Baton Rouge Airport - Top Ten Lists
May (1930 - Present)
Warmest
Rank
|
Avg Temp (F)
|
Year
|
1
|
79.4
|
1933
|
2
|
78.8
|
2010
|
3
|
78.2
|
2000
|
4
|
77.9
|
2003
|
5
|
77.7
|
1943
|
6
|
77.6
|
1998
|
7
|
77.4
|
2012
|
8
|
77.2
|
1991
|
9
|
76.9
|
1995
|
9
|
76.9
|
1987*
|
|
Coldest
Rank
|
Avg Temp (F)
|
Year
|
1
|
70.7
|
1954
|
2
|
71.0
|
1993
|
3
|
71.1
|
1976
|
4
|
71.6
|
1931^
|
5
|
71.7
|
1961
|
6
|
71.8
|
1981
|
7
|
72.1
|
1979
|
8
|
72.4
|
2013
|
9
|
72.6
|
1983
|
9
|
72.6
|
1945^
|
|
Wettest
Rank
|
Rainfall (inches)
|
Year
|
1
|
14.67
|
1989
|
2
|
12.34
|
1946
|
3
|
11.17
|
2015
|
4
|
10.82
|
1995
|
5
|
10.70
|
1953
|
6
|
10.64
|
2004
|
7
|
10.63
|
1991
|
8
|
9.19
|
1939
|
9
|
9.15
|
1972
|
10
|
8.91
|
1959
|
|
Driest
Rank
|
Rainfall (inches)
|
Year
|
1
|
0.35
|
1998
|
2
|
0.45
|
2003
|
3
|
0.59
|
2011
|
4
|
0.63
|
1963
|
5
|
0.69
|
1940
|
6
|
0.83
|
2001
|
7
|
0.95
|
1988
|
8
|
1.03
|
1938^
|
9
|
1.07
|
1951
|
10
|
1.15
|
2000
|
|
^ indicates a year with at least one missing value
* more than one occurrence with most recent listed
1931 reported 71.6F with 1 day missing
1971 reported 72.6F with 1 day missing
1938 reported 1.03 inches of precipitation with 1 day missing
updated 9/27/2016 aa