Climate averages 1991–2020

Baton Rouge weather
in June.

A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.3°C Daytime mean, June

Average low 22.9°C Night-time mean, June

Rainfall 120 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

June is a hot month in Baton Rouge: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes June a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 05 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lafayette (Louisiana), United States (84 km away). In June its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Baton Rouge, with 114 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Baton Rouge ranks joint 83rd of 498 for the warmest June highs and joint 436th of 498 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 498 cities is 27.9°C; Baton Rouge is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 120 mm to 132 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Baton Rouge climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Baton Rouge, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	15.9°C6.9°C	6.9°C	124	9.4	10.410 h
February	18.1°C8.7°C	8.7°C	115	8.9	11.111 h
March	21.4°C11.7°C	11.7°C	118	9.8	12.012 h
April	25.0°C15.2°C	15.2°C	115	8.8	12.913 h
May	28.9°C19.5°C	19.5°C	105	9.5	13.714 h
June, selected	31.3°C22.9°C	22.9°C	120	13.6	14.114 h
July	31.9°C24.1°C	24.1°C	132	17.0	13.914 h
August	32.0°C24.0°C	24.0°C	133	15.7	13.213 h
September	30.1°C21.8°C	21.8°C	100	10.7	12.412 h
October	26.2°C16.7°C	16.7°C	86	7.6	11.511 h
November	20.8°C11.3°C	11.3°C	89	7.7	10.611 h
December	17.1°C8.1°C	8.1°C	112	9.3	10.210 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

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June in nearby cities

Distance from Baton Rouge

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Baton Rouge) is explained once on the Baton Rouge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.