Opelousas, LA Weather & Climate Normals
Opelousas's real weather, in one number
Opelousas, LA scores 58/100 on this site's reading of NOAA's own 30-year normals: strongly seasonal. Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. 6 of the year's 12 months average between 55 and 75°F, the range this site counts as mild.
Opelousas's hottest and coldest months
Opelousas's hottest month is Aug, averaging 82°F; its coldest is Jan, averaging 53°F, a 29.7°F swing across the year, a middling gap by national standards.
Rain and snow in Opelousas
Over a typical year, Opelousas sees about 61.63in of precipitation a year across roughly 109 days with measurable rain or snow. That station has no snowfall reading, so none is shown rather than assumed.
Where Opelousas ranks
Opelousas ranks 626 of 4876 US cities in this dataset for comfort score, and 10 of 59 within LA. About 15,176 people live there.
If you need tomorrow's forecast, not the 30-year average
Everything above is a 30-year average from GRAND COTEAU, LA US, 7.7 miles from Opelousas, not a prediction for any specific day.
More on how this is worked out
Why some cities show no snow or rain figure · What a 30-year climate normal actually is