Prairieville climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Prairieville?

Prairieville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 1,310 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Prairieville?

The hottest day measured in Prairieville between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 2023, reaching 41.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Prairieville?

The coldest day measured in Prairieville between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2025, at -12.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Prairieville?

Almost never: Prairieville sees virtually no snow, with about 10 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Prairieville warmed?

Yes: Prairieville warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Prairieville?

The wettest day measured in Prairieville between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1992, with 221 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Prairieville?

The windiest day measured in Prairieville between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1965, with winds reaching 74.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Prairieville?

The warmest month in Prairieville is July (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Prairieville?

Prairieville receives on average 1,310 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Prairieville?

Prairieville gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Prairieville (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 1,310 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 (27.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Prairieville averages 10 frost days, 110 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.

Prairieville has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 27 August 2023) and the coldest -12.7 °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

PrairievilleLouisiana

coords: 30.30°, -90.97°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

19.8°C

Average daily high

25.1°C

Average daily low

15.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,310mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

14.5km/h

Seasonal range

16.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

10 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

110 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

136 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.7 cm

Average feels-like high

26.7 °C

Average feels-like low

15.7 °C

Average peak gust

32.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

139 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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

41.1 °C

27 August 2023

Coldest day

-12.7 °C

22 January 2025

Wettest day

221 mm

26 August 1992

Windiest day

74.7 km/h

10 September 1965

Strongest gust

164.2 km/h

1 September 2008

Hottest feels-like

45.5 °C

26 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

-19.5 °C

23 December 1989

Snowiest day

8.3 cm

11 December 2008

Sunniest day

13.9 h

7 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.2 °C29 July 2025	-12.7 °C22 January 2025	21.0 °C	1,270 mm	142	14
2024	37.4 °C14 August 2024	-6.6 °C17 January 2024	21.6 °C	1,615 mm	138	6
2023	41.1 °C27 August 2023	-0.6 °C20 March 2023	22.1 °C	977 mm	150	1
2022	37.3 °C24 June 2022	-5.2 °C23 December 2022	20.5 °C	1,332 mm	138	13
2021	35.9 °C23 August 2021	-6.2 °C16 February 2021	20.5 °C	1,690 mm	101	6
2020	36.9 °C16 August 2020	-0.4 °C1 December 2020	21.2 °C	1,551 mm	115	1
2019	37.4 °C8 July 2019	-3.2 °C13 November 2019	21.0 °C	1,516 mm	140	3
2018	36.2 °C22 July 2018	-8.7 °C17 January 2018	20.8 °C	1,510 mm	140	15
2017	35.0 °C20 July 2017	-4.4 °C8 January 2017	21.2 °C	1,531 mm	112	4
2016	35.5 °C26 June 2016	-2.0 °C24 January 2016	21.0 °C	1,561 mm	132	4
2015	37.6 °C9 August 2015	-5.0 °C8 January 2015	20.9 °C	1,539 mm	121	4
2014	35.5 °C24 August 2014	-6.6 °C7 January 2014	19.3 °C	1,273 mm	117	19
2013	37.4 °C7 August 2013	-2.2 °C3 March 2013	20.0 °C	1,336 mm	121	7
2012	37.6 °C26 June 2012	-0.7 °C12 February 2012	21.1 °C	1,401 mm	122	3
2011	38.6 °C4 June 2011	-4.4 °C13 January 2011	20.7 °C	1,000 mm	138	15
2010	37.6 °C1 August 2010	-7.2 °C11 January 2010	19.5 °C	1,275 mm	136	21
2009	38.6 °C24 June 2009	-2.8 °C21 January 2009	20.4 °C	1,481 mm	118	8
2008	35.9 °C21 July 2008	-4.1 °C3 January 2008	20.1 °C	1,474 mm	110	6
2007	38.7 °C11 August 2007	-2.1 °C29 January 2007	20.4 °C	1,077 mm	126	6
2006	37.6 °C16 August 2006	-3.0 °C8 December 2006	21.0 °C	1,051 mm	144	6
2005	36.3 °C28 July 2005	-2.1 °C24 January 2005	20.3 °C	1,213 mm	137	5
2004	35.1 °C15 July 2004	-3.4 °C26 December 2004	20.1 °C	1,467 mm	108	12
2003	34.0 °C7 August 2003	-5.1 °C24 January 2003	19.6 °C	1,500 mm	100	9
2002	34.8 °C14 June 2002	-5.8 °C4 January 2002	19.8 °C	1,450 mm	111	11
2001	34.1 °C21 July 2001	-5.3 °C4 January 2001	19.7 °C	1,321 mm	91	15
2000	40.6 °C30 August 2000	-4.7 °C20 December 2000	20.4 °C	836 mm	135	10
1999	36.9 °C26 August 1999	-5.3 °C5 January 1999	20.4 °C	1,004 mm	124	5
1998	37.6 °C29 August 1998	-0.6 °C11 March 1998	20.8 °C	1,266 mm	130	1
1997	34.6 °C4 July 1997	-4.5 °C18 January 1997	19.5 °C	1,385 mm	103	6
1996	35.6 °C6 July 1996	-9.8 °C5 February 1996	19.6 °C	1,124 mm	115	18
1995	36.2 °C17 August 1995	-2.9 °C10 December 1995	20.0 °C	1,473 mm	119	8
1994	33.7 °C3 July 1994	-3.4 °C19 January 1994	19.8 °C	1,201 mm	88	8
1993	35.4 °C31 July 1993	-3.9 °C14 March 1993	19.2 °C	1,495 mm	106	5
1992	35.0 °C11 July 1992	-3.5 °C20 January 1992	19.3 °C	1,726 mm	86	5
1991	34.4 °C14 July 1991	-2.3 °C9 November 1991	20.0 °C	1,698 mm	98	7
1990	36.8 °C5 August 1990	-3.5 °C24 December 1990	20.4 °C	1,178 mm	121	3
1989	37.3 °C2 September 1989	-12.6 °C23 December 1989	19.5 °C	1,212 mm	106	16
1988	35.3 °C28 June 1988	-5.6 °C7 February 1988	19.2 °C	1,235 mm	98	19
1987	34.4 °C21 August 1987	-3.7 °C23 January 1987	19.1 °C	1,493 mm	92	5
1986	37.5 °C30 July 1986	-4.0 °C12 February 1986	19.9 °C	1,325 mm	120	9
1985	35.2 °C6 June 1985	-11.4 °C21 January 1985	19.5 °C	1,368 mm	106	22
1984	34.7 °C14 May 1984	-5.1 °C1 January 1984	19.4 °C	1,213 mm	87	16
1983	34.7 °C31 August 1983	-10.2 °C25 December 1983	18.5 °C	1,707 mm	79	10
1982	34.6 °C12 June 1982	-10.5 °C11 January 1982	20.0 °C	1,405 mm	111	12
1981	37.1 °C23 July 1981	-6.5 °C13 January 1981	19.7 °C	1,073 mm	121	14
1980	37.9 °C22 August 1980	-5.1 °C3 March 1980	19.5 °C	1,501 mm	112	14
1979	35.2 °C6 July 1979	-6.3 °C3 January 1979	18.8 °C	1,333 mm	83	20
1978	35.2 °C4 August 1978	-5.2 °C22 February 1978	18.9 °C	1,276 mm	119	20
1977	37.1 °C31 May 1977	-6.3 °C19 January 1977	19.6 °C	1,402 mm	106	18
1976	35.7 °C25 August 1976	-5.1 °C9 January 1976	18.8 °C	1,053 mm	101	14
1975	33.3 °C2 September 1975	-4.3 °C19 December 1975	19.6 °C	1,431 mm	86	6
1974	33.4 °C12 July 1974	-2.8 °C26 February 1974	20.0 °C	1,181 mm	82	7
1973	35.7 °C19 July 1973	-5.3 °C13 January 1973	19.9 °C	1,654 mm	104	15
1972	35.5 °C8 June 1972	-4.3 °C16 January 1972	20.1 °C	1,118 mm	124	9
1971	34.8 °C13 June 1971	-4.7 °C10 February 1971	19.9 °C	1,086 mm	105	8
1970	37.1 °C3 July 1970	-5.9 °C7 January 1970	19.4 °C	1,126 mm	123	18
1969	36.8 °C29 June 1969	-4.4 °C5 January 1969	19.4 °C	1,026 mm	117	8
1968	34.3 °C28 July 1968	-3.4 °C14 January 1968	18.9 °C	878 mm	117	16
1967	35.1 °C26 June 1967	-3.1 °C8 February 1967	19.5 °C	1,091 mm	86	10
1966	34.5 °C20 July 1966	-7.4 °C30 January 1966	18.8 °C	1,425 mm	76	13
1965	34.5 °C20 July 1965	-5.0 °C17 January 1965	19.7 °C	1,144 mm	99	9
1964	34.9 °C22 June 1964	-5.0 °C14 January 1964	19.3 °C	1,444 mm	98	11
1963	37.0 °C14 June 1963	-9.5 °C24 January 1963	19.5 °C	925 mm	141	24
1962	37.4 °C9 August 1962	-11.2 °C11 January 1962	19.7 °C	991 mm	130	13
1961	33.2 °C5 September 1961	-4.1 °C29 December 1961	18.8 °C	1,498 mm	73	13
1960	36.2 °C28 July 1960	-4.4 °C22 December 1960	18.9 °C	1,175 mm	106	17
1959	34.2 °C18 June 1959	-3.0 °C17 January 1959	19.2 °C	1,433 mm	101	13
1958	34.4 °C30 July 1958	-5.6 °C13 February 1958	18.8 °C	1,161 mm	104	15
1957	35.4 °C10 July 1957	-3.8 °C12 December 1957	20.1 °C	1,330 mm	96	5
1956	35.7 °C8 August 1956	-2.2 °C30 November 1956	19.9 °C	1,125 mm	104	6
1955	35.7 °C23 August 1955	-3.9 °C12 February 1955	20.1 °C	967 mm	124	12
1954	37.8 °C30 June 1954	-1.8 °C8 February 1954	20.1 °C	811 mm	127	4
1953	36.1 °C10 June 1953	-2.6 °C24 December 1953	20.0 °C	1,694 mm	110	3
1952	34.9 °C14 June 1952	-3.7 °C15 December 1952	19.6 °C	1,008 mm	113	2
1951	37.3 °C14 August 1951	-10.0 °C3 February 1951	20.0 °C	1,042 mm	121	15
1950	34.2 °C27 June 1950	-5.6 °C7 December 1950	19.9 °C	1,109 mm	91	5
1949	34.9 °C20 August 1949	-4.5 °C31 January 1949	20.2 °C	1,663 mm	90	5
1948	36.2 °C9 July 1948	-6.6 °C18 January 1948	19.7 °C	1,620 mm	100	14
1947	37.4 °C6 August 1947	-2.1 °C10 February 1947	19.4 °C	1,704 mm	97	5
1946	33.2 °C27 July 1946	-2.7 °C23 January 1946	20.1 °C	1,672 mm	61	1
1945	35.2 °C3 August 1945	-2.3 °C20 December 1945	20.4 °C	1,376 mm	107	1
1944	36.6 °C26 June 1944	-2.3 °C10 January 1944	20.5 °C	1,403 mm	113	1
1943	38.5 °C27 August 1943	-2.1 °C20 January 1943	19.6 °C	1,328 mm	108	8
1942	35.0 °C13 July 1942	-4.7 °C11 January 1942	19.4 °C	1,045 mm	91	7
1941	34.8 °C23 August 1941	-1.6 °C9 February 1941	19.1 °C	1,181 mm	78	3
1940	33.1 °C10 September 1940	-5.2 °C27 January 1940	18.6 °C	1,431 mm	54	16

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.3 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

142 d/yr

+32

Frost days (< 0 °C)

14 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1270 mm

-40 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	14.7 °C	-1.5 °C	86 mm	-28 mm
Feb	20.8 °C	+2.7 °C	143 mm	+32 mm
Mar	24.3 °C	+2.7 °C	141 mm	+18 mm
Apr	27.2 °C	+1.9 °C	104 mm	-8 mm
May	28.9 °C	0.0 °C	183 mm	+76 mm
Jun	31.6 °C	+0.2 °C	115 mm	+9 mm
Jul	32.7 °C	+0.8 °C	151 mm	+15 mm
Aug	32.5 °C	+0.5 °C	134 mm	+10 mm
Sep	32.1 °C	+2.0 °C	40 mm	-67 mm
Oct	28.2 °C	+1.9 °C	105 mm	+32 mm
Nov	23.6 °C	+2.4 °C	12 mm	-80 mm
Dec	19.4 °C	+1.7 °C	56 mm	-49 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.2 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-12.7 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

60.0 mm

23 Feb 2025

Windiest day

34.5 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

79.9 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.4 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-17.8 °C

22 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

8.2 cm

21 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

7 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Prairieville?

Prairieville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 1,310 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Prairieville?

The hottest day measured in Prairieville between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 2023, reaching 41.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Prairieville?

The coldest day measured in Prairieville between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2025, at -12.7 °C.

Does it snow in Prairieville?

Almost never: Prairieville sees virtually no snow, with about 10 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Prairieville warmed?

Yes: Prairieville warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Prairieville?

The wettest day measured in Prairieville between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1992, with 221 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Prairieville?

The windiest day measured in Prairieville between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1965, with winds reaching 74.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Prairieville?

The warmest month in Prairieville is July (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Prairieville?

Prairieville receives on average 1,310 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Prairieville?

Prairieville gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Prairieville?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Prairieville between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2008, with 8.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Prairieville?

Yes: Prairieville has on average 139 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Prairieville?

In Prairieville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.5 °C on 26 August 2023, and the lowest was -19.5 °C on 23 December 1989.

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