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Severe Weather Possible from the Central Plains to the Northeast; Building Heat in the West; Fire Weather Concerns for the Southwest

Severe thunderstorms will be possible from the central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Monday. Hazardous heat will linger across the southern U.S. and build across the West through mid-week. Hot and dry conditions will fuel fire weather concerns for Interior Alaska and the Four Corners region through Monday. Read More >

 

New Orleans Airport Seasonal Statistics
Period of Record: 1947 - Present
WINTER (DEC-JAN-FEB)
SPRING (MAR-APR-MAY)
Warmest
Rank
Temp(F)
Year
1
62.3
1950
2
61.5
1957
3
61.3
2017
4
60.4
1949
5
60.3
1952
6
60.2
2020
7
59.9
2012
8
59.4
2019
8
59.4
1972
10
59.2
2016
Coldest
Rank
Temp(F)
Year
1
47.9
1978
2
48.6
1964
3
48.9
1963
4
49.1
1977
5
49.9
1984
6
50.1
2010
7
50.8
1958
8
50.9
1966
9
51.1
1970
10
51.5
1979
Wettest
Rank
Inches
Year
1
34.76
2010
2
34.34
1991
3
30.08
1966
4
26.16
1983
5
26.11
1998
6
25.32
1990
7
22.46
1979
8
22.30
1974
9
21.31
1987
10
21.30
1992
Driest
Rank
Inches
Year
1
6.37
1999
2
6.56
1989
3
6.69
1994
4
7.34
2001
5
7.83
2012
6
7.91
2011
6
7.91
2000
8
8.36
2022
9
8.95
2002
10
9.43
2006
Warmest
Rank
Temp(F)
Year
1
74.6
2020
2
74.3
2012
3
72.8
2015
4
72.7
2011
5
72.4
2016
6
72.0
2006
7
71.7
2000
8
71.6
1955
9
71.1
1963
9
71.1
1953*
Coldest
Rank
Temp(F)
Year
1
64.9
1993
2
65.0
1960
3
65.2
1969
4
65.5
1983
5
66.0
1968
6
66.3
1971
7
66.5
1962
8
66.8
1984
8
66.8
1950
10
66.9
2013*
Wettest
Rank
Inches
Year
1
35.85
1980
2
35.84
1991
3
35.43
2021
4
32.88
1995
5
27.47
2015
6
27.32
1973
7
25.96
2004
8
23.45
1983
9
22.32
1948
10
22.00
1974
Driest
Rank
Inches
Year
1
3.61
2000
2
4.69
2006
3
4.99
1986
4
5.57
1962
5
5.90
1965
6
6.01
1963
7
6.52
1971
8
7.34
1967
9
8.21
1996
10
8.27
1999
SUMMER (JUN-JUL-AUG)
AUTUMN (SEP-OCT-NOV)
Warmest
Rank
Temp(F)
Year
1
85.6
2016~
2
85.5
2011
3
84.9
1980
4
84.6
2019
4
84.6
2010
6
84.5
2020
7
84.5
1998
8
84.4
2021
9
84.3
2015
10
84.2
2018
Coldest
Rank
Temp(F)
Year
1
78.5
1984
2
78.9
1961
3
79.0
1965
4
79.6
1974
5
79.9
1966
6
80.1
1975
7
80.3
1976
8
80.4
1985
8
80.4
1972
8
80.4
1964
Wettest
Rank
Inches
Year
1
37.75
2017
2
33.38
2012
3
32.84
1978
4
32.00
2001
5
31.72
1991
6
31.66
2020
7
30.74
1975
8
29.97
2003
9
28.40
2010
10
28.37
2021
Driest
Rank
Inches
Year
1
5.76
1990
2
9.19
2000
3
9.35
1952
4
10.21
1980
5
10.72
1976
6
11.20
2015
7
11.36
1951
8
11.55
1948
9
11.92
1972
10
12.06
1947
Warmest
Rank
Temp(F)
Year
1
76.4
2016~
2
74.2
2004
3
73.8
2019
4
73.7
2020
5
73.6
2015
6
73.5
2018
7
73.3
1998
8
73.2
1973
9
73.0
2003
10
72.9
2005
Coldest
Rank
Temp(F)
Year
1
64.8
1976
2
66.4
1968
3
66.5
1952
4
67.0
1967
5
67.8
1964
6
67.9
1974
7
68.0
1987
7
68.0
1970
9
68.1
1983
10
68.4
1992*
Wettest
Rank
Inches
Year
1
29.42
2002
2
28.32
1948
3
26.58
1977
4
24.85
1989
5
24.20
1998
6
22.45
1992
7
20.18
1973
8
19.95
1971
9
19.90
1985
10
19.64
1947
Driest
Rank
Inches
Year
1
3.07
1950
2
3.32
1969
3
3.61
2017
4
3.82
2010
5
4.93
1987
6
5.01
2005
7
5.81
1952
8
5.91
2012
9
6.24
1995
10
7.45
2016

* more than one occurrence with most recent listed

~ 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 09/21/2022 rsw