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Areas of Severe Thunderstorms, Critical Fire Weather, and HeatRisk for Monday

Isolated severe thunderstorms with locally damaging wind gusts and hail are possible Monday across parts of the Southeast U.S. Elevated to critical fire weather including gusty winds and low relative humidity is forecast Monday over much of the northern Great Plains. Above normal temperatures in the Southeast and Southwest U.S. will bring moderate to isolated major HeatRisk Monday. Read More >

Baton Rouge Area - Top Ten Lists

October (1892 - Present)

Warmest
Rank
Avg Temp (F)
Year
1
76.0
1941
2
74.6
2004
3
74.4
1947
4
73.5
1984
5
73.3
1973
6
73.2
1931
7
73.1
2016
8
73.1
1926
9
72.8
1949
10
72.6
1963
Coldest
Rank
Avg Temp (F)
Year
1
61.9
1976
2 62.4 1952
3
64.1
1980
4
64.3
1987
5
64.6
1964
5
64.6
1906
7
64.7
2001
8
64.9
1893
9
65.0
1917
10
65.2
1967
Wettest
Rank
Rainfall (inches)
Year
1
15.13
2015
2
14.48
1984
3
12.82
2009
4
10.17
1996
5
10.08
1985
6
9.46
1964
7
9.30
2002
8
9.05
2006
9
9.02
2004
10
7.60
1907
Driest
Rank
Rainfall (inches)
Year
1
0.00
1978
1
0.00
1940
3
0.06
1968
4
0.07
1924
5
0.12
1952
6
0.20
1963
7
0.26
2008
8
0.38
1951
9
0.40
2012
10
0.43
1953

updated 12/10/2016 aa