January Weather at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport United States

Daily high temperatures are around 57°F, rarely falling below 41°F or exceeding 72°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 56°F on January 6.

Daily low temperatures are around 38°F, rarely falling below 25°F or exceeding 55°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 38°F on January 8.

For reference, on August 11, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport typically range from 73°F to 93°F, while on January 8, the coldest day of the year, they range from 38°F to 56°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on January. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

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The month of January at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 49% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is January 24, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 52% of the time.

For reference, on February 16, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 50%, while on October 4, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 71%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 26% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 36% on June 10, and its lowest chance is 22% on September 19.

Over the course of January at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 23% to 25%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 1% throughout.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during January at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport is essentially constant, remaining about 4.0 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 7.5 inches or falling below 1.1 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 3.9 inches on January 11.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during January at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport is essentially constant, remaining about 1.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 4.5 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 1.2 inches on January 8.

Over the course of January at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 33 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 6 seconds, and weekly increase of 7 minutes, 42 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 10 hours, 3 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 10 hours, 36 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport is 7:17 AM on January 9 and the earliest sunrise is 7 minutes earlier at 7:09 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:19 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 27 minutes later at 5:46 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during January, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:07 AM and sets 14 hours, 18 minutes later, at 8:25 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:12 AM and sets 10 hours, 1 minute later, at 5:13 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for January 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport is essentially constant during January, remaining within 1% of 1% throughout.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during January is 0% on January 14.

For reference, on July 21, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 93% of the time, while on January 14, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 5.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 31, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.7 miles per hour, while on July 29, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.8 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during January is 5.1 miles per hour on January 9.

The hourly average wind direction at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport throughout January is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 34% on January 14.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport typically lasts for 8.4 months (257 days), from around March 7 to around November 19, rarely starting before February 11 or after March 31, and rarely ending before October 31 or after December 8.

The month of January at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport is very likely fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season gradually increasing from 0% to 7% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport are gradually increasing during January, increasing by 99°F, from 3°F to 102°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 2.7 kWh to 3.3 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport are 32.531 deg latitude, -93.660 deg longitude, and 164 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 49 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 161 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (279 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (522 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Louisiana State Police Troop G Headquarters Facilities Heliport is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and cropland (43%), within 10 miles by cropland (30%) and artificial surfaces (27%), and within 50 miles by trees (57%) and cropland (18%).