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Climate Data for August 29

	Normal High*	Normal Low*	Record High	Record Low	Record Precipitation
Baton Rouge (since 1892)	91	72	100 (1998)	59 (1992)	4.52 (2012)
Biloxi, MS (since 1893)	89	74	104 (2000)	64 (1992)	10.63 (2012)
McComb, MS (since 1948)	90	70	101 (1995)	55 (1992)	6.76 (2005)
New Orleans - City (since 1893)	93	76	100 (1998)	63 (1921)	9.26 (2012)
New Orleans Intl Airport - MSY (since 1871)	91	76	97 (2011)	63 (1992)	7.86 (2012)
Slidell, LA (since 1956)	89	73	97 (1998)	64 (2015)	3.05 (2012)

*30 Year Climate Normals from 1991 to 2020
The largest weather event in WFO LIX history, Hurricane Katrina, at one point a category 5 storm, affected the New Orleans area as a category 3 hurricane. A record peak storm surge of 27.8 feet was recorded at Bay St. Louis. Around 1200 lives were lost. 16 years later in 2021, Hurricane Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon as a cat 4 hurricane, causing extensive damage to the area.

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