Louisiana

Clarks, Louisiana Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Columbia Lock, 15.9 km from Clarks

The warmest month is August, with an average high of 93°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 37°F. A normal year brings 59.3 in of precipitation and 0.3 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Monroe Regional (MLU), since 1930. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Clarks through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-250255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
86°F
Normal low
63°F
Record high
101°Fin 1931
Record low
46°Fin 1990
Chance of a wet day
18%
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 daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January57°F37°F83°F (2022)-1°F (1962)6.00 in10.00.1 in12.05655
February61°F39°F89°F (2012)-2°F (1951)5.48 in9.00.2 in8.44258
March69°F46°F91°F (1963)18°F (2002)5.14 in8.70.0 in2.025729
April76°F54°F97°F (1931)32°F (1987)6.20 in7.00.0 in0.09786
May84°F63°F104°F (1998)39°F (2013)4.93 in8.10.0 in0.013270
June90°F70°F108°F (1931)51°F (1984)4.66 in8.70.0 in0.00445
July93°F73°F108°F (1930)56°F (1967)4.76 in8.20.0 in0.00547
August93°F72°F108°F (1935)51°F (1968)3.67 in7.40.0 in0.00542
September88°F66°F107°F (2000)35°F (1967)3.57 in5.40.0 in0.03361
October78°F55°F99°F (2019)29°F (1957)4.34 in6.30.0 in0.080127
November67°F44°F90°F (1971)19°F (1969)4.69 in7.90.0 in3.229521
December59°F38°F84°F (2022)5°F (1989)5.82 in9.40.0 in12.05098
Year76°F55°F59.26 in960.3 in382,2432,449

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.

59.3 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 Clarks, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Columbia Lock.

0.3 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Columbia Lock. 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 5 and the first fall freeze around November 22, a growing season of about 263 days.

Median at 36°F
last March 21, first November 10
Median at 32°F
last March 5, first November 22
Median at 28°F
last February 20, first December 4

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

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

The muggiest month is July, when 93 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January41°F84%85%9%6%1%0%0%
February45°F84%77%12%8%2%0%0%
March51°F82%58%18%16%8%0%0%
April58°F80%34%19%22%22%4%0%
May65°F77%10%11%18%37%25%0%
June70°F73%1%4%10%26%53%6%
July72°F71%1%1%5%16%65%12%
August70°F68%1%3%10%21%53%11%
September65°F67%14%12%16%28%28%3%
October55°F70%46%17%13%16%8%0%
November48°F77%71%11%12%5%0%0%
December43°F84%80%11%7%2%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 October, with the sky 42 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 63 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 February, averaging 7.8 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 16, with 14 h 15 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 16, with 10 h 03 min.

Hours of daylight at Clarks through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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 Caldwell 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 Caldwell Parish: 84.7°F (+2.6 °F against 1991-2020), the 8th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Caldwell Parish: 1.96 in (-1.75 in against 1991-2020), the 29th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Caldwell Parish: 69.7°F (+2.4 °F against 1991-2020), the 3rd warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Caldwell Parish: 30.19 in (-8.22 in against 1991-2020), the 28th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
87.6°F in 2023
Coolest August
77.1°F in 1992
Wettest August
15.87 in in 2022
Driest August
0.13 in in 2000

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Caldwell 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 Clarks 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 1930. 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 USC00161979 (Columbia Lock), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00013942, 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.