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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 >

New Orleans Airport - Top Ten Lists

January (1947 - Present)

Warmest
Rank
Avg Temp (F)
Year
1
67.1
1950
2
63.2
1974
3
62.3
1952
4
60.8
2012
5
60.2
1989
6
59.9
1957
7
59.7
1949
8
59.3
2006
9
58.6
1972
10
57.8
2005
Coldest
Rank
Avg Temp (F)
Year
1
43.4
1977
2
44.1
1978
3
45.2
1985
4
45.8
1979
5
45.9
1948
6
46.6
1984
7
46.9
1966
8
47.0
2014
9
47.3
1970
9
47.3
1961
Wettest
Rank
Rainfall (inches)
Year
1
19.28
1998
2
19.25
1991
3
13.63
1978
4
12.62
1966
5
9.94
1992
6
9.60
1964
7
8.88
1987
8
8.46
1974
9
8.30
1947
10
7.59
1990
Driest
Rank
Rainfall (inches)
Year
1
0.19
2003
2
0.54
1968
3
0.94
1981
4
1.13
1971
5
1.55
1957
6
1.81
2012
7
2.24
2010
8
2.25
2000
9
2.37
1956
10
2.47
1989

updated 9/27/2016 aa