New Orleans, LA: 2025

31 December 2025: 2025 averaged 72.3°F in New Orleans, LA, the warmest year since 2024, tied 5th warmest of 79 (with 2019).

2025

Mean temperature: 72.3°F; Warmest since 2024; 5th warmest of 79

A normal year in New Orleans, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70°F, between 68.9°F and 71.9°F in eight years of ten and 62.52 in of precipitation, between 51.14 in and 79.28 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every year in New Orleans, LA since 1947: 72.3°F in 2025; the highest is 73.4°F, in 2023.

Normal range, 68.9 to 71.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every year in New Orleans, LA from 1946 to 2025, 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
2025	72.3	5	80.8	4	63.8	8	57.54	45	0
2024	72.7	4	80.6	5	64.7	4	83.32	5	0
2023	73.4	1	81.5	1	65.2	1	39.85	77	0
2022	70.8	14	79.1	21	62.6	13	57.57	44	0
2021	71.7	9	79.4	15	63.9	7	86.08	2	0
2020	73	2	80.9	3	65.1	2	71.75	19	0
2019	72.3	5	80.6	5	64	5	62.53	35	0
2018	71.7	9	79.9	10	63.5	9	61.59	37	0
2017	71.4	11	79.6	12	63.3	11	72.42	17	0
2016	73	2	81	2	65	3	70.74	21	0
2015	71.9	7	79.7	11	64	5	71.34	20	0
2014	68.9	47	77.4	55	60.3	37	54.74	49	0
2013	69.5	33	77.3	58	61.6	21	66.37	29	0
2012	71.9	7	80.4	7	63.5	9	68.26	25	0
2011	71.1	12	80	8	62.1	14	54.63	50	0
2010	69.1	43	77.7	52	60.5	34	53.92	54	0
2009	70.4	17	78.6	33	62.1	14	79.31	7	0
2008	69.9	23	78.3	39	61.5	23	54.04	53	0
2007	70.2	20	78.4	37	61.9	18	53.30	56	0
2006	70.8	14	79.5	13	62	16	45.88	75	0
2005	70.4	17	78.9	24	62	16	53.00	57	0
2004	69.7	26	77.7	52	61.7	20	79.28	8	0
2003	69.8	25	78.2	41	61.4	25	66.28	30	0
2002	69.6	30	77.9	47	61.2	26	62.51	36	0
2001	69.4	36	78	45	60.9	29	69.51	23	0
2000	70.1	22	79.3	18	61	27	38.88	79	0
1999	70.5	16	79.5	13	61.5	23	46.31	74	0
1998	70.9	13	79.1	21	62.8	12	79.04	10	0
1997	69	45	77	68	61	27	51.68	62	0
1996	68.9	47	77.8	51	60	42	57.31	47	0
1995	69.4	36	79.2	19	59.7	47	65.33	32	0
1994	68.9	47	78.5	35	59.3	52	51.91	61	0
1993	67.9	66	77.5	54	58.2	67	52.71	58	0
1992	68.1	61	77.4	55	58.8	59	81.87	6	0
1991	69.5	33	78.3	39	60.8	31	102.37	1	0
1990	70.2	20	80	8	60.5	34	61.05	38	0
1989	68.3	56	77.4	55	59.1	55	67.47	27	0
1988	68	62	77.2	62	58.8	59	74.40	13	0
1987	68.3	56	77.9	47	58.8	59	60.63	39	0
1986	69.3	39	78.6	33	60	42	47.86	71	0
1985	68	62	76.8	72	59.2	53	66.98	28	0
1984	67.3	71	76.3	75	58.3	66	49.62	68	0
1983	66.4	78	75.4	79	57.4	75	85.30	3	0
1982	69.7	26	78.9	24	60.6	32	65.62	31	0
1981	69.4	36	79.1	21	59.6	50	54.51	51	0
1980	69.6	30	79.4	15	59.8	46	73.09	14	0
1979	68	62	77.3	58	58.7	62	60.24	41	0
1978	68.3	56	77.3	58	59.2	53	76.90	11	0
1977	68.4	55	77.9	47	59	57	72.80	15	0
1976	66.7	77	76.9	71	56.5	78	47.38	72	0
1975	68.2	59	77.2	62	59.1	55	71.98	18	0
1974	69.2	42	78.7	27	59.7	47	72.79	16	0
1973	69	45	78.1	43	59.9	45	79.28	8	0
1972	68.6	52	78.7	27	58.5	64	63.98	33	0
1971	68.7	51	78.7	27	58.7	62	57.43	46	0
1970	67.5	69	77.3	58	57.6	72	50.34	65	0
1969	67.4	70	77.2	62	57.5	73	52.04	60	0
1968	65.9	79	76.1	77	55.7	79	43.15	76	0
1967	68	62	78.1	43	58	69	53.43	55	0
1966	66.9	76	76.2	76	57.7	71	68.08	26	0
1965	67.8	67	77.2	62	58.4	65	49.34	69	0
1964	67.2	73	77	68	57.5	73	58.09	43	0
1963	67.2	73	77.2	62	57.2	76	50.25	67	0
1962	68.2	59	78.2	41	58.1	68	39.00	78	0
1961	67.3	71	76.8	72	57.9	70	83.54	4	0
1960	67	75	77.1	67	57	77	47.01	73	0
1959	68.9	47	76.8	72	60.9	29	68.49	24	0
1958	67.7	68	75.7	78	59.7	47	51.56	63	0
1957	69.9	23	77.9	47	61.8	19	60.35	40	0
1956	69.5	33	78.7	27	60.3	37	56.34	48	0
1955	69.6	30	78.7	27	60.5	34	59.85	42	0
1954	69.1	43	78.7	27	59.5	51	54.46	52	0
1953	69.7	26	78.8	26	60.6	32	63.13	34	0
1952	68.5	54	78	45	59	57	48.45	70	0
1951	69.7	26	79.4	15	60	42	50.34	65	0
1950	69.3	39	78.5	35	60.2	39	50.40	64	0
1949	70.4	17	79.2	19	61.6	21	52.57	59	0
1948	69.3	39	78.4	37	60.2	39	75.18	12	0
1947	68.6	52	77	68	60.1	41	70.10	22	0
1946									120

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	73.4
2020	73
2016	73
2024	72.7
2025	72.3
2019	72.3
2015	71.9
2012	71.9
2021	71.7
2018	71.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1968	65.9
1983	66.4
1976	66.7
1966	66.9
1960	67
1964	67.2
1963	67.2
1984	67.3
1961	67.3
1969	67.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1991	102.37
2021	86.08
1983	85.30
1961	83.54
2024	83.32
1992	81.87
2009	79.31
2004	79.28
1973	79.28
1998	79.04

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2000	38.88
1962	39.00
2023	39.85
1968	43.15
2006	45.88
1999	46.31
1960	47.01
1976	47.38
1986	47.86
1952	48.45

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 17 August 2025
Coldest night: 21°F; 23 January 2025
Wettest day: 4.38 in; 21 April 2025

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	50.5°F 26th coldest of 79	4.68 in 30th wettest of 79
February	61.5°F 8th warmest of 79
March	66.3°F 12th warmest of 79
April	73.5°F 3rd warmest of 79	5.23 in 33rd wettest of 79
May	78.6°F 10th warmest of 80	7.55 in 20th wettest of 80
June	84°F 7th warmest of 80	10.50 in 12th wettest of 80
July	85.5°F 5th warmest of 80	6.42 in 33rd wettest of 80
August	85.4°F 9th warmest of 80
September	82.7°F 7th warmest of 80	0.64 in 5th driest of 80
October	75.9°F 4th warmest of 80	3.34 in 29th wettest of 80
November	65.3°F 13th warmest of 80	0.34 in 5th driest of 80
December	58°F 24th warmest of 80	4.29 in 35th driest of 80

Hot days and freezes

New Orleans, LA has had 127 days at 90°F or above in 2025 through 31 December, the most on record by that date, in 79 years since 1947; provisional.
New Orleans, LA has had 9 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2025 through 31 December, the most by that date since 2018, tied 36th most of 79 (with 1986, 1958 and 1951).
The first freeze of fall 2025 in New Orleans, LA came on Tuesday 16 December 2025, the earliest since 2017, tied 41st earliest of 80 (with 1955).
The last freeze of spring 2025 in New Orleans, LA came on Thursday 20 February 2025, the latest since 2015, tied 25th latest of 79 (with 1972).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
21 December	Warmest day	81°F	80°F 1990, 1967	Provisional
18 December	Warmest day	82°F	79°F 2021, 2008	Provisional
25 November	Warmest day	85°F	83°F 1973, 1967	Provisional
21 November	Warmest day	85°F	83°F 1996	Provisional
12 February	Warmest day	83°F	81°F 2000	Provisional
11 February	Warmest day	83°F	81°F 2020, 1999	Provisional
8 February	Warmest day	85°F	81°F 2017, 1999	Provisional
6 February	Warmest day	82°F	80°F 2019	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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The hottest day of 2025 in New Orleans, LA: 99°F on Sunday 17 August 2025.
The coldest night of 2025 in New Orleans, LA: a low of 21°F on Thursday 23 January 2025.
The wettest day of 2025 in New Orleans, LA: 4.38 in on Monday 21 April 2025.