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Scattered Severe Thunderstorms Across the Northern Plains; Fire Weather Concerns in the Western U.S.

Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast across central and eastern North Dakota, as well as far northwest Minnesota Saturday (Slight Risk level 2 of 5). Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist through the weekend across the Western U.S. Isolated dry thunderstorms could lead to new fire starts over portions of the northern Rockies. Read More >

Baton Rouge Airport - Top Ten Lists

January (1930 - Present)

Warmest
Rank
Avg Temp (F)
Year
1
64.6
1950
2
62.7
1937
3
60.8
1974
4
60.5
1952
5
58.7
1989
6
58.4
1932
7
58.2
1933
8
57.9
2006
9
57.8
2012
10
57.7
1957
Coldest
Rank
Avg Temp (F)
Year
1
40.5
1940
2
41.8
1977
3
42.4
1948^
4
42.6
1979
4
42.6
1978
6
43.8
1985
7
44.3
1961
8
44.4
2014
9
45.3
1966
10
45.4
1984
Wettest
Rank
Rainfall (inches)
Year
1
14.94
1998
2
14.67
2013
3
13.35
1993
4
11.41
1990
5
9.93
1966
6
9.84
1937^
7
9.70
1992
8
9.69
1991
9
9.39
2008
10
9.03
1930
Driest
Rank
Rainfall (inches)
Year
1
0.52
2003
2
1.15
1971
3
1.20
1981
4
1.34
1969
5
1.46
1952
6
1.53
1986
7
1.77
2006
8
1.88
1957
9
1.98
1940
10
2.00
1956

^ indicates a year with at least one missing value

1948 reported 42.4F with 2 days missing
1937 reported 9.84 inches of precipitation with 1 day missing

updated 9/27/2016 aa