yes: New Iberia warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in New Iberia?

The wettest day measured in New Iberia between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 1987, with 209 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in New Iberia?

The windiest day measured in New Iberia between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1965, with winds reaching 73.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in New Iberia?

The warmest month in New Iberia is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.3 °C).

How much does it rain in New Iberia?

New Iberia receives on average 1,246 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.

Is it sunny in New Iberia?

New Iberia gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in New Iberia?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in New Iberia between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2025, with 8.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in New Iberia?

Yes: New Iberia has on average 149 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in New Iberia?

In New Iberia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.3 °C on 24 August 2023, and the lowest was -19.7 °C on 23 December 1989.

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