Delacroix, LA Climate

Delacroix, LA has a humid subtropical climate with warm temperatures year round. Summers are hot and humid, with average highs in the low 90s and lows in the mid 70s. Winters are mild and wetter than other times of the year, with average highs in the upper 60s and lows in the mid 50s. Rainfall is spread fairly evenly throughout the year but tends to be higher during summer months. The area also experiences occasional hurricanes coming from the Gulf of Mexico during late summer and early fall, along with heavy thunderstorms during those seasons as well.

Climate	Delacroix, Louisiana	United States
Rainfall		38.1

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.