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Bastrop, Louisiana Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Bastrop, 5.2 km from Bastrop

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 91°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 34°F. A normal year brings 58.4 in of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Bastrop (BQP), since 1893. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Bastrop through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-250255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
84°F
Normal low
61°F
Record high
98°Fin 1921
Record low
44°Fin 1989
Chance of a wet day
19%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January54°F34°F84°F (1952)4°F (1982)5.72 in10.316.06582
February58°F37°F87°F (2012)-12°F (1899)4.91 in8.511.24933
March67°F44°F93°F (1974)15°F (1943)4.94 in8.84.532320
April74°F52°F94°F (2006)28°F (1989)6.14 in7.30.113168
May81°F61°F101°F (1951)39°F (2013)5.21 in9.00.026212
June88°F69°F108°F (1936)48°F (1966)4.13 in8.30.00401
July91°F72°F108°F (1954)54°F (1967)4.58 in7.90.00498
August91°F70°F107°F (1936)51°F (1986)4.68 in6.50.00479
September86°F64°F110°F (1951)37°F (1942)3.41 in5.80.07313
October76°F52°F100°F (1938)21°F (1898)5.11 in6.50.911895
November64°F42°F89°F (1971)18°F (1970)4.37 in8.35.636512
December56°F36°F89°F (1922)3°F (1989)5.19 in8.614.75854
Year74°F53°F58.39 in96532,7052,106

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

58.4 in in a normal year, most in April.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Bastrop, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Bastrop. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around March 15 and the first fall freeze around November 12, a growing season of about 241 days.

Median at 36°F
last March 31, first November 1
Median at 32°F
last March 15, first November 12
Median at 28°F
last March 2, first November 26

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Bastrop.

The muggiest month is July, when 90 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January39°F83%89%7%4%1%0%0%
February42°F83%82%10%6%2%0%0%
March49°F81%66%17%12%5%0%0%
April56°F79%42%18%21%17%2%0%
May64°F76%12%13%21%35%19%0%
June69°F71%1%6%14%30%46%3%
July71°F68%1%2%7%23%61%6%
August69°F65%3%5%15%29%44%5%
September63°F65%20%14%20%25%21%1%
October54°F69%53%16%11%15%5%0%
November46°F77%76%11%10%3%0%0%
December41°F83%85%9%5%1%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is September, with the sky 44 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 64 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is March, averaging 6.3 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 16, with 14 h 19 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 18, with 9 h 59 min.

Hours of daylight at Bastrop through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Morehouse Parish is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Morehouse Parish: 84.6°F (+2.8 °F against 1991-2020), the 6th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Morehouse Parish: 3.28 in (-0.33 in against 1991-2020), the 55th wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Morehouse Parish: 69.5°F (+3.0 °F against 1991-2020), the 2nd warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Morehouse Parish: 28.15 in (-10.34 in against 1991-2020), the 19th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
86.5°F in 2023
Coolest August
76.5°F in 1992
Wettest August
11.95 in in 2022
Driest August
0.57 in in 2000

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Morehouse Parish against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-4-20+2+41900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Louisiana climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Bastrop in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1893. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00160537 (Bastrop), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00160537, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.