NWS LIX - New Orleans Area December Top 10 Climate Lists

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 >

December (1871 - Present)

**Warmest**
Rank	Avg Temp (F)	Year
1	64.7	1933
2	64.6	2015
3	64.3	1889
4	63.5	1922
5	63.3	1971
6	63.0	1931
7	62.3	1984
8	61.8	1875
9	61.1	1956
10	61.0	1926

**Coldest**
Rank	Avg Temp (F)	Year
1	46.1	1989
2	46.9	1963
3	48.1	1876
4	49.5	1983
4	49.5	2000
6	50.4	1909
7	50.6	1976
8	50.7	1914
9	50.8	1968
9	50.8	1905

**Wettest**
Rank	Rainfall (inches)	Year
1	25.92	2009
2	14.43	1905
3	11.21	1912
4	10.77	1967
5	10.26	1982
6	10.03	2006
7	9.67	1990
8	9.57	1876
9	9.15	1983
10	8.93	1953

**Driest**
Rank	Rainfall (inches)	Year
1	0.67	1889
2	0.83	1919
3	1.23	1933
4	1.30	2011
5	1.46	1958
5	1.46	1871
7	1.54	1980
8	1.78	1913
9	1.79	1908
9	1.79	1873

Updated 9/27/2016 aa

Areas of Severe Thunderstorms, Critical Fire Weather, and HeatRisk for Monday

NWS LIX - New Orleans Area December Top 10 Climate Lists

New Orleans Area - Top Ten Lists

December (1871 - Present)