New Orleans, LA: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 60.8°F in New Orleans, LA, the warmest February since 2025, tied 14th warmest of 80 (with 1950).

February 2026

Mean temperature: 60.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 14th warmest of 80
Precipitation: 2.39 in; Driest since 2015; 16th driest of 79

A normal February in New Orleans, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 57.4°F, between 52.9°F and 61.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.83 in of precipitation, between 1.59 in and 7.31 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in New Orleans, LA since 1947: 60.8°F in 2026; the highest is 68.1°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 52.9 to 61.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February 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	60.8	14	70.8	8	50.8	18	2.39	64
2025	61.5	8	70.3	13	52.6	11
2024	60.7	16	70.3	13	51.1	16	3.74	46
2023	64	4	71.7	5	56.2	3	2.73	62
2022	57.4	34	66.8	36	48.1	34	3.39	49
2021	54.6	54	63.5	58	45.8	48	4.83	35
2020	61	12	69.8	15	52.2	13	3.94	44
2019	65.1	2	72.1	4	58.1	2	6.11	23
2018	68.1	1	76.4	1	59.7	1	3.09	51
2017	64.4	3	73	3	55.8	4	2.74	61
2016	58.9	23	68.7	22	49.1	28	3.72	47
2015	52.4	67	61.4	69	43.4	64	2.03	68
2014	56.2	44	65.4	43	47	41	6.31	22
2013	57.7	33	65.6	42	49.9	22	7.21	17
2012	61	12	68.2	25	53.9	8	4.72	38
2011	56.7	38	66.4	38	46.9	42	1.65	72
2010	48.3	77	56.7	78	39.9	74	6.60	21
2009	58.7	26	68	26	49.4	26	4.39	40
2008	59.1	21	68.9	20	49.3	27	2.88	55
2007	53.8	59	63.6	57	44.1	59	2.30	66
2006	56.7	38	66.1	40	47.3	38	3.16	50
2005	59.3	20	66.4	38	52.3	12	8.24	12
2004	53	63	60.6	72	45.4	54	8.41	10
2003	55.4	50	64.4	51	46.4	44	4.56	39
2002	51.9	70	61.3	70	42.4	67	2.76	59
2001	60.3	18	69.1	18	51.4	15	1.59	73
2000	60.5	17	70.7	9	50.4	19	1.81	71
1999	61.1	10	70.6	10	51.6	14	0.92	77
1998	55.9	46	64.6	49	47.2	39	4.28	41
1997	57.1	36	64	54	50.1	21	6.88	19
1996	55.9	46	65.8	41	46	47	1.56	74
1995	56.3	41	66.9	34	45.6	51	4.94	33
1994	56.8	37	67.4	30	46.3	45	0.54	78
1993	54.7	53	64.2	53	45.2	56	2.34	65
1992	58.3	27	67.5	29	49.1	28	8.73	9
1991	58.2	28	67.6	27	48.8	31	5.42	27
1990	61.3	9	69.1	18	53.5	9	11.45	3
1989	55.9	46	64.7	47	47.1	40	0.15	79
1988	53.2	62	62.8	62	43.5	63	11.31	4
1987	56.3	41	64	54	48.6	32	7.38	15
1986	59.1	21	68.7	22	49.6	24	2.93	54
1985	52.3	68	61	71	43.6	62	9.28	7
1984	53.9	57	63.9	56	43.9	61	5.27	30
1983	53.7	61	61.7	66	45.8	48	12.59	1
1982	55	52	63.5	58	46.5	43	7.88	14
1981	55.3	51	64.9	46	45.6	51	8.34	11
1980	51.9	70	61.9	65	42	71	3.09	51
1979	52.9	64	61.6	67	44.1	59	12.49	2
1978	45	80	53.4	80	36.6	80	2.53	63
1977	53.8	59	64.5	50	43.1	65	2.75	60
1976	58.2	28	70.6	10	45.8	48	3.85	45
1975	58.8	24	69.4	17	48.3	33	3.64	48
1974	55.9	46	67.6	27	44.2	58	5.53	26
1973	52.6	65	62.8	62	42.3	70	5.40	28
1972	56.1	45	66.9	34	45.3	55	6.03	24
1971	53.9	57	65.3	44	42.5	66	4.87	34
1970	51.6	72	64.3	52	39	77	2.28	67
1969	54.6	54	63.5	58	45.6	51	4.80	36
1968	47.1	79	57.6	77	36.7	79	3.02	53
1967	52.5	66	62.6	64	42.4	67	6.80	20
1966	52	69	61.6	67	42.4	67	10.11	6
1965	54.3	56	63.5	58	45.2	56	5.25	31
1964	49.8	73	59.3	76	40.3	73	5.35	29
1963	48.1	78	59.5	75	36.8	78	5.90	25
1962	63.9	5	73.6	2	54.2	7	1.02	76
1961	58.1	30	68.6	24	47.5	37	9.00	8
1960	49.6	74	60.1	73	39.1	76	4.77	37
1959	57.2	35	64.7	47	49.7	23	10.56	5
1958	48.4	76	56.5	79	40.4	72	3.96	43
1957	63.7	6	71.5	7	55.8	4	2.88	55
1956	61.1	10	69.5	16	52.8	10	7.27	16
1955	57.9	32	67	32	48.9	30	5.16	32
1954	59.8	19	71.6	6	47.9	35	1.34	75
1953	56.3	41	65	45	47.7	36	7.10	18
1952	58.8	24	67.3	31	50.2	20	8.06	13
1951	56.6	40	67	32	46.1	46	1.98	69
1950	60.8	14	70.6	10	50.9	17	4.08	42
1949	61.8	7	68.8	21	54.9	6	2.85	57
1948	58.1	30	66.8	36	49.5	25	1.96	70
1947	49.4	75	59.6	74	39.3	75	2.84	58

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	68.1
2019	65.1
2017	64.4
2023	64
1962	63.9
1957	63.7
1949	61.8
2025	61.5
1990	61.3
1999	61.1
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	45
1968	47.1
1963	48.1
2010	48.3
1958	48.4
1947	49.4
1960	49.6
1964	49.8
1970	51.6
2002	51.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	12.59
1979	12.49
1990	11.45
1988	11.31
1959	10.56
1966	10.11
1985	9.28
1961	9.00
1992	8.73
2004	8.41

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1989	0.15
1994	0.54
1999	0.92
1962	1.02
1954	1.34
1996	1.56
2001	1.59
2011	1.65
2000	1.81
1948	1.96

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 21 February 2026
Coldest night: 26°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.99 in; 27 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 2.39 in of precipitation in New Orleans, LA, the driest February since 2015 (2025 excluded: 3 of 28 days missing), 16th driest of 79.
The hottest day of February 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 86°F on Saturday 21 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in New Orleans, LA: a low of 26°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 0.99 in on Friday 27 February 2026.