New Orleans Airport Seasonal Statistics
Period of Record: 1947 - Present
WINTER (DEC-JAN-FEB)
|
SPRING (MAR-APR-MAY)
|
Warmest
Rank
|
Temp(F)
|
Year
|
1
|
62.3
|
1950
|
2
|
61.5
|
1957
|
3
|
61.3
|
2017
|
4
|
60.4
|
1949
|
5
|
60.3
|
1952
|
6
|
60.2
|
2020
|
7
|
59.9
|
2012
|
8
|
59.4
|
2019
|
8
|
59.4
|
1972
|
10
|
59.2
|
2016
|
|
Coldest
Rank
|
Temp(F)
|
Year
|
1
|
47.9
|
1978
|
2
|
48.6
|
1964
|
3
|
48.9
|
1963
|
4
|
49.1
|
1977
|
5
|
49.9
|
1984
|
6
|
50.1
|
2010
|
7
|
50.8
|
1958
|
8
|
50.9
|
1966
|
9
|
51.1
|
1970
|
10
|
51.5
|
1979
|
|
Wettest
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
1
|
34.76
|
2010
|
2
|
34.34
|
1991
|
3
|
30.08
|
1966
|
4
|
26.16
|
1983
|
5
|
26.11
|
1998
|
6
|
25.32
|
1990
|
7
|
22.46
|
1979
|
8
|
22.30
|
1974
|
9
|
21.31
|
1987
|
10
|
21.30
|
1992
|
|
Driest
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
1
|
6.37
|
1999
|
2
|
6.56
|
1989
|
3
|
6.69
|
1994
|
4
|
7.34
|
2001
|
5
|
7.83
|
2012
|
6
|
7.91
|
2011
|
6
|
7.91
|
2000
|
8
|
8.36
|
2022
|
9
|
8.95
|
2002
|
10
|
9.43
|
2006
|
|
|
Warmest
Rank
|
Temp(F)
|
Year
|
1
|
74.6
|
2020
|
2
|
74.3
|
2012
|
3
|
72.8
|
2015
|
4
|
72.7
|
2011
|
5
|
72.4
|
2016
|
6
|
72.0
|
2006
|
7
|
71.7
|
2000
|
8
|
71.6
|
1955
|
9
|
71.1
|
1963
|
9
|
71.1
|
1953*
|
|
Coldest
Rank
|
Temp(F)
|
Year
|
1
|
64.9
|
1993
|
2
|
65.0
|
1960
|
3
|
65.2
|
1969
|
4
|
65.5
|
1983
|
5
|
66.0
|
1968
|
6
|
66.3
|
1971
|
7
|
66.5
|
1962
|
8
|
66.8
|
1984
|
8
|
66.8
|
1950
|
10
|
66.9
|
2013*
|
|
Wettest
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
1
|
35.85
|
1980
|
2
|
35.84
|
1991
|
3
|
35.43
|
2021
|
4
|
32.88
|
1995
|
5
|
27.47
|
2015
|
6
|
27.32
|
1973
|
7
|
25.96
|
2004
|
8
|
23.45
|
1983
|
9
|
22.32
|
1948
|
10
|
22.00
|
1974
|
|
Driest
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
1
|
3.61
|
2000
|
2
|
4.69
|
2006
|
3
|
4.99
|
1986
|
4
|
5.57
|
1962
|
5
|
5.90
|
1965
|
6
|
6.01
|
1963
|
7
|
6.52
|
1971
|
8
|
7.34
|
1967
|
9
|
8.21
|
1996
|
10
|
8.27
|
1999
|
|
|
SUMMER (JUN-JUL-AUG)
|
AUTUMN (SEP-OCT-NOV)
|
Warmest
Rank
|
Temp(F)
|
Year
|
1
|
85.6
|
2016~
|
2
|
85.5
|
2011
|
3
|
84.9
|
1980
|
4
|
84.6
|
2019
|
4
|
84.6
|
2010
|
6
|
84.5
|
2020
|
7
|
84.5
|
1998
|
8
|
84.4
|
2021
|
9
|
84.3
|
2015
|
10
|
84.2
|
2018
|
|
Coldest
Rank
|
Temp(F)
|
Year
|
1
|
78.5
|
1984
|
2
|
78.9
|
1961
|
3
|
79.0
|
1965
|
4
|
79.6
|
1974
|
5
|
79.9
|
1966
|
6
|
80.1
|
1975
|
7
|
80.3
|
1976
|
8
|
80.4
|
1985
|
8
|
80.4
|
1972
|
8
|
80.4
|
1964
|
|
Wettest
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
1
|
37.75
|
2017
|
2
|
33.38
|
2012
|
3
|
32.84
|
1978
|
4
|
32.00
|
2001
|
5
|
31.72
|
1991
|
6
|
31.66
|
2020
|
7
|
30.74
|
1975
|
8
|
29.97
|
2003
|
9
|
28.40
|
2010
|
10
|
28.37
|
2021
|
|
Driest
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
1
|
5.76
|
1990
|
2
|
9.19
|
2000
|
3
|
9.35
|
1952
|
4
|
10.21
|
1980
|
5
|
10.72
|
1976
|
6
|
11.20
|
2015
|
7
|
11.36
|
1951
|
8
|
11.55
|
1948
|
9
|
11.92
|
1972
|
10
|
12.06
|
1947
|
|
|
Warmest
Rank
|
Temp(F)
|
Year
|
1
|
76.4
|
2016~
|
2
|
74.2
|
2004
|
3
|
73.8
|
2019
|
4
|
73.7
|
2020
|
5
|
73.6
|
2015
|
6
|
73.5
|
2018
|
7
|
73.3
|
1998
|
8
|
73.2
|
1973
|
9
|
73.0
|
2003
|
10
|
72.9
|
2005
|
|
Coldest
Rank
|
Temp(F)
|
Year
|
1
|
64.8
|
1976
|
2
|
66.4
|
1968
|
3
|
66.5
|
1952
|
4
|
67.0
|
1967
|
5
|
67.8
|
1964
|
6
|
67.9
|
1974
|
7
|
68.0
|
1987
|
7
|
68.0
|
1970
|
9
|
68.1
|
1983
|
10
|
68.4
|
1992*
|
|
Wettest
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
1
|
29.42
|
2002
|
2
|
28.32
|
1948
|
3
|
26.58
|
1977
|
4
|
24.85
|
1989
|
5
|
24.20
|
1998
|
6
|
22.45
|
1992
|
7
|
20.18
|
1973
|
8
|
19.95
|
1971
|
9
|
19.90
|
1985
|
10
|
19.64
|
1947
|
|
Driest
Rank
|
Inches
|
Year
|
1
|
3.07
|
1950
|
2
|
3.32
|
1969
|
3
|
3.61
|
2017
|
4
|
3.82
|
2010
|
5
|
4.93
|
1987
|
6
|
5.01
|
2005
|
7
|
5.81
|
1952
|
8
|
5.91
|
2012
|
9
|
6.24
|
1995
|
10
|
7.45
|
2016
|
|
|
* more than one occurrence with most recent listed
~ 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 09/21/2022 rsw