Baton Rouge, LA: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 85.5°F in Baton Rouge, LA, the warmest August since 2024, 6th warmest of 133.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 85.5°F; Warmest since 2024; 6th warmest of 133
Precipitation: 2.67 in; Driest since 2024; 22nd driest of 133

A normal August in Baton Rouge, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 82.7°F, between 80.9°F and 84.4°F in eight years of ten and 5.49 in of precipitation, between 2.63 in and 10.69 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Baton Rouge, LA since 1893: 85.5°F in 2026; the highest is 90.1°F, in 2023.

Normal range, 80.9 to 84.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Baton Rouge, LA from 1893 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	85.5	6	95.5	8	75.5	6	2.67	112	0
2025	83.2	25	92.9	34	73.4	36	5.90	51	0
2024	86.5	2	96.8	3	76.1	3	2.64	113	0
2023	90.1	1	101.5	1	78.7	1	1.53	128	0
2022	82.5	44	90.5	101	74.6	10	10.29	11	0
2021	81	106	89.9	111	72.1	76	8.48	18	0
2020	83.7	18	93.4	26	74	19	4.61	78	0
2019	84.3	11	93	30	75.5	6	7.79	23	0
2018	82.6	40	92.3	42	72.9	45	6.96	33	0
2017	81.6	84	89.6	117	73.7	25	7.74	24	0
2016	83.3	22	91.6	62	74.9	8	30.96	1	0
2015	83.2	25	93.6	22	72.8	48	5.30	64	0
2014	82.4	48	92	51	72.8	48	5.64	55	0
2013	81.8	72	90.9	89	72.7	55	3.36	102	0
2012	82.2	52	90.4	103	73.9	22	10.82	9	0
2011	86.3	3	96.7	4	75.9	4	2.17	121	0
2010	84.3	11	92.4	40	76.2	2	12.99	5	0
2009	81.9	64	91.3	81	72.6	59	6.54	36	0
2008	82.6	40	91.5	67	73.7	25	7.86	22	0
2007	85.7	5	95.7	7	75.6	5	2.07	122	0
2006	83.9	16	93.4	26	74.3	14	5.96	48	0
2005	83.9	16	94.1	16	73.6	29	6.32	40	0
2004	80.9	110	91.4	77	70.4	124	3.06	106	0
2003	82.8	36	92.2	43	73.3	37	3.23	105	0
2002	81.7	78	91.4	77	71.9	89	4.63	77	0
2001	81	106	89.2	123	72.8	48	5.77	52	0
2000	84.3	11	95.5	8	73	42	2.68	111	0
1999	85	9	95.5	8	74.6	10	0.38	133	0
1998	83.4	21	93.6	22	73.2	38	3.05	107	0
1997	81.2	101	90.6	97	71.7	94	4.26	87	0
1996	80	124	88.9	124	71.1	112	5.94	49	0
1995	83.5	20	93.3	28	73.8	24	5.34	63	0
1994	80.5	117	89.6	117	71.5	101	3.05	107	0
1993	82.8	36	92.4	40	73.2	38	4.17	89	0
1992	79.8	128	89.8	112	69.8	129	7.64	25	0
1991	82.1	55	92.2	43	72	83	10.67	10	0
1990	82.9	33	93.8	21	72	83	4.35	85	0
1989	82.5	44	92.2	43	72.7	55	5.16	67	0
1988	82.9	33	91.5	67	74.4	13	11.02	8	0
1987	83.1	27	91.3	81	74.9	8	14.48	3	0
1986	82	58	91.6	62	72.5	66	6.38	38	0
1985	81.9	64	90.3	106	73.6	29	6.92	34	0
1984	79.8	128	88.1	129	71.5	101	3.92	94	0
1983	82.1	55	90.2	107	74.1	17	8.39	19	0
1982	82.4	48	91.1	86	73.7	25	3.93	93	0
1981	82.6	40	92.2	43	73	42	4.46	81	0
1980	82.2	52	92	51	72.3	73	1.32	130	0
1979	80.9	110	89.6	117	72.1	76	4.94	70	0
1978	81.7	78	90.9	89	72.4	71	7.54	28	0
1977	81.3	99	88.5	128	74	19	13.31	4	0
1976	80.9	110	91.8	58	70	127	2.31	119	0
1975	81	106	89.4	120	72.6	59	11.69	7	0
1974	80.4	119	89.8	112	71	114	6.45	37	0
1973	80.9	110	90.4	103	71.4	106	4.92	71	0
1972	82.8	36	93	30	72.6	59	1.98	123	0
1971	81.7	78	90.8	92	72.5	66	5.13	68	0
1970	81.9	64	89.7	115	74.2	15	6.21	43	0
1969	80.9	110	90	109	71.8	91	3.74	98	0
1968	81.6	84	91.6	62	71.7	94	9.19	16	0
1967	80	124	89.3	122	70.8	116	4.11	91	0
1966	80	124	88.6	127	71.3	110	5.92	50	0
1965	79.6	130	88.8	125	70.4	124	7.03	31	0
1964	82	58	90.4	103	73.6	29	4.45	83	0
1963	82.5	44	92	51	72.9	45	3.66	99	0
1962	84.4	10	95	11	73.7	25	4.54	79	0
1961	78	133	87.7	132	68.4	132	2.54	116	0
1960	80.3	121	88	131	72.6	59	9.37	15	0
1959	82.1	55	91.3	81	72.9	45	5.38	60	0
1958	81.8	72	92.1	50	71.5	101	4.53	80	0
1957	81.8	72	91.5	67	72.1	76	3.60	101	0
1956	81.7	78	92.6	35	70.8	116	2.62	114	0
1955	81.9	64	91	87	72.8	48	3.63	100	0
1954	83.1	27	93.6	22	72.6	59	1.55	127	0
1953	81.6	84	90.6	97	72.6	59	6.04	45	0
1952	82.9	33	92.2	43	73.5	34	2.42	117	0
1951	85.2	7	96.2	6	74.2	15	1.42	129	0
1950	80.6	115	90.5	101	70.7	119	0.96	132	0
1949	80.4	119	89.4	120	71.4	106	4.19	88	0
1948	81.3	99	90.6	97	72	83	4.78	75	0
1947	83.1	27	93.9	18	72.5	66	2.21	120	1
1946	81.6	84	91.4	77	71.8	91	4.70	76	0
1945	81.4	97	90.8	92	72.1	76	6.30	41	2
1944	82	58	91.5	67	72.5	66	9.93	13	0
1943	83.7	18	94.2	15	73.1	40	1.87	125	1
1942	82	58	91.7	59	72.3	73	9.73	14	1
1941	83	32	92	51	73.9	22	2.79	110	0
1940	80.3	121	88.7	126	72	83	12.36	6	0
1939	81.6	84	91.5	67	71.6	98	7.60	27	1
1938	81.9	64	91.5	67	72.1	76	5.47	59	1
1937	81.6	84	91.7	59	71.5	101	6.37	39	0
1936	81.8	72	91.9	56	71.7	94	5.75	53	0
1935	82.6	40	92.5	37	72.7	55	5.38	60	0
1934	81.5	93	90.2	107	72.8	48	5.97	47	0
1933	81.5	93	91.4	77	71.5	101	5.72	54	2
1932	82.4	48	91.2	85	73.6	29	5.52	58	0
1931	79.6	130	88.1	129	71.1	112	8.23	20	1
1930	81.9	64	90.9	89	72.8	48	4.85	73	0
1929	82	58	91	87	72.8	48	6.21	43	1
1928	83.1	27	91.5	67	74.6	10	7.47	29	0
1927	81.1	103	89.8	112	72.4	71	6.89	35	0
1926	82	58	91.7	59	72.3	73	16.27	2	0
1925	82.4	48	92.2	43	72.5	66	1.91	124	0
1924	85.1	8	96.6	5	73.6	29	3.25	104	0
1923	81.6	84	90.6	97	72.6	59	4.42	84	2
1922	81	106	90	109	72.1	76	7.99	21	0
1921	86.1	4	98.1	2	74	19	2.37	118	0
1920	81.9	64	91.9	56	71.9	89	7.61	26	0
1919	84.1	14	94.1	16	74.1	17	2.56	115	0
1918	81.8	72	93	30	70.7	119	6.01	46	0
1917							5.13	68	6
1916	81.8	72	92	51	71.6	98	4.46	81	1
1915	80.6	115	91.3	81	70	127	6.30	41	0
1914	81.6	84	92.5	37	70.8	116	5.38	60	0
1913	81.1	103	91.5	67	70.6	122	4.30	86	0
1912	82.2	52	93	30	71.4	106	5.21	65	0
1911	80.5	117	91.6	62	69.3	130	7.01	32	0
1910	83.1	27	93.2	29	73	42	1.67	126	0
1909	81.5	93	92.6	35	70.5	123	9.00	17	1
1908	80	124	92.5	37	67.4	133	10.01	12	0
1907	81.7	78	94.8	12	68.6	131	5.17	66	0
1906	82.5	44	94.7	13	70.3	126	1.08	131	0
1905	83.3	22	93.9	18	72.7	55	4.17	89	0
1904	81.5	93	92.2	43	70.9	115	7.47	29	0
1903	81.1	103	90.8	92	71.3	110	3.91	95	0
1902	84	15	94.4	14	73.5	34	3.79	97	0
1901	81.9	64	91.6	62	72.1	76	3.81	96	0
1900	81.7	78	91.5	67	72	83	4.86	72	0
1899	83.3	22	93.5	25	73.1	40	2.84	109	0
1898	81.4	97	90.7	95	72	83	5.57	56	0
1897	81.2	101	90.7	95	71.6	98			0
1896	82.8	36	93.9	18	71.7	94	3.95	92	0
1895	81.6	84	91.5	67	71.8	91	3.35	103	0
1894	80.2	123	89.7	115	70.7	119	5.56	57	0
1893	79.5	132	87.5	133	71.4	106	4.84	74	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	90.1
2024	86.5
2011	86.3
1921	86.1
2007	85.7
2026	85.5
1951	85.2
1924	85.1
1999	85
1962	84.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1961	78
1893	79.5
1965	79.6
1931	79.6
1992	79.8
1984	79.8
1996	80
1967	80
1966	80
1908	80

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2016	30.96
1926	16.27
1987	14.48
1977	13.31
2010	12.99
1940	12.36
1975	11.69
1988	11.02
2012	10.82
1991	10.67

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1999	0.38
1950	0.96
1906	1.08
1980	1.32
1951	1.42
2023	1.53
1954	1.55
1910	1.67
1943	1.87
1925	1.91

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 21 August 2026
Coldest night: 72°F; 4 August 2026, 3 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.78 in; 27 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 2.67 in of precipitation in Baton Rouge, LA, the driest August since 2024, 22nd driest of 133.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Baton Rouge, LA: 99°F on Friday 21 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Baton Rouge, LA: a low of 72°F on Tuesday 4 August 2026 and Monday 3 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Baton Rouge, LA: 0.78 in on Thursday 27 August 2026.