Baton Rouge Airport - Top Ten Lists
August (1930 - Present)
Warmest
Rank
|
Avg Temp (F)
|
Year
|
1
|
86.3
|
2011
|
2
|
85.7
|
2007
|
3
|
85.2
|
1951
|
4
|
85.0
|
1999
|
5
|
84.4
|
1962
|
6
|
84.3
|
2019
|
6
|
84.3
|
2010
|
6
|
84.3
|
2000
|
9
|
83.9
|
2006
|
9
|
83.9
|
2005
|
|
Coldest
Rank
|
Avg Temp (F)
|
Year
|
1
|
78.0
|
1961
|
2
|
79.6
|
1965
|
2
|
79.6
|
1931^
|
4
|
79.8
|
1992
|
4
|
79.8
|
1984
|
6
|
80.0
|
1996
|
6
|
80.0
|
1967
|
6
|
80.0
|
1966
|
9
|
80.3
|
1960
|
9
|
80.3
|
1940
|
|
Wettest
Rank
|
Rainfall (inches)
|
Year
|
1
|
30.96
|
2016
|
2
|
14.48
|
1987
|
3
|
13.31
|
1977
|
4
|
12.99
|
2010
|
5
|
12.36
|
1940
|
6
|
11.69
|
1975
|
7
|
11.02
|
1988
|
8
|
10.82
|
2012
|
9
|
10.67
|
1991
|
10
|
9.93
|
1944
|
|
Driest
Rank
|
Rainfall (inches)
|
Year
|
1
|
0.38
|
1999
|
2
|
0.96
|
1950
|
3
|
1.32
|
1980
|
4
|
1.42
|
1951
|
5
|
1.55
|
1954
|
6
|
1.87
|
1943^
|
7
|
1.98
|
1972
|
8
|
2.07
|
2007
|
9
|
2.17
|
2011
|
10
|
2.21
|
1947
|
|
^ indicates a year with at least one missing value
1943 reported 83.7F with 1 day missing
1931 reported 79.6F with 1 day missing
1942 reported 9.73 inches of precipitation with 1 day missing
1943 reported 1.87 inches of precipitation with 1 day missing
updated 9/02/2019 rjr