New Orleans, LA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AP, LA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
New Orleans has an annual average temperature of 70.9°F with about 60.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 90.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 46.9°F). August is typically the wettest month (6.46 in) and October the driest (3.64 in).
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All-time records →99 of 366 (27%) of New Orleans's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1990s | 95 | |
| 2000s | 138 | |
| 2010s | 70 | |
| 2020s | 63 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61.0°F | 46.9°F | 54.0°F | 5.26 in | — | 10 |
| February | 65.3°F | 50.8°F | 58.1°F | 4.08 in | — | 9 |
| March | 71.4°F | 56.8°F | 64.1°F | 4.63 in | — | 8 |
| April | 77.7°F | 63.4°F | 70.6°F | 5.87 in | — | 7 |
| May | 84.6°F | 70.9°F | 77.7°F | 4.94 in | — | 7 |
| June | 89.3°F | 76.4°F | 82.9°F | 6.04 in | — | 12 |
| July | 90.6°F | 78.2°F | 84.4°F | 6.29 in | — | 13 |
| August | 90.8°F | 78.6°F | 84.7°F | 6.46 in | — | 12 |
| September | 87.2°F | 75.6°F | 81.4°F | 4.64 in | — | 9 |
| October | 79.2°F | 66.6°F | 72.9°F | 3.64 in | — | 7 |
| November | 69.8°F | 56.3°F | 63.1°F | 3.64 in | — | 7 |
| December | 63.4°F | 49.5°F | 56.4°F | 4.63 in | 0.1 in | 10 |
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