Climate and average weather in Laplace

In Laplace, the summers are muggy, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are mild and partly cloudy.

Best: late February to mid May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Laplace typically varies from 47°F to 88°F, and is rarely below 35°F or above 92°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Laplace for warm-weather activities are from late February to mid May and late September to early December.

Hottest
Jul
88°
Coldest
Jan
47°
Wettest
Aug
5.9 in
Driest
Nov
3.5 in
Rain / yr
54.1 in
137 wet days
Daylight
10.1–13.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
10 ft
30.1°N
Clearest
Oct
42% cloud

Laplace is unincorporated suburban community and census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Density
523/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Laplace weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late February to mid May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Laplace, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.8 months, from May 9 to October 2, with daily high temperatures above 81°F. The hottest month of the year in Laplace is July, with an average high of 88°F and low of 77°F.

The cool season lasts 2.9 months, from November 30 to February 24, with daily high temperatures below 66°F. The coldest month of the year in Laplace is January, with an average low of 47°F and high of 61°F.

Days typically run about 13°F warmer than nights year-round.

40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan6147
Feb6550
Mar7056
Apr7662
May8369
Jun8775
Jul8877
Aug8877
Sep8573
Oct7864
Nov7055
Dec6349

How hot and cold Laplace really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Laplace feels like about 100°F (around August 10). About 113 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan61614347
Feb65654850
Mar70705656
Apr76766262
May85836969
Jun94877575
Jul98887777
Aug98887777
Sep90857373
Oct78786464
Nov70705555
Dec63634749

Average hourly temperature in Laplace

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 88°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 47°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Laplace weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan61° / 47°4.79.710.35.2
Feb65° / 50°4.59.310.95.9
Mar70° / 56°4.59.511.86.7
Apr76° / 62°4.18.912.77.1
May83° / 69°3.99.513.56.1
Jun87° / 75°5.115.213.94.2
Jul88° / 77°5.61913.73.5
Aug88° / 77°5.918.613.13.6
Sep85° / 73°4.712.412.25.1
Oct78° / 64°3.68.211.37.3
Nov70° / 55°3.57.710.57.0
Dec63° / 49°4.09.410.15.8

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Laplace gets about 54.1 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.9 months, from around May 27 to Sep 21, peaking in July at about 64% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Nov 8.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 5.9 in over about 19 wet days; November is the driest, with 3.5 in.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 17 · 64%Nov 8 · 24%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3110
Feb339
Mar3010
Apr299
May3210
Jun5015
Jul6119
Aug6019
Sep4212
Oct268
Nov268
Dec319

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Laplace collects about 54.1 in of rain across 137 wet days — roughly 4.5 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 5.9 in, while November is the driest at just 3.5 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 31% of the year’s total.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec4.74.54.54.13.95.15.65.94.73.63.54.0
Rainfall (in)Rain days
Jan4.710
Feb4.59
Mar4.510
Apr4.19
May3.910
Jun5.115
Jul5.619
Aug5.919
Sep4.712
Oct3.68
Nov3.58
Dec4.09

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Laplace, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around September 6 and lasts for 2.9 months, ending around December 2. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 66% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around December 3 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around March 20. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 54% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecOct 22 · 66%Jan 31 · 44%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4654
Feb4654
Mar5050
Apr5545
May6238
Jun5644
Jul4654
Aug4753
Sep5941
Oct6634
Nov6139
Dec4852

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 7, brings about 13 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.37:035:19
Feb10.96:495:44
Mar11.86:186:05
Apr12.75:406:24
May13.55:136:43
Jun13.95:047:00
Jul13.75:157:00
Aug13.15:336:39
Sep12.25:516:02
Oct11.36:095:25
Nov10.56:335:01
Dec10.16:565:00

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Laplace averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 7 and 16 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.0 months, from around Sep 7 to Dec 5. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 16 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is July, down near 8 sunny days — about 52% fewer than the October peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightOct 2016 daysJul 317 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr12Mixed
May13Mixed
Jun11Mixed
Jul8Gloomy
Aug8Mixed
Sep13Mixed
Oct16Bright
Nov13Mixed
Dec11Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Laplace, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around April 20 to October 16. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 17 to April 19, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 85% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 25 · 88%Jun 27 · 0%humidmiserablecomfortableoppressivemuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan731210400
Feb651314800
Mar4616231510
Apr2715212880
May871533371
Jun013136419
Jul00034849
Aug00144254
Sep256155021
Oct22161722203
Nov5118171230
Dec661314710

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Laplace is typically light breeze, near 7 mph, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.8 months, from around Oct 17 to May 11. The windiest month is February, averaging about 9 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 12 to Oct 16, with August the calmest month at about 6 mph.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyFeb 27 · 9 mphAug 5 · 5 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan9light breeze
Feb9light breeze
Mar9light breeze
Apr9light breeze
May7calm
Jun6calm
Jul5calm
Aug6calm
Sep7calm
Oct8light breeze
Nov8light breeze
Dec9light breeze

Hazard calendar for Laplace

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Laplace sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Laplace

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Laplace throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early March, Laplace is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Laplace for general outdoor tourist activities run from late February to mid May and again from late September to early December, with a peak score in the last week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 26 · 7.6

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.3fair
Feb5.9good
Mar6.7good
Apr7.1good
May6.1good
Jun4.2fair
Jul3.5fair
Aug3.7fair
Sep5.2fair
Oct7.3good
Nov7.0good
Dec5.8good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Laplace for hot-weather activities run from early April to late June and again from late August to early November, with a peak score in the third week of May.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 15 · 7.2

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Laplace, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 88°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 61°F), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Laplace sees daytime highs around 88°F and nights near 77°F. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Laplace

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 86°F and coldest in January near 58°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Apr 5 to Nov 14 — about 7.4 months when the water holds above 68°F.

60°70°80°90°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan58Bracing
Feb58Bracing
Mar64Cool
Apr71Refreshing
May78Warm
Jun84Tropical
Jul86Tropical
Aug86Tropical
Sep83Tropical
Oct76Warm
Nov67Cool
Dec61Cool

UV index (midday) in Laplace by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Laplace peaks around July 12 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 10Dec 19UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7High
Apr10Very high
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Laplace

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan40
Feb5.50
Mar62.5
Apr85.5
May85.5
Jun8.56
Jul85.5
Aug7.55
Sep74
Oct5.50
Nov4.50
Dec30

Air quality in Laplace by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Laplace is worst in July — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (January, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1623 µg/m³Jan 199 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar11Good
Apr11Good
May15Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov11Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

Laplace is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan950
Feb980
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov990
Dec970

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Laplace banks about 7,148 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02,0004,0006,0008,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan133
Feb208
Mar399
Apr574
May808
Jun930
Jul1,004
Aug1,000
Sep872
Oct656
Nov365
Dec199

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Laplace receives about 4.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.6 and 6.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Mar 15 to Oct 1. The brightest month is May, averaging about 6.1 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.7 kWh/m² — roughly 55% less than the May peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 166.2 kWhDec 252.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.9Moderate
Feb3.6Moderate
Mar4.6Bright
Apr5.7Bright
May6.2Intense
Jun5.9Bright
Jul5.7Bright
Aug5.4Bright
Sep4.8Bright
Oct4.3Bright
Nov3.3Moderate
Dec2.7Moderate

Where is Laplace?

Laplace sits at 30.1°N, 90.5°W, 10 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Kenner, 15 mi away.

Topography around Laplace

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Laplace.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Laplace has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 ft around an average of 13 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 295 ft.

The land around Laplace is covered by trees (31%), grassland (28%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 2 miles, trees (46%) and water (27%) within 10 miles, and trees (46%) and water (22%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
72 ft
10 miles
95 ft
50 miles
295 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Kenner 15 mi · Metairie Terrace 20 mi · Metairie 21 mi · New Orleans 25 mi · Marrero 25 mi · Harvey 27 mi · Estelle 27 mi · Gretna 28 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Laplace (30.067°, -90.4815°, elevation 10 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).