New Orleans Area Annual Top 10 Extremes
Period of Record: 1871 - Present
|
Rank
|
Warmest
|
Year
|
|
1
|
73.0
|
2016
|
|
2
|
71.9
|
2015
|
|
2
|
71.9
|
2012
|
|
2
|
71.9
|
1927
|
|
2
|
71.9
|
1921
|
|
6
|
71.7
|
2018
|
|
6
|
71.7
|
1922
|
|
8
|
71.4
|
2017
|
|
8
|
71.4
|
1911
|
|
10
|
71.2
|
2011
|
|
|
Rank
|
Coldest
|
Year
|
|
1
|
65.9
|
1968
|
|
2
|
66.4
|
1983
|
|
3
|
66.7
|
1976
|
|
4
|
66.9
|
1966
|
|
5
|
67.0
|
1960
|
|
6
|
67.1
|
1886
|
|
7
|
67.2
|
1964
|
|
7
|
67.2
|
1963
|
|
9
|
67.3
|
1984
|
|
9
|
67.3
|
1961
|
|
|
Rank
|
Wettest
|
Year
|
| 1 |
102.37
|
1991
|
| 2 |
85.73
|
1875
|
| 3 |
85.30
|
1983
|
| 4 |
85.06
|
1929
|
| 5 |
83.54
|
1961
|
| 6 |
83.13
|
1888
|
| 7 |
81.87
|
1992
|
| 8 |
81.50
|
1912
|
| 9 |
81.31
|
1947
|
| 10 |
79.31
|
2009
|
|
| Rank |
Driest |
Year |
| 1 |
31.09
|
1899
|
| 2 |
38.62
|
1891
|
| 3 |
38.88
|
2000
|
| 4 |
39.00
|
1962
|
| 5 |
40.02
|
1917
|
| 6 |
41.59
|
1906
|
| 7 |
41.61
|
1902
|
| 8 |
41.78
|
1924
|
| 9 |
42.17
|
1890
|
| 10 |
43.15
|
1968
|
|
*latest of several occurrences
Note: 1938 reported 40.17 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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