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Areas of Excessive Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorms Thursday

Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and hail are forecast across the Northeast U.S. and North Dakota Thursday. Heavy to excessive rainfall is possible over eastern New Mexico into western Texas and over the western Florida peninsula Thursday. Read More >

Baton Rouge Airport - Top Ten Lists

January (1930 - Present)

Warmest
Rank
Avg Temp (F)
Year
1
64.6
1950
2
62.7
1937
3
60.8
1974
4
60.5
1952
5
58.7
1989
6
58.4
1932
7
58.2
1933
8
57.9
2006
9
57.8
2012
10
57.7
1957
Coldest
Rank
Avg Temp (F)
Year
1
40.5
1940
2
41.8
1977
3
42.4
1948^
4
42.6
1979
4
42.6
1978
6
43.8
1985
7
44.3
1961
8
44.4
2014
9
45.3
1966
10
45.4
1984
Wettest
Rank
Rainfall (inches)
Year
1
14.94
1998
2
14.67
2013
3
13.35
1993
4
11.41
1990
5
9.93
1966
6
9.84
1937^
7
9.70
1992
8
9.69
1991
9
9.39
2008
10
9.03
1930
Driest
Rank
Rainfall (inches)
Year
1
0.52
2003
2
1.15
1971
3
1.20
1981
4
1.34
1969
5
1.46
1952
6
1.53
1986
7
1.77
2006
8
1.88
1957
9
1.98
1940
10
2.00
1956

^ indicates a year with at least one missing value

1948 reported 42.4F with 2 days missing
1937 reported 9.84 inches of precipitation with 1 day missing

updated 9/27/2016 aa