Natchitoches, LA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 52.3°F in Natchitoches, LA, the warmest winter since 2023, tied 18th warmest of 92 (with 1925).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 52.3°F; Warmest since 2023; 18th warmest of 92
Precipitation: 9.24 in; Driest since 2014; 14th driest of 101

A normal winter in Natchitoches, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 50.5°F, between 46.8°F and 52.5°F in eight years of ten and 14.72 in of precipitation, between 8.47 in and 21.33 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Natchitoches, LA since 1894: 52.3°F in 2026; the highest is 57.5°F, in 1952.

Normal range, 46.8 to 52.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Natchitoches, LA from 1894 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	52.3	18	63.9	25	40.6	26	9.24	88	0
2025	49.8	48	60.8	51	38.9	52	18.84	23	0
2024	51.1	35	63.1	31	39.2	45	17.06	35	0
2023	54	8	64.7	15	43.3	9	18.42	25	0
2022	52.9	12	65.2	10	40.3	32	11.92	73	1
2021	47.8	73	58.7	76	36.8	85	11.29	76	0
2020	51.7	27	62.6	35	40.8	24	18.38	26	0
2019	51.3	34	61	49	41.5	21	22.72	8	0
2018	49.8	48	59.4	68	40.1	35	16.97	38	1
2017	56.6	3	66.3	5	47	1	14.13	53	0
2016	52	21	62.3	39	41.6	19	12.89	64	0
2015	46.3	85	56.1	90	36.4	87	15.22	43	0
2014	45.2	89	55.5	92	34.9	94	7.57	92	0
2013	52.5	15	62.7	34	42.3	14	20.13	19	0
2012	52.5	15	63.1	31	42	17	21.70	9	0
2011	48.4	66	59.4	68	37.5	73	10.32	83	0
2010	46.9	80	56.2	89	37.6	71	14.36	52	0
2009	51.9	24	63.3	30	40.4	29	7.14	95	0
2008	52.1	20	64.1	21	40.1	35	11.72	74	0
2007	50.6	41	61.5	44	39.7	39	11.69	75	1
2006	51.7	27	64.9	13	38.3	62	16.29	39	1
2005	51.7	27	61.8	40	41.4	22	12.85	66	3
2004	49.1	59	59.2	72	38.9	52	18.10	27	4
2003	47.4	77	57.7	85	37.2	77	19.69	21	6
2002	49.8	48	61.8	40	37.7	70	14.67	50	0
2001	46	86	55.9	91	36	89	13.90	56	1
2000	52	21	65	12	39.4	41	7.23	94	4
1999	52.6	13	63.9	25	41.6	19	26.30	4	5
1998	49.9	47	60.5	57	39.4	41	20.86	13	0
1997	50.4	45	60.4	59	40.5	28	20.32	16	0
1996	49.3	54	60.8	51	37.8	68	8.57	90	0
1995	50.6	41	61.5	44	39.8	38	12.10	72	1
1994	47.6	76	58.1	81	37	82	14.40	51	1
1993	48.2	69	57.8	84	38.6	58	14.76	48	1
1992	50.5	43	60.5	57	40.6	26	17.14	34	0
1991	48.4	66	58.7	76	38.1	63	21.29	11	0
1990	48.6	65	59.5	67	37.6	71	23.06	7	0
1989	49.1	59	59.3	71	39	50	20.48	15	1
1988	46.9	80	57.3	86	36.5	86	12.16	70	0
1987	47.2	78	57	87	37.5	73	17.76	30	1
1986	48.9	62	61.4	46	36.4	87	8.91	89	1
1985	48.9	62	59.1	73	38.7	56	11.05	78	0
1984	44	91	54.9	94	33.1	99	17.72	32	1
1983	49.2	56	59.4	68	39.2	45	34.05	1	2
1982	47	79	58.7	76	35.4	92	13.14	63	0
1981	46.4	84	57.9	82	34.8	96	5.65	99	2
1980	48.2	69	59.7	64	36.9	84	12.66	67	1
1979	44.9	90	55.5	92	34.3	97	28.62	3	1
1978	42.9	92	53.4	95	32.3	101	13.59	59	0
1977	45.4	88	57.9	82	33	100	12.26	69	1
1976	51	36	64	22	38	65	7.25	93	1
1975	53.2	11	64	22	42.3	14	19.58	22	1
1974	53.5	10	64.9	13	42.1	16	20.27	17	0
1973	48.3	68	59.7	64	37	82	13.44	60	0
1972	55.3	6	66.2	6	44.4	7	18.02	28	0
1971	54.3	7	65.9	7	42.6	12	6.99	96	0
1970	49	61	60.6	54	37.5	73	12.11	71	0
1969	50.9	38	61.4	46	40.4	29	10.47	82	1
1968	48.2	69	59.1	73	37.2	77	17.76	30	1
1967	49.6	52	61.1	48	38.1	63	10.08	84	0
1966	49.2	56	60.1	61	38.4	61	23.54	6	0
1965	52.4	17	64.7	15	40.2	34	13.22	62	0
1964	46.7	82	59	75	34.3	97	11.29	76	0
1963	47.7	75	59.7	64	35.6	90	9.25	87	0
1962	52	21	64	22	40	37	18.54	24	0
1961	48.8	64	60.4	59	37.2	77	21.22	12	1
1960	49.2	56	59.9	63	38.6	58	15.52	42	0
1959	50.2	46	62.5	37	37.9	66	6.97	97	0
1958	49.3	54	60.7	53	37.8	68	9.71	85	0
1957	56	5	67.4	3	44.7	5	14.07	54	1
1956	52.6	13	64.5	17	40.7	25	12.28	68	1
1955	51.7	27	64.2	20	39.1	49	12.87	65	0
1954	51.8	26	65.8	8	37.9	66	13.33	61	0
1953	51.9	24	65.1	11	38.7	56	13.74	57	0
1952	57.5	1	69.1	1	46	4	13.63	58	0
1951			62.8	33			10.48	81	18
1950	57	2	67.4	3	46.7	2	25.99	5	2
1949	53.9	9	64.5	17	43.3	9	15.21	44	1
1948	47.8	73	58.3	80	37.2	77	10.72	79	6
1947					39	50	15.04	45	11
1946	50.7	40	62.4	38	38.8	54	19.95	20	2
1945	50.5	43	62.6	35	38.8	54	17.06	35	2
1944			63.6	27	40.9	23	3.66	101	11
1942	48	72	60.6	54	35.5	91	6.77	98	1
1941	49.7	51	60.6	54	39.5	40	14.80	47	7
1940	45.9	87	56.3	88	35.3	93	15.85	41	1
1939	51.4	33	63.4	28	39.3	43	20.64	14	2
1938					42.5	13	14.95	46	61
1937					43	11	17.04	37	18
1936									68
1934					43.9	8	21.67	10	20
1933	51.5	32	60.9	50	42	17	17.43	33	9
1932					46.2	3	29.35	2	12
1931	49.6	52	60	62	39.2	45	10.70	80	7
1930					39.3	43	16.02	40	15
1929					37.1	81			15
1928			61.7	42	39.2	45	9.47	86	11
1927									31
1926	50.9	38	63.4	28	38.6	58	8.22	91	1
1925	52.3	18	64.3	19	40.3	32	13.93	55	0
1924	51	36	61.6	43	40.4	29	20.19	18	3
1923	56.2	4	68	2	44.5	6	17.86	29	0
1896									33
1895	46.6	83	58.4	79	34.9	94	5.62	100	0
1894	51.6	31	65.7	9	37.4	76	14.76	48	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1952	57.5
1950	57
2017	56.6
1923	56.2
1957	56
1972	55.3
1971	54.3
2023	54
1949	53.9
1974	53.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	42.9
1984	44
1979	44.9
2014	45.2
1977	45.4
1940	45.9
2001	46
2015	46.3
1981	46.4
1895	46.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	34.05
1932	29.35
1979	28.62
1999	26.30
1950	25.99
1966	23.54
1990	23.06
2019	22.72
2012	21.70
1934	21.67

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	3.66
1895	5.62
1981	5.65
1942	6.77
1959	6.97
1971	6.99
2009	7.14
2000	7.23
1976	7.25
2014	7.57

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 83°F; 20 February 2026, 29 December 2025
Coldest night: 18°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.60 in; 10 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 9.24 in of precipitation in Natchitoches, LA, the driest winter since 2014, 14th driest of 101.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Natchitoches, LA: 83°F on Friday 20 February 2026 and Monday 29 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Natchitoches, LA: a low of 18°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Natchitoches, LA: 1.60 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.