Baton Rouge Airport Annual Extremes
Period of Record: 1930 - Present
Rank
|
Warmest
|
Year
|
1
|
70.2
|
2016
|
2
|
70.1
|
2017
|
3
|
70.0
|
2015
|
3
|
70.0
|
2012
|
5
|
69.9
|
1990
|
6
|
69.8
|
1933^
|
7
|
69.5
|
2006
|
8
|
69.4
|
2007
|
9
|
69.3
|
2018
|
9
|
69.3
|
1998
|
|
Rank
|
Coldest
|
Year
|
1
|
65.3
|
1983
|
2
|
65.4
|
1979
|
3
|
65.6
|
1961
|
4
|
65.9
|
1976
|
4
|
65.9
|
1940^
|
6
|
66.1
|
1968
|
7
|
66.5
|
1966
|
8
|
66.6
|
1993
|
8
|
66.6
|
1978
|
10
|
66.7
|
1997
|
|
Rank
|
Wettest
|
Year
|
1 |
90.54 |
2016 |
2 |
88.32 |
1989 |
3 |
79.03 |
1973 |
4 |
77.74 |
1991 |
5 |
77.70 |
1977 |
6 |
77.63 |
1983 |
7 |
77.59 |
2015 |
8 |
76.04 |
1988 |
9 |
74.85 |
1995 |
10 |
74.30 |
1980 |
|
Rank |
Driest |
Year |
1 |
38.10 |
2000 |
2 |
38.20 |
1938^ |
3 |
38.30 |
1960 |
4 |
39.69 |
1951 |
5 |
41.22 |
1956 |
6 |
41.67 |
1954 |
7 |
41.91 |
1963 |
8 |
43.21 |
1981 |
9 |
43.22 |
2003 |
10 |
44.29 |
1952 |
|
^ indicates a year with at least one missing value
* more than one occurrence with most recent listed
1933 reported 69.8F with 14 days missing
1935 reported 69.4F with 37 days missing (removed by quality control)
1957 reported 69.1F with 1 day missing
1940 reported 65.9F with 15 days missing
1938 reported 38.20 inches of precipitation with 3 days missing
Updated 8/04/2019 rjr