New Orleans Airport Annual Extremes
Period of Record: 1947 - Present
|
Rank
|
Warmest
|
Year
|
|
1
|
73.0
|
2016
|
|
2
|
71.9
|
2015
|
|
2
|
71.9
|
2012
|
|
4
|
71.7
|
2018
|
|
5
|
71.4
|
2017
|
|
6
|
71.1
|
2011
|
|
7
|
70.9
|
1998
|
|
8
|
70.8
|
2006
|
|
9
|
70.5
|
1999
|
|
10
|
70.4
|
2009
|
|
|
Rank
|
Coldest
|
Year
|
|
1
|
65.9
|
1968
|
|
2
|
66.4
|
1983
|
|
3
|
66.7
|
1976
|
|
4
|
66.9
|
1966
|
|
5
|
67.0
|
1960
|
|
6
|
67.2
|
1964
|
|
6
|
67.2
|
1963
|
|
8
|
67.3
|
1984
|
|
8
|
67.3
|
1961
|
|
10
|
67.4
|
1969
|
|
|
Rank
|
Wettest
|
Year
|
| 1 |
102.37 |
1991 |
| 2 |
85.30 |
1983 |
| 3 |
83.54 |
1961 |
| 4 |
81.87 |
1992 |
| 5 |
79.31 |
2009 |
| 6 |
79.28 |
2004 |
| 6 |
79.28 |
1973 |
| 8 |
79.04 |
1998^ |
| 9 |
76.90 |
1978 |
| 10 |
75.18 |
1948 |
|
| Rank |
Driest |
Year |
| 1 |
38.88 |
2000 |
| 2 |
39.00 |
1962 |
| 3 |
43.15 |
1968 |
| 4 |
45.88 |
2006 |
| 5 |
46.31 |
1999 |
| 6 |
47.01 |
1960 |
| 7 |
47.38 |
1976 |
| 8 |
47.86 |
1986 |
| 9 |
48.45 |
1952 |
| 10 |
49.34 |
1965 |
|
^ indicates a year with at least one missing value
* more than one occurrence with most recent listed
1998 reported 79.04 inches of precipitation with 1 day missing
~ Temperature records for the summer of 2016 through November 2016 are preliminary and subject to quality control due
to construction in close proximity to the New Orleans International Airport's instrumentation.
Updated 8/04/2019 rjr
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