All-time weather records — New Orleans, LA

Record high
105.1°F
May 12, 2005
Record low
19.9°F
February 5, 1996
Wettest day
10.81 in
May 8, 1995

Climate change signal in New Orleans

27%

of New Orleans's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (99 of 366 records since 2015).

14.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (54 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1990s
95
159
2000s
138
84
2010s
70
95
2020s
63
28

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1991, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1991-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 86.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 20.1°F — Jan 17, 2018 4.44 in — Jan 12, 1998
February 84.9°F — Feb 8, 2025 19.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 5.07 in — Feb 3, 2024
March 89.1°F — Mar 17, 2002 28.0°F — Mar 9, 1996 4.71 in — Mar 23, 2021
April 91.0°F — Apr 14, 2001 43.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 6.55 in — Apr 10, 2024
May 105.1°F — May 12, 2005 51.1°F — May 4, 2013 10.81 in — May 8, 1995
June 105.1°F — Jun 12, 2019 66.9°F — Jun 1, 1997 6.12 in — Jun 30, 2003
July 105.1°F — Jul 25, 2004 70.0°F — Jul 1, 1995 5.50 in — Jul 20, 2012
August 105.1°F — Aug 27, 2023 68.0°F — Aug 21, 1993 4.95 in — Aug 28, 2012
September 100.9°F — Sep 4, 2000 57.9°F — Sep 2, 2016 6.28 in — Sep 11, 2024
October 93.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 39.9°F — Oct 31, 1993 5.51 in — Oct 22, 2007
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 2004 32.0°F — Nov 13, 2019 4.31 in — Nov 4, 1992
December 86.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 26.2°F — Dec 24, 2022 5.59 in — Dec 2, 2023

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in New Orleans.