Baton Rouge Metro Area, LA Climate

Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area has a humid subtropical climate with relatively mild winters and hot, humid summers. The summer months tend to be the wettest of the year, with frequent thunderstorms occurring due to moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. Winters are usually mild, with temperatures in the 40s and 50s Fahrenheit during the day and lows in the 30s at night. Spring and fall are generally pleasant, although there may be days that reach as high as 90 degrees F.

Baton Rouge Metro Area, Louisiana gets 62 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Baton Rouge Metro Area averages 0 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 218 sunny days per year in Baton Rouge Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Baton Rouge Metro Area gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 104 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 92 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 40
Rain: averages 62 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 0 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the Baton Rouge metro area is 6.9 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Louisiana.

3.3 Summer - 7.8 Winter

October, April and November are the most pleasant months in the Baton Rouge metro area, while July and August are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	United States
	61.9 in.	38.1 in.
	0.1 in.	27.8 in.
	104.1 days	106.2 days
	218 days	205 days
	91.6°	85.8°
	39.6°	21.7°
	6.9	7
	5.8	4.3
	75 ft.	2443 ft.

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.

August is the hottest month for the Baton Rouge metro area with an average high temperature of 91.9°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Louisiana. In the Baton Rouge metro area, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the Baton Rouge metro area are April, October and March.

In the Baton Rouge metro area, there are 80.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Louisiana.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the Baton Rouge metro area with an average of 39.6°. This is about average compared to other places in Louisiana.

In the Baton Rouge metro area, there are 20.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in Louisiana.

In the Baton Rouge metro area, there are 0.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Louisiana.

Humidity in the Baton Rouge metro area can be stifling in the summer, but pleasant for most of the year. The most uncomfortably humid months are July, August and June. The humid season runs from May-September and the least humid months are October-April.

June is the wettest month in the Baton Rouge metro area with 6.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is November with 4.3 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 28% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 61.9 inches in the Baton Rouge metro area means that it is wetter than most places in Louisiana.

July is the rainiest month in the Baton Rouge metro area with 11.6 days of rain, and April is the driest month with only 6.6 rainy days. There are 104.1 rainy days annually in the Baton Rouge metro area, which is about average compared to other places in Louisiana. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 32% of the time and the driest is Summer with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 0.1 inches in the Baton Rouge metro area means that it is snowier than most places in Louisiana. December is the snowiest month in the Baton Rouge metro area with 0.0 inches of snow, and no months of the year have significant snowfall.

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