New Orleans Area Seasonal Statistics
Period of Record: 1871 - Present
|
WINTER (DEC-JAN-FEB)
|
SPRING (MAR-APR-MAY)
|
Warmest
|
Rank
|
Temp(F)
|
Year
|
|
1
|
64.5
|
1890
|
|
2
|
62.3
|
1950
|
|
3
|
61.6
|
1927
|
|
4
|
61.5
|
1957
|
|
5
|
61.4
|
1882
|
|
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
|
|
Wettest
|
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
|
1
|
34.76
|
2010
|
|
2
|
34.34
|
1991
|
|
3
|
30.08
|
1966
|
|
4
|
26.16
|
1983
|
|
5
|
26.11
|
1998
|
|
Driest
|
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
|
1
|
3.60
|
1890
|
|
2
|
6.37
|
1999
|
|
3
|
6.56
|
1989
|
|
4
|
6.69
|
1994
|
|
5
|
7.11
|
1911
|
|
|
Warmest
|
Rank
|
Temp(F)
|
Year
|
|
1
|
74.6
|
2020
|
|
2
|
74.3
|
2012
|
|
3
|
72.8
|
2015
|
|
4
|
72.7
|
2011
|
|
4
|
72.7
|
1908
|
|
Coldest
|
Rank
|
Temp(F)
|
Year
|
|
1
|
64.9
|
1993
|
|
2
|
65.0
|
1960
|
|
3
|
65.2
|
1969
|
|
4
|
65.5
|
1983
|
|
5
|
65.6
|
1931
|
|
Wettest
|
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
|
1
|
36.23
|
1912
|
|
2
|
36.00
|
1926
|
|
3
|
35.85
|
1980
|
|
4
|
35.84
|
1991
|
|
5
|
35.43
|
2021
|
|
Driest
|
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
|
1
|
3.61
|
2000
|
|
2
|
3.62
|
1898
|
|
3
|
3.69
|
1891
|
|
4
|
4.41
|
1899
|
|
5
|
4.69
|
2006
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
5
|
84.6
|
2010
|
|
Coldest
|
Rank
|
Temp(F)
|
Year
|
|
1
|
78.5
|
1984
|
|
2
|
78.9
|
1961
|
|
3
|
79.0
|
1965
|
|
4
|
79.3
|
1894
|
|
5
|
79.6
|
1974
|
|
Wettest
|
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
|
1
|
37.75
|
2017
|
|
2
|
35.58
|
1942
|
|
3
|
33.85
|
1888
|
|
4
|
32.38
|
2012
|
|
5
|
32.84
|
1978
|
|
Driest
|
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
|
1
|
5.76
|
1990
|
|
2
|
8.63
|
1902
|
|
3
|
9.09
|
1924
|
|
4
|
9.19
|
2000
|
|
5
|
9.35
|
1952
|
|
|
Warmest
|
Rank
|
Temp(F)
|
Year
|
|
1
|
76.4
|
2016~
|
|
1
|
75.4
|
1931
|
|
3
|
75.4
|
1919
|
|
4
|
74.2
|
2004
|
|
5
|
74.1
|
1927
|
|
Coldest
|
Rank
|
Temp(F)
|
Year
|
|
1
|
64.8
|
1976
|
|
2
|
66.4
|
1968
|
|
3
|
66.5
|
1952
|
|
4
|
67.0
|
1967
|
|
5
|
67.1
|
1880
|
|
Wettest
|
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
|
1
|
32.80
|
1937
|
|
2
|
29.42
|
2002
|
|
3
|
28.94
|
1877
|
|
4
|
28.32
|
1948
|
|
5
|
27.99
|
1929
|
|
Driest
|
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
|
1
|
2.82
|
1924
|
|
2
|
2.94
|
1899
|
|
3
|
3.07
|
1950
|
|
4
|
3.15
|
1894
|
|
5
|
3.32
|
1969
|
|
|
* Also 1941
~ 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 06/03/2020 rsw
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