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Heavy Rainfall Across the Southwest, Mid-Atlantic and Florida; Fire Weather Concerns in the Northwest and Alaska

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Baton Rouge Airport - Top Ten Lists

All Time (1930 - Present)

Warmest
Rank
Avg Temp (F)
Mon/Year
1
86.3
Aug 2011
2
85.7
Aug 2007
3
85.6
Jul 1960
4
85.3
Jul 2015
5
85.2
Aug 1951
6
85.0
Aug 1999
7
84.5
Jul 1998
8
84.4
Jul 2016
8
84.4
Jul 1973 
8
84.4
Aug 1962
Coldest
Rank
Avg Temp (F)
Mon/Year
1
40.5
Jan 1940
2
41.8
Jan 1977
3
42.4
Jan 1948^
4
42.6
Jan 1979
4
42.6
Jan 1978
6
43.8
Jan 1985
7
44.3
Jan 1961
8
44.4
Jan 2014
9
44.6
Dec 1989
10
45.1
Feb 1968
Wettest
Rank
Rainfall (inches)
Mon/Year
1
30.96
Aug 2016
2
23.18
Jun 1989
3
21.36
Jun 2001
4
15.94
Dec 1982
5
15.13
Oct 2015
6
14.94
Jan 1998
7
14.86
Dec 2009
7
14.84
Apr 1980
9
14.67
Jan 2013
10
14.67
May 1989
Driest
Rank
Rainfall (inches)
MonYear
1
0.00
Oct 1978
1
0.00
Oct 1940
1
0.00
Jun 1930
4
0.06
Oct 1968
4
0.06
Jun 1936
6
0.08
Nov 1949
7
0.09
Sep 1953
8
0.12
Jun 1979
8
0.12
Oct 1952
10
0.20
Oct 1963

^ indicates a year with at least one missing value

Jan 1948 reported 42.4F temperature with 2 days missing

Updated 11/18/2016 aa