Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Raceland, LA. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 5 in Raceland typically lands in that sweet shoulder-season window — average highs of 76° and lows of 57°, with just a 23% chance of rain. The date has seen some wild swings over 52 years of records, from a balmy 87° in 2017 down to a jarring 34° back in 1987. Today's looking like a comfortable spring day by local standards.
Raceland plays in the extremes — this is a place that hit 104° in August 2023 and plunged to 9° in December 1989, a 95-degree spread between its all-time bookends. The wettest single day on record, June 7, 2001, dropped a staggering 15.16 inches of rain, a reminder that South Louisiana weather doesn't do anything halfway.
Summer dominates the calendar here: highs stay in the 90s from June through August, peaking during the week of July 16–22 at an average 92°. If you're looking for relief, January is your best bet, with highs around 62–63° and the coolest stretch falling in early January. Late June into early July is the wettest stretch of the year, averaging over 2 inches in a single week.