New Orleans, LA: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 58°F in New Orleans, LA, the warmest December since 2024, tied 24th warmest of 80 (with 2023).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 58°F; Warmest since 2024; 24th warmest of 80
Precipitation: 4.29 in; Driest since 2021; 35th driest of 80

A normal December in New Orleans, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 56.5°F, between 52.4°F and 59.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.91 in of precipitation, between 2.21 in and 6.60 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in New Orleans, LA since 1946: 58°F in 2025; the highest is 65.6°F, in 2021.

Normal range, 52.4 to 59.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December 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
2025	58	24	67	22	49	26	4.29	46
2024	59.1	13	67.9	13	50.4	15	5.33	30
2023	58	24	65.6	36	50.4	15	9.45	7
2022	59	15	66.4	28	51.7	7	8.02	13
2021	65.6	1	73.6	1	57.5	1	3.07	62
2020	56.5	32	66	33	46.9	38	4.06	50
2019	59.6	9	67.7	14	51.5	9	2.83	67
2018	58.5	21	65.6	36	51.3	10	5.33	30
2017	55.5	39	63.9	51	47.2	33	5.16	35
2016	59.5	10	67.1	18	51.9	5	7.86	14
2015	64.6	2	72.1	2	57.1	2	6.46	19
2014	58.9	17	67.1	18	50.7	13	3.96	51
2013	55.2	43	62.9	59	47.5	30	3.20	58
2012	58.9	17	68.3	11	49.5	23	5.13	36
2011	57.8	27	66.3	30	49.3	25	1.30	80
2010	51.6	72	61.3	69	42	70	2.17	76
2009	53.4	60	60.8	73	46	43	25.92	1
2008	59.3	12	68.2	12	50.3	19	2.21	75
2007	60.3	6	68.8	9	51.8	6	4.71	42
2006	55	48	62.9	59	47.2	33	10.03	4
2005	53.9	57	63.8	53	44	57	3.32	56
2004	52.4	66	61.5	66	43.3	64	3.44	55
2003	53.7	58	63.8	53	43.5	62	1.94	77
2002	54.2	53	63.6	55	44.7	52	4.82	40
2001	57.6	28	66.4	28	48.8	27	2.90	64
2000	49.5	77	58.6	78	40.5	75	2.70	69
1999	55.2	43	64.8	45	45.6	46	3.85	53
1998	59.1	13	67.1	18	51.1	12	2.25	74
1997	52.8	63	61.9	64	43.7	61	2.55	72
1996	57.2	30	66.7	23	47.8	29	5.55	26
1995	55.1	46	64.3	47	46	43	5.07	37
1994	56.5	32	65.7	35	47.3	31	4.61	43
1993	52.2	69	62.1	61	42.2	69	2.90	64
1992	58.1	23	66.5	26	49.8	20	5.68	25
1991	57.5	29	66.6	24	48.5	28	2.63	70
1990	58.9	17	68.4	10	49.5	23	9.67	5
1989	46.9	79	56.7	79	37.1	79	6.28	20
1988	56	36	66.5	26	45.5	47	3.94	52
1987	59	15	67.5	15	50.4	15	2.88	66
1986	53.1	62	60	76	46.3	41	5.05	38
1985	50.9	74	61.3	69	40.6	74	4.78	41
1984	62.3	4	71.2	3	53.5	4	2.53	73
1983	49.5	77	59.1	77	39.9	76	9.15	8
1982	59.4	11	67.1	18	51.6	8	10.26	3
1981	54.4	51	64.2	48	44.7	52	5.50	27
1980	53.6	59	65.4	38	41.8	71	1.54	78
1979	52.5	65	63.6	55	41.3	73	3.07	62
1978	55.8	37	66	33	45.7	45	4.42	45
1977	54.2	53	64.5	46	44	57	4.15	49
1976	50.6	76	61.7	65	39.5	77	8.81	10
1975	51.9	71	61.1	71	42.7	67	3.81	54
1974	55.2	43	65.2	41	45.3	49	4.89	39
1973	54.1	55	64.9	44	43.3	64	8.31	12
1972	55.3	41	65.1	43	45.4	48	8.65	11
1971	63.3	3	70.9	4	55.8	3	6.64	17
1970	57.9	26	69	8	46.7	39	4.28	47
1969	54.5	50	66.1	31	42.8	66	5.26	33
1968	50.8	75	62	62	39.5	77	6.14	21
1967	58.2	22	66.6	24	49.8	20	10.77	2
1966	53.2	61	62	62	44.5	54	5.44	28
1965	54	56	64	50	44	57	7.35	15
1964	56.3	34	65.4	38	47.3	31	3.10	60
1963	46.1	80	55.8	80	36.4	80	5.25	34
1962	51	73	60.5	74	41.5	72	4.47	44
1961	56.2	35	66.1	31	46.3	41	6.01	24
1960	52	70	61.4	68	42.7	67	4.17	48
1959	55.6	38	64.1	49	47	35	2.58	71
1958	52.7	64	61.1	71	44.3	55	1.46	79
1957	55.1	46	65.2	41	45.1	50	3.09	61
1956	61.1	5	70.8	5	51.3	10	6.49	18
1955	55.4	40	63.9	51	47	35	2.81	68
1954	54.6	49	65.3	40	43.9	60	6.02	23
1953	52.3	68	60.4	75	44.2	56	8.93	9
1952	54.3	52	63.5	58	45.1	50	6.86	16
1951	59.7	8	69.9	6	49.6	22	3.17	59
1950	52.4	66	61.5	66	43.4	63	6.12	22
1949	58.9	17	67.3	17	50.5	14	5.36	29
1948	59.8	7	69.2	7	50.4	15	5.31	32
1947	55.3	41	63.6	55	47	35	9.59	6
1946	56.9	31	67.4	16	46.4	40	3.24	57

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2021	65.6
2015	64.6
1971	63.3
1984	62.3
1956	61.1
2007	60.3
1948	59.8
1951	59.7
2019	59.6
2016	59.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1963	46.1
1989	46.9
2000	49.5
1983	49.5
1976	50.6
1968	50.8
1985	50.9
1962	51
2010	51.6
1975	51.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	25.92
1967	10.77
1982	10.26
2006	10.03
1990	9.67
1947	9.59
2023	9.45
1983	9.15
1953	8.93
1976	8.81

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	1.30
1958	1.46
1980	1.54
2003	1.94
2010	2.17
2008	2.21
1998	2.25
1984	2.53
1997	2.55
1959	2.58

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 82°F; 26 December 2025, 18 December 2025
Coldest night: 30°F; 31 December 2025
Wettest day: 3.70 in; 4 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 4.29 in of precipitation in New Orleans, LA, the driest December since 2021, 35th driest of 80.
The hottest day of December 2025 in New Orleans, LA: 82°F on Friday 26 December 2025 and Thursday 18 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in New Orleans, LA: a low of 30°F on Wednesday 31 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in New Orleans, LA: 3.70 in on Thursday 4 December 2025.