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Daily Climate Graphic

Climate Data for September 1
  Normal High* Normal Low* Record High Record Low Record Precipitation
Baton Rouge (since 1892) 91 72 100 (2000) 57 (1915) 2.06 (2008)
Biloxi, MS (since 1893) 89 74 100 (1954) 61 (1915) 3.09 (2008)
McComb, MS (since 1948) 90 70 105 (2000) 59 (1968) 3.0 (2008)
New Orleans - City (since 1893) 93 76 100 (1940) 62 (1915) 7.34 (2008)
New Orleans Intl Airport - MSY (since 1871) 90 76 98 (2016) 62 (1968) 2.4 (2008)
Slidell, LA (since 1956) 89 73 96 (1964) 66 (2015) 1.63 (2008)
*30 Year Climate Normals from 1991 to 2020
On this day in 2008: Hurricane Gustav, once a Category 4 storm, made landfall near Cocodrie, LA about seventy miles SW of New Orleans as a strong Cat 2 Hurricane with max sustained winds of 110 miles per hour. As the storm moved through the Baton Rouge area, a wind gust of 91 mph was recorded at the airport (only 1 mph less than the strongest gust experienced during Hurricane Betsy in 1965).