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2024 Mardi Gras Climatology
30YR Normals 02/07 02/08 02/09 02/10 02/11 02/12 02/13
Normal Highs 65 65 65 66 66 66 66
Record High 81 81 82 83 81 81 81
Year 2019 2017 1957 1994 2020 2000 1959
Lowest High 38 42 39 42 40 39 44
Year 1988 1978 1973 2011 1986 1958 1960
Normal Lows 48 48 49 49 49 49 49
Record Low 25 30 26 24 27 26 25
Year 1988 1975 1971 1979 1980 1981 1958
Highest Low 67 66 68 67 71 70 65
Year 1999 2023 1949 2020 2020 2020 1952
Average Daily 56 57 57 57 57 57 58
Normal Precip 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.14 0.15 0.14
Record Precip 1.09 1.95 2.19 4.33 2.12 2.00 2.80
Year 2013 2023 1983 1981 2021 1958 1950
Snow 0 T 0.6 0 0 2.0 T
Year   1978 1973     1958 1960
                         2023
High  79 79 67 62 57 65 71
Low 56 66 61 56 46 45 42
PCPN T 1.95"  0.25" 0.01" 0.06" 0.00" 0.00"

Note: Record rainfall is the maximum of New Orleans Airport, New Orleans City or New Orleans Audubon Park.

Period of Record: 1874-2023 (149 Years)

Coldest Temperature: 22F on February 14, 1899
Coldest Average Temperature: 29F on February 16, 2021
Lowest High Temperature: 33F on February 16, 2021
10 out of 149 Mardi Gras Days have had temperatures 32F or less.
Approximately 6.7 percent of all Mardi Gras Days had freezing temperatures.
Warmest Temperature: 83F on February 20, 1917, February 9, 1932, Feb 21, 2023
Warmest Average Temperature: 75.5F on February 20, 1917
Highest Minimum Temperature: 71F on February 28, 2017
8 out of 149 Mardi Gras Days had temperatures 80F or higher.
Approximately 5.4 percent of all Mardi Gras Days had 80F or warmer.
The wettest Mardi Gras was 2.12 inches on March 1, 1927.
47 out of 149 Mardi Gras Days received measurable rainfall.
Rain has occurred on 31.5 percent of all Mardi Gras Days.
Five previous Mardi Gras' fell on February, 13th
Year High Low Average Rainfall
1877
62 53 57.5 0.37"
1923
82 68 75.0 T
1934 63 46 54.5 0.00"
1945 72 58 65.0 0.00"
2018 74 50 62.0 0.00"
Averages 70.6 55.0 62.8 0.07"