Areas of Heavy Rainfall and Critical Fire Weather on Wednesday

Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring flooding to parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia Wednesday. Recently burned areas will be particularly vulnerable to flash flooding. Gusty winds and low humidity will bring critical fire weather to parts of the Northwest U.S. and central Alaska on Wednesday where Red Flag Warnings are in effect. Read More >

New Orleans Area Annual Top 10 Extremes
Period of Record: 1871 - Present

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	73.0	2016
2	71.9	2015
2	71.9	2012
2	71.9	1927
2	71.9	1921
6	71.7	2018
6	71.7	1922
8	71.4	2017
8	71.4	1911
10	71.2	2011

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	65.9	1968
2	66.4	1983
3	66.7	1976
4	66.9	1966
5	67.0	1960
6	67.1	1886
7	67.2	1964
7	67.2	1963
9	67.3	1984
9	67.3	1961

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	102.37	1991
2	85.73	1875
3	85.30	1983
4	85.06	1929
5	83.54	1961
6	83.13	1888
7	81.87	1992
8	81.50	1912
9	81.31	1947
10	79.31	2009

Rank	Driest	Year
1	31.09	1899
2	38.62	1891
3	38.88	2000
4	39.00	1962
5	40.02	1917
6	41.59	1906
7	41.61	1902
8	41.78	1924
9	42.17	1890
10	43.15	1968

*latest of several occurrences
Note: 1938 reported 40.17 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

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Areas of Heavy Rainfall and Critical Fire Weather on Wednesday

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New Orleans Area Annual Top 10 Extremes Period of Record: 1871 - Present

New Orleans Area Annual Top 10 Extremes
Period of Record: 1871 - Present