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Winter Weather in the Eastern U.S.; Heavy Rains Begin Across the Southern Plains into the Ohio Valley

A wintry mix may impact travel across portions of the Mid-Atlantic through the morning and the Northeast U.S. through Tuesday. Heavy rain and thunderstorms may cause a flooding threat across the Southern Plains into the Ohio Valley beginning Tuesday. Fire weather concerns will continue across portions of the central and southern High Plains through Wednesday. Read More >

Cooperative Station Climate Data
 

  Station: LSU Dean Lee Research Center
  State: Louisiana
  Parish: Rapides

 

 

30 Year Normals (1981-2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
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Temps
(°F)
Max 58.5 62.4 69.8 77.0 84.6 89.9 92.2 92.7 88.2 79.5 69.6 60.8 77.1
Min 38.1 41.8 48.5 55.3 64.3 70.6 73.0 71.9 65.9 55.2 46.9 40.1 56.0
Precipitation (in.) 5.39 5.24 4.58 3.93 4.90 5.23 4.53 3.51 4.73 5.30 6.64 5.98 59.96
Degree
Days
Heating 523 370 218 74 5 0 0 0 4 68 235 461 1958
Cooling 5 9 36 109 298 458 546 536 366 141 32 10 2546

Note: Sums/averages of monthly values may not equate to yearly sums/averages due to rounding -
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Map location of LSU Dean Lee

Data courtesy of the National Climatic Data Center
Map courtesy of Google - map functions are non-operative