Baton Rouge Airport - Top Ten Lists
December (1930 - Present)
Warmest
Rank
|
Avg Temp (F)
|
Year
|
1
|
62.7
|
1971
|
2
|
62.2
|
1933
|
3
|
61.7
|
2015
|
4
|
61.2
|
1984
|
5
|
60.7
|
1931^
|
6
|
60.1
|
1956
|
7
|
59.0
|
2007
|
8
|
57.6
|
1940^
|
9
|
57.5
|
1951^
|
9
|
57.5
|
1948
|
|
Coldest
Rank
|
Avg Temp (F)
|
Year
|
1
|
44.6
|
1989
|
2
|
45.2
|
1963
|
3
|
45.5
|
2000
|
4
|
46.5
|
1983
|
5
|
48.4
|
1935^
|
6
|
48.6
|
1985
|
6
|
48.6
|
1960
|
8
|
49.5
|
2010
|
9
|
49.6
|
1930^
|
10
|
49.8
|
1997*
|
|
Wettest
Rank
|
Rainfall (inches)
|
Year
|
1
|
15.94
|
1982
|
2
|
14.86
|
2009
|
3
|
13.23
|
1953
|
4
|
10.04
|
1971
|
5
|
8.99
|
1995
|
6
|
8.91
|
1940
|
7
|
8.29
|
1973
|
8
|
8.25
|
1935
|
9
|
8.22
|
1972
|
10
|
8.19
|
1961
|
|
Driest
Rank
|
Rainfall (inches)
|
Year
|
1
|
1.83
|
1996
|
2
|
1.85
|
1946
|
3
|
1.94
|
1978
|
4
|
2.21
|
1958
|
5
|
2.24
|
1930
|
6
|
2.36
|
1991
|
7
|
2.37
|
1975
|
8
|
2.38
|
1980
|
9
|
2.53
|
1966
|
10
|
2.62
|
2003
|
|
^ indicates a year with at least one missing value
* more than one occurrence with most recent listed
1931 reported 60.7F with 1 day missing
1940 reported 57.6F with 2 days missing
1951 reported 57.5F with 1 day missing
1935 reported 48.4F with 1 day missing
1930 reported 49.6F with 1 day missing
updated 9/27/2016 aa