New Orleans, LA: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 85.2°F in New Orleans, LA, the warmest August since 2025, 11th warmest of 81.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 85.2°F; Warmest since 2025; 11th warmest of 81
Precipitation: 4.68 in; Driest since 2024; 31st driest of 81

A normal August in New Orleans, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 83.7°F, between 81.6°F and 85.5°F in eight years of ten and 6.49 in of precipitation, between 2.34 in and 11.74 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in New Orleans, LA since 1946: 85.2°F in 2026; the highest is 89°F, in 2023.

Normal range, 81.6 to 85.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in New Orleans, LA from 1946 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	85.2	11	93.6	8	76.8	14	4.68	51
2025	85.4	9	93	14	77.7	6	4.85	49
2024	86	3	94.5	5	77.5	8	2.57	70
2023	89	1	98.2	1	79.9	1	2.97	68
2022	82.7	32	89.1	68	76.4	17	7.40	25
2021	85.3	10	92.8	15	77.7	6	9.61	13
2020	84.4	18	92.3	20	76.4	17	6.28	37
2019	85.5	6	93.3	11	77.8	5	3.89	59
2018	83.8	22	91.1	33	76.4	17	9.88	11
2017	83.1	27	90.1	53	76.1	20	15.77	3
2016	86	3	92.6	17	79.4	2	11.87	5
2015	84.9	14	92.7	16	77.1	10	3.28	65
2014	84.4	18	92.2	21	76.5	15	5.50	41
2013	82.7	32	90	54	75.4	27	7.22	28
2012	82.3	44	89.2	66	75.4	27	18.61	1
2011	87.3	2	95.9	2	78.6	3	1.61	81
2010	85	13	91.9	24	78	4	11.73	7
2009	82.7	32	90.5	44	75	34	9.50	15
2008	82.5	39	89.6	60	75.4	27	7.21	29
2007	85.1	12	93.1	13	77.1	10	4.08	58
2006	83.5	24	91.2	29	75.8	24	6.70	31
2005	84.7	15	92.4	19	77.1	10	8.27	18
2004	81.6	57	89	70	74.2	41	3.75	61
2003	84	21	91	36	76.9	13	6.19	38
2002	82.7	32	90.4	47	75.1	32	4.09	57
2001	82.4	41	89.5	63	75.4	27	7.41	24
2000	84.4	18	93.5	10	75.2	31	2.35	73
1999	85.5	6	93.6	8	77.4	9	5.21	43
1998	84.6	16	92.6	17	76.5	15	8.30	17
1997	83.5	24	91.2	29	75.9	23	2.25	75
1996	81.1	69	88.5	76	73.7	51	8.76	16
1995	84.6	16	94.4	6	74.9	35	3.26	66
1994	81.3	67	90.6	42	71.9	70	4.59	52
1993	83.6	23	93.3	11	73.8	47	2.26	74
1992	79.5	79	88.4	77	70.7	80	9.64	12
1991	81.7	53	90.8	39	72.5	64	7.86	19
1990	83	29	94.2	7	71.8	71	2.45	71
1989	81.7	53	91.1	33	72.2	68	3.31	64
1988	81.4	66	89	70	73.8	47	7.53	22
1987	83.5	24	91.4	25	75.6	25	5.05	44
1986	81.6	57	90.4	47	72.8	61	6.74	30
1985	81.5	62	89.6	60	73.5	53	6.37	34
1984	79.2	80	87	80	71.4	74	9.51	14
1983	82.4	41	90.5	44	74.3	39	6.29	36
1982	82.2	46	91.1	33	73.3	58	1.92	78
1981	83	29	92	22	74.1	42	11.10	8
1980	85.5	6	95	4	76	21	1.68	80
1979	82.8	31	91.4	25	74.3	39	4.57	53
1978	83.1	27	91.2	29	75.1	32	14.68	4
1977	81.9	50	88.8	73	74.9	35	16.12	2
1976	81.5	62	91.3	28	71.7	72	1.69	79
1975	80.5	73	88.6	75	72.4	67	10.11	10
1974	80.4	74	89.8	56	71	78	6.70	31
1973	81.6	57	89.8	56	73.5	53	3.37	63
1972	81	71	91.2	29	70.9	79	4.92	47
1971	81.1	69	89.5	63	72.6	63	5.75	40
1970	81.5	62	89.2	66	73.8	47	10.21	9
1969	80	76	88.7	74	71.4	74	7.80	20
1968	81	71	90.3	51	71.7	72	4.78	50
1967	80	76	88	79	72	69	7.51	23
1966	80.4	74	89.4	65	71.4	74	2.84	69
1965	77.6	81	86.2	81	69.1	81	6.34	35
1964	81.7	53	90.3	51	73.1	59	3.88	60
1963	81.6	57	90.6	42	72.5	64	2.12	76
1962	82.2	46	91.4	25	73.1	59	2.41	72
1961	79.6	78	88.1	78	71.2	77	7.26	27
1960	81.2	68	89	70	73.5	53	6.51	33
1959	82.7	32	89.8	56	75.5	26	4.53	54
1958	81.8	51	89.6	60	74	45	3.19	67
1957	81.8	51	89.1	68	74.5	38	7.57	21
1956	81.6	57	90.4	47	72.7	62	4.99	45
1955	82.7	32	90.5	44	74.8	37	11.77	6
1954	82.7	32	92	22	73.5	53	5.40	42
1953	82	49	89.9	55	74.1	42	4.88	48
1952	82.5	39	91	36	74	45	2.00	77
1951	85.7	5	95.5	3	76	21	4.93	46
1950	81.5	62	90.4	47	72.5	64	4.34	55
1949	82.2	46	91	36	73.5	53	3.63	62
1948	81.7	53	89.7	59	73.7	51	5.79	39
1947	82.3	44	90.8	39	73.8	47	4.23	56
1946	82.4	41	90.7	41	74.1	42	7.33	26

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	89
2011	87.3
2024	86
2016	86
1951	85.7
2019	85.5
1999	85.5
1980	85.5
2025	85.4
2021	85.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1965	77.6
1984	79.2
1992	79.5
1961	79.6
1969	80
1967	80
1974	80.4
1966	80.4
1975	80.5
1972	81
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2012	18.61
1977	16.12
2017	15.77
1978	14.68
2016	11.87
1955	11.77
2010	11.73
1981	11.10
1970	10.21
1975	10.11

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	1.61
1980	1.68
1976	1.69
1982	1.92
1952	2.00
1963	2.12
1997	2.25
1993	2.26
2000	2.35
1962	2.41

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 23 August 2026, 21 August 2026
Coldest night: 73°F; 27 August 2026
Wettest day: 2.35 in; 27 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 4.68 in of precipitation in New Orleans, LA, the driest August since 2024, 31st driest of 81.
The hottest day of August 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 97°F on Sunday 23 August 2026 and Friday 21 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in New Orleans, LA: a low of 73°F on Thursday 27 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 2.35 in on Thursday 27 August 2026.