New Orleans, LA: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 72.8°F in New Orleans, LA, the warmest April since 2025, 7th warmest of 80.

April 2026

Mean temperature: 72.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 7th warmest of 80
Precipitation: 3.72 in; Driest since 2023; 35th driest of 80

A normal April in New Orleans, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 69.3°F, between 66.9°F and 73.1°F in eight years of ten and 4.13 in of precipitation, between 1.13 in and 11.66 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in New Orleans, LA since 1947: 72.8°F in 2026; the highest is 74°F, in 2011.

Normal range, 66.9 to 73.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in New Orleans, LA from 1947 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
2026	72.8	7	80.5	18	65	4	3.72	46
2025	73.5	3	81.1	14	65.8	2	5.23	33
2024	72.1	13	80.1	24	64.1	5	7.16	16
2023	70.9	24	78.2	42	63.6	13	3.16	52
2022	71.3	18	79.7	26	62.9	15	4.49	40
2021	69.7	33	77.4	54	61.9	21	12.85	5
2020	72.7	8	81.3	11	64	7	5.41	32
2019	70	29	78.6	35	61.4	23	6.81	18
2018	67	65	76.5	62	57.5	62	5.82	27
2017	71.3	18	80.5	18	62.1	19	5.45	31
2016	71.5	15	79.1	31	63.9	9	9.89	9
2015	73.6	2	80.8	16	66.4	1	11.97	6
2014	68.7	45	77.2	58	60.2	37	2.31	58
2013	68.2	50	76.4	65	59.9	38	11.62	7
2012	72.9	6	82	6	63.8	10	7.44	13
2011	74	1	82.9	2	65.1	3	0.35	77
2010	70.2	28	79.3	30	61	30	2.61	56
2009	68.9	42	77.4	54	60.3	35	1.33	73
2008	69.1	38	78	48	60.3	35	6.70	20
2007	67.5	58	76.3	68	58.6	54	1.65	68
2006	73.4	4	82.9	2	64	7	3.78	45
2005	68.1	51	77.7	50	58.4	56	3.31	49
2004	67.6	56	76.2	69	59	46	14.81	4
2003	69.6	34	79.4	29	59.8	40	6.19	23
2002	72.5	10	81.3	11	63.7	11	2.14	63
2001	72.2	11	80.7	17	63.7	11	1.08	75
2000	68.9	42	79	32	58.8	50	1.13	74
1999	73.1	5	82.1	5	64.1	5	0.30	79
1998	67.5	58	76.1	70	58.8	50	4.39	41
1997	65.4	75	73	80	57.8	60	4.91	35
1996	67.1	64	76.4	65	57.8	60	3.87	43
1995	68.8	44	79	32	58.5	55	3.81	44
1994	69.5	35	80.2	22	58.9	47	2.83	54
1993	64	80	74.1	77	53.9	78	6.82	17
1992	66.4	70	77	59	55.7	70	2.52	57
1991	71.2	22	78.8	34	63.6	13	15.29	2
1990	67.6	56	77.6	51	57.5	62	4.59	39
1989	66.9	66	77.4	54	56.5	66	3.20	50
1988	68.4	49	78.1	46	58.7	53	9.25	10
1987	66.2	71	78.5	38	53.9	78	2.27	61
1986	67.2	63	78.5	38	55.9	69	1.50	71
1985	69	39	78.3	40	59.7	43	2.11	64
1984	67.5	58	77	59	57.9	59	1.72	67
1983	64.3	78	73.9	78	54.6	77	14.86	3
1982	69.8	31	78.3	40	61.3	27	5.86	26
1981	71.4	16	81.5	9	61.2	29	2.28	60
1980	66.2	71	76.7	61	55.7	70	16.12	1
1979	71.1	23	79.5	27	62.7	17	4.90	36
1978	71.4	16	82	6	60.8	31	3.44	48
1977	69	39	80.4	20	57.5	62	6.38	22
1976	68.5	48	80.1	24	56.8	65	0.28	80
1975	66.7	68	75.5	75	58	58	6.69	21
1974	69	39	78.2	42	59.8	40	5.52	30
1973	64.2	79	73.4	79	55	75	10.47	8
1972	69.8	31	80.2	22	59.3	44	1.64	69
1971	66.9	66	78.6	35	55.1	73	1.53	70
1970	70.7	26	80.9	15	60.4	33	0.43	76
1969	68.7	45	78.2	42	59.3	44	6.04	24
1968	68.1	51	77.3	57	58.8	50	3.59	47
1967	72.2	11	83	1	61.4	23	2.18	62
1966	68.7	45	77.5	53	59.9	38	4.92	34
1965	70.9	24	80.3	21	61.4	23	0.33	78
1964	70.6	27	79.5	27	61.6	22	5.66	29
1963	72.6	9	82.3	4	62.9	15	1.84	66
1962	65.7	73	76.5	62	55	75	2.66	55
1961	64.7	77	76.1	70	53.3	80	2.88	53
1960	67.5	58	78.6	35	56.3	68	5.69	28
1959	67.9	54	76	72	59.8	40	3.18	51
1958	69.3	37	78.2	42	60.4	33	2.00	65
1957	69.4	36	78.1	46	60.6	32	6.79	19
1956	67.7	55	76.5	62	58.9	47	4.16	42
1955	71.3	18	81.4	10	61.3	27	4.81	38
1954	71.3	18	81.2	13	61.4	23	2.29	59
1953	68.1	51	78	48	58.2	57	5.94	25
1952	65.6	74	76	72	55.1	73	4.82	37
1951	66.5	69	76.4	65	56.5	66	7.79	12
1950	64.8	76	74.3	76	55.3	72	7.30	15
1949	67.3	62	75.7	74	58.9	47	8.78	11
1948	72	14	81.9	8	62.1	19	1.49	72
1947	70	29	77.6	51	62.3	18	7.38	14

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2011	74
2015	73.6
2025	73.5
2006	73.4
1999	73.1
2012	72.9
2026	72.8
2020	72.7
1963	72.6
2002	72.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1993	64
1973	64.2
1983	64.3
1961	64.7
1950	64.8
1997	65.4
1952	65.6
1962	65.7
1987	66.2
1980	66.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1980	16.12
1991	15.29
1983	14.86
2004	14.81
2021	12.85
2015	11.97
2013	11.62
1973	10.47
2016	9.89
1988	9.25

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	0.28
1999	0.30
1965	0.33
2011	0.35
1970	0.43
2001	1.08
2000	1.13
2009	1.33
1948	1.49
1986	1.50

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 29 April 2026, 18 April 2026
Coldest night: 52°F; 21 April 2026
Wettest day: 1.31 in; 25 April 2026

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April 2026 brought 3.72 in of precipitation in New Orleans, LA, the driest April since 2023, 35th driest of 80.
The hottest day of April 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 86°F on Wednesday 29 April 2026 and Saturday 18 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in New Orleans, LA: a low of 52°F on Tuesday 21 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 1.31 in on Saturday 25 April 2026.