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Fire Weather Issues; Pacific System Moving Inland

Dry fuels, strong winds and dry weather will continue to bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions to the areas of the Plains, Midwest and Southeast today. A Pacific storm system will bring low elevation rain and heavy high elevation mountain snow to California through early week, expanding into the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, and southern California on Tuesday. Read More >

New Orleans Airport Annual Extremes
Period of Record: 1947 - Present

Rank
Warmest
Year
1
73.0
2016
2
71.9
2015
2
71.9
2012
4
71.7
2018
5
71.4
2017
6
71.1
2011
7
70.9
1998
8
70.8
2006
9
70.5
1999
10
70.4
2009
Rank
Coldest
Year
1
65.9
1968
2
66.4
1983
3
66.7
1976
4
66.9
1966
5
67.0
1960
6
67.2
1964
6
67.2
1963
8
67.3
1984
8
67.3
1961
10
67.4
1969
Rank
Wettest
Year
1 102.37 1991
2 85.30 1983
3 83.54 1961
4 81.87 1992
5 79.31 2009
6 79.28 2004
6 79.28 1973
8 79.04 1998^
9 76.90 1978
10 75.18 1948
Rank Driest Year
1 38.88 2000
2 39.00 1962
3 43.15 1968
4 45.88 2006
5 46.31 1999
6 47.01 1960
7 47.38 1976
8 47.86 1986
9 48.45 1952
10 49.34 1965

^ indicates a year with at least one missing value
* more than one occurrence with most recent listed

1998 reported 79.04 inches of precipitation with 1 day missing

~ Temperature records for the summer of 2016 through November 2016 are preliminary and subject to quality control due
to construction in close proximity to the New Orleans International Airport's instrumentation.

Updated 8/04/2019 rjr