Natchitoches, LA: 2026

10 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 73.3°F in Natchitoches, LA, the warmest 1 January to 10 October on record, in 92 years since 1894 (1896 excluded: 146 of 284 days missing; 1897 excluded: 283 of 283 days missing; 1898 excluded: 283 of 283 days missing; 38 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 73.3°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 92, provisional
Precipitation: 30.74 in; Driest since 2011; 20th driest of 98

A normal 1 January to 10 October in Natchitoches, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70°F, between 67.9°F and 71.7°F in eight years of ten and 42.01 in of precipitation, between 29.00 in and 55.92 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 10 October in Natchitoches, LA since 1894: 73.3°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 67.9 to 71.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 10 October in Natchitoches, LA from 1893 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	73.3	1	84.5	3	62.1	2	30.74	79	0
2025	70.9	12	82	30	59.8	13	46.03	27	0
2024	70.9	12	81.5	38	60.3	10	60.47	5	0
2023	72.9	2	84.3	5	61.4	4	35.10	65	0
2022	70.4	29	82.4	21	58.3	40	39.11	49	1
2021	69	59	79.4	70	58.5	36	37.08	60	0
2020	70.2	32	80.4	63	60	11	63.68	3	0
2019	70.9	12	81.3	48	60.4	7	49.55	21	0
2018	71.4	10	81.4	43	61.3	5	43.94	36	1
2017	72.1	5	81.4	43	62.7	1	48.34	23	0
2016	69.8	48	79.3	72	60.4	7	55.89	8	0
2015	67.9	78	77.7	91	58.1	45	39.98	44	0
2014	65.9	91	75.6	94	56.3	84	38.98	51	0
2013	68.2	73	78.3	84	58	48	39.15	48	0
2012	72.6	3	83.2	12	62	3	56.20	7	0
2011	71.8	6	83.5	9	60	11	28.27	87	0
2010	70.9	12	82.1	27	59.7	14	23.55	97	11
2009	70.5	24	81.4	43	59.6	17	38.89	52	4
2008	70.5	24	81.3	48	59.7	14	40.42	42	2
2007	70.8	20	81	55	60.5	6	39.10	50	8
2006	71.2	11	83.4	10	58.9	28	39.33	47	7
2005	70.5	24	81.4	43	59.4	19	29.08	82	7
2004	69.5	53	79.2	74	59.5	18	52.55	13	9
2003	67.9	78	77.9	89	57.7	58	38.42	53	28
2002	69.5	53	81.1	52	58.3	40	25.68	94	8
2001	68.7	63	79.3	72	58.3	40	55.38	9	8
2000	71.7	8	83.7	8	59.7	14	32.44	72	7
1999	70.9	12	82.1	27	59.2	23	43.60	37	8
1998	71.7	8	82.9	15	60.4	7	45.81	28	5
1997	68.7	63	79.7	68	57.8	54	45.80	30	3
1996	68.2	73	79.2	74	57.2	72	32.68	69	0
1995	69.6	51	80.5	61	58.7	33	52.41	14	2
1994	68.1	76	78.4	83	57.6	59	47.93	24	9
1993	67.8	81	78.6	82	57.1	73	37.45	59	1
1992	67.4	86	78.3	84	56.5	81	44.20	34	3
1991	68.3	70	78.2	87	58.3	40	57.07	6	4
1990	70.2	32	81.1	52	59.3	21	39.73	45	1
1989	67.5	83	77.5	92	57.5	61	64.46	2	1
1988	67	90	78.3	84	55.8	91	32.58	71	1
1987	67.9	78	79.2	74	56.6	79	28.90	84	1
1986	69.8	48	81	55	58.7	33	37.68	58	1
1985	68.3	70	79.8	67	56.7	77	35.90	63	5
1984	67.5	83	78.7	79	56.2	86	36.59	62	2
1983	67.1	88	77.9	89	56.2	86	45.10	32	2
1982	69	59	80	66	58	48	40.30	43	0
1981	68.2	73	78.7	79	57.5	61	31.43	78	3
1980	70	42	81.6	36	58.4	37	37.82	57	1
1979	67.5	83	78.2	87	56.7	77	48.64	22	2
1978	67.3	87	78.9	78	55.8	91	28.58	86	2
1977	69.6	51	81.2	50	57.9	52	33.84	67	2
1976	68.6	66	80.5	61	56.5	81	43.27	38	3
1975	70.1	37	81.5	38	58.7	33	52.90	11	2
1974	70.9	12	82.3	23	59.4	19	52.06	16	0
1973									32
1972	70.9	12	82.9	15	59	26	36.81	61	1
1971	69.9	46	81.8	32	58	48	25.91	93	1
1970	69.5	53	80.8	58	58.1	45	30.08	80	1
1969	70	42	81.7	34	58.4	37	29.31	81	1
1968	68	77	79.4	70	56.6	79	67.96	1	2
1967	69.4	56	81.6	36	57.3	66	38.14	56	0
1966	68.9	61	80.6	60	57.3	66	39.72	46	0
1965	70	42	82.2	25	57.9	52	32.18	73	1
1964	69.3	58	81.5	38	57.1	73	38.27	54	0
1963	70	42	83.2	12	56.9	75	22.76	98	12
1962	70.4	29	83.3	11	57.3	66	31.54	77	6
1961	68.4	67	80.3	65	56.5	81	50.19	20	6
1960	68.3	70	80.8	58	55.9	90	32.59	70	1
1959	70.1	37	82.1	27	58	48	28.68	85	0
1958	68.4	67	79.6	69	57.3	66	52.34	15	1
1957	70.1	37	81.8	32	58.4	37	50.41	19	2
1956	70.4	29	84	7	56.8	76	27.50	91	0
1955	70.5	24	82.8	19	58.3	40	47.26	25	0
1954	70.1	37	85.4	2	55.4	94	24.95	95	20
1953			84.4	4			52.79	12	33
1952	70.6	23	84.1	6	57.4	64	28.25	88	7
1951	71.8	6	83.2	12	58.9	28	31.62	76	19
1950	70.2	32	81.5	38	58.9	28	60.62	4	8
1949	69.9	46	80.4	63	59.3	21	38.27	54	4
1948	69.8	48	82	30	57.3	66	25.93	92	8
1947	68.8	62	81.4	43	56.3	84	28.09	89	10
1946	69.4	56	80.9	57	57.8	54	44.66	33	26
1945	70.5	24	81.7	34	59.1	25	53.75	10	3
1944	70.9	12	82.9	15	58.9	28	28.98	83	7
1943									147
1942									56
1941	68.4	67	79	77	57.8	54	51.82	17	5
1940	65.9	91	77.1	93	55	95	42.44	40	8
1939	70.2	32	82.3	23	57.8	54	46.88	26	6
1938					59	26	40.67	41	35
1937	70.7	21	82.2	25	58.1	45	45.38	31	19
1936									112
1935									196
1934									76
1933			82.4	21			45.81	28	41
1932									48
1931					56.2	86	24.71	96	53
1930	70.7	21	82.9	15	57.5	61	35.56	64	21
1929					57.6	59	31.75	75	42
1928					57.3	66	32.74	68	45
1927									153
1926	70.1	37	82.7	20	57.4	64	43.02	39	4
1925	72.6	3	86	1	59.2	23	27.83	90	1
1924	68.7	63	81.1	52	56.2	86	34.60	66	6
1923	70.2	32	81.5	38	58.9	28	51.35	18	2
1922									273
1896									146
1895	67.1	88	78.7	79	55.5	93	31.95	74	1
1894	67.6	82	81.2	50	54	96	43.98	35	3
1893									61

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	73.3
2023	72.9
2012	72.6
1925	72.6
2017	72.1
2011	71.8
1951	71.8
2000	71.7
1998	71.7
2018	71.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2014	65.9
1940	65.9
1988	67
1983	67.1
1895	67.1
1978	67.3
1992	67.4
1989	67.5
1984	67.5
1979	67.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1968	67.96
1989	64.46
2020	63.68
1950	60.62
2024	60.47
1991	57.07
2012	56.20
2016	55.89
2001	55.38
1945	53.75

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1963	22.76
2010	23.55
1931	24.71
1954	24.95
2002	25.68
1971	25.91
1948	25.93
1956	27.50
1925	27.83
1947	28.09

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 105°F; 22 August 2026
Coldest night: 18°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.86 in; 21 June 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	48.4°F 49th warmest of 97	4.07 in 46th driest of 103
February	57.3°F 10th warmest of 93	2.04 in 17th driest of 103
March	66.7°F 3rd warmest of 95	1.97 in 15th driest of 100
April	71.7°F 3rd warmest of 102	2.81 in 29th driest of 105
May	73.5°F 48th coldest of 102	7.70 in 20th wettest of 105
June	82.7°F 13th warmest of 104	7.44 in 15th wettest of 105
July	85.4°F 11th warmest of 102	2.91 in 44th driest of 105
August	87°F 7th warmest of 97	1.34 in 31st driest of 105
September	84.2°F Warmest of 96	0.23 in 2nd driest of 102
October so far	78.9°F 4th warmest of 98	0.23 in 46th driest of 102

Hot days and freezes

Natchitoches, LA has had 126 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 10 October, the most by that date since 2011, 9th most of 94.
Natchitoches, LA has had 20 days at 100°F or above in 2026 through 10 October, the most by that date since 2023, tied 14th most of 94 (with 1969 and 1963).
Natchitoches, LA has had 21 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 10 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 40th most of 96 (with 2021, 1965, 1962 and 1 other year).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Natchitoches, LA came on Wednesday 18 March 2026, the latest since 2023, tied 65th latest of 101 (with 1960).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
22 August	Warmest day	105°F	103°F 2023, 1980	Provisional
22 March	Warmest day	88°F	87°F 2017	Provisional
8 March	Warmest day	86°F	85°F 2023, 1974	Provisional
3 January	Warmest day	81°F	79°F 2000	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 30.74 in of precipitation in Natchitoches, LA, the driest 1 January to 10 October since 2011, 20th driest of 98.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Natchitoches, LA: 105°F on Saturday 22 August 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Natchitoches, LA: a low of 18°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Natchitoches, LA: 2.86 in on Sunday 21 June 2026.