New Orleans, LA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 54.4°F in New Orleans, LA, the warmest January since 2023, 33rd warmest of 80.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 54.4°F; Warmest since 2023; 33rd warmest of 80
Precipitation: 2.81 in; Driest since 2022; 21st driest of 80

A normal January in New Orleans, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53.8°F, between 49.1°F and 59.4°F in eight years of ten and 4.41 in of precipitation, between 2.25 in and 6.93 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in New Orleans, LA since 1947: 54.4°F in 2026; the highest is 67.1°F, in 1950.

Normal range, 49.1 to 59.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	54.4	33	64.1	30	44.7	36	2.81	60
2025	50.5	55	58.7	64	42.2	50	4.68	30
2024	52.9	42	62	40	43.8	42	8.56	8
2023	61.1	4	69.4	5	52.7	4	2.91	59
2022	52.1	46	61.8	41	42.4	48	1.90	74
2021	55.4	25	64.2	29	46.6	24	2.04	73
2020	59.9	8	67.3	13	52.5	5	4.41	34
2019	54.5	31	63	34	45.9	27	4.40	37
2018	48.8	66	57.9	67	39.6	65	4.55	32
2017	60.1	7	69	6	51.3	8	4.90	27
2016	53.9	35	62.4	37	45.5	31	4.41	34
2015	52	47	60.8	49	43.1	45	5.67	22
2014	47	73	57.1	70	37	77	2.72	63
2013	56.6	19	64.5	26	48.7	14	6.59	16
2012	60.8	5	70.4	4	51.3	8	1.81	75
2011	51.1	52	60.4	52	41.8	51	4.09	41
2010	48.4	69	57.3	69	39.5	67	2.24	72
2009	55.3	27	65.1	24	45.6	30	6.40	17
2008	53	40	60.5	51	45.5	31	3.34	48
2007	53.6	38	60.4	52	46.8	22	4.86	28
2006	59.3	11	68.9	7	49.7	13	2.95	57
2005	57.8	13	65.5	19	50.2	11	4.41	34
2004	53.7	37	62.4	37	45	34	3.00	56
2003	49.1	65	58.3	65	39.9	64	0.19	80
2002	54.7	30	64	31	45.4	33	3.29	51
2001	50.1	59	59.8	56	40.5	59	3.05	55
2000	56.4	20	65.4	21	47.3	20	2.25	71
1999	57.6	14	67.9	12	47.4	18	3.20	53
1998	56.1	21	64.3	28	47.8	17	19.28	1
1997	53.8	36	61.6	44	45.9	27	6.32	19
1996	52.9	42	64	31	41.8	51	4.66	31
1995	53	40	62.6	36	43.4	44	3.66	46
1994	50	61	59.2	62	40.7	55	3.25	52
1993	57.1	17	64.5	26	49.8	12	6.21	20
1992	51	53	59.4	58	42.7	47	9.94	5
1991	52.7	44	59.1	63	46.4	25	19.25	2
1990	57.2	15	67	16	47.4	18	7.59	11
1989	60.2	6	68.9	7	51.5	6	2.47	69
1988	49.4	64	58.1	66	40.6	57	3.74	44
1987	49.9	63	59.4	58	40.5	59	8.88	7
1986	51.2	51	61.8	41	40.5	59	3.49	47
1985	45.2	78	55.7	74	34.7	79	4.83	29
1984	46.6	75	55.4	76	37.8	72	4.10	40
1983	50.1	59	59.3	60	41	54	3.31	50
1982	54.5	31	65.5	19	43.5	43	2.76	62
1981	48.5	67	59.3	60	37.7	73	0.94	78
1980	56.1	21	65.4	21	46.8	22	6.37	18
1979	45.8	77	54.2	78	37.5	75	5.55	24
1978	44.1	79	50.4	80	37.7	73	13.63	3
1977	43.4	80	52.5	79	34.2	80	5.62	23
1976	50.6	54	61.6	44	39.5	67	2.61	66
1975	57.2	15	67.3	13	47.1	21	2.95	57
1974	63.2	2	70.8	3	55.7	2	8.46	9
1973	50.3	57	60	55	40.6	57	2.68	65
1972	58.6	12	68.6	9	48.5	15	6.98	13
1971	55.1	28	65.6	18	44.6	37	1.13	77
1970	47.3	71	56.6	71	38	71	2.53	68
1969	54.2	34	63.6	33	44.8	35	3.12	54
1968	51.6	49	61.7	43	41.5	53	0.54	79
1967	52.5	45	61	47	44	40	4.22	38
1966	46.9	74	54.8	77	39	69	12.62	4
1965	54.8	29	65.2	23	44.5	39	4.48	33
1964	50	61	59.7	57	40.3	62	9.60	6
1963	47.5	70	57.4	68	37.5	75	5.21	26
1962	50.4	56	61.3	46	39.6	65	4.19	39
1961	47.3	71	56.5	72	38.2	70	6.94	14
1960	51.8	48	60.6	50	43	46	3.34	48
1959	50.3	57	60.4	52	40.1	63	3.71	45
1958	48.5	67	56.4	73	40.7	55	6.78	15
1957	59.9	8	68.5	10	51.4	7	1.55	76
1956	51.6	49	61	47	42.3	49	2.37	70
1955	53.2	39	62.4	37	43.9	41	7.13	12
1954	55.4	25	65.1	24	45.7	29	3.96	42
1953	56.8	18	67.3	13	46.3	26	2.56	67
1952	62.3	3	71.2	2	53.4	3	2.70	64
1951	55.6	23	66.5	17	44.6	37	5.49	25
1950	67.1	1	74.4	1	59.8	1	3.93	43
1949	59.7	10	68.5	10	51	10	2.78	61
1948	45.9	76	55.6	75	36.3	78	5.72	21
1947	55.5	24	63	34	47.9	16	8.30	10

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	67.1
1974	63.2
1952	62.3
2023	61.1
2012	60.8
1989	60.2
2017	60.1
2020	59.9
1957	59.9
1949	59.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	43.4
1978	44.1
1985	45.2
1979	45.8
1948	45.9
1984	46.6
1966	46.9
2014	47
1970	47.3
1961	47.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	19.28
1991	19.25
1978	13.63
1966	12.62
1992	9.94
1964	9.60
1987	8.88
2024	8.56
1974	8.46
1947	8.30

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	0.19
1968	0.54
1981	0.94
1971	1.13
1957	1.55
2012	1.81
2022	1.90
2021	2.04
2010	2.24
2000	2.25

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 82°F; 6 January 2026
Coldest night: 27°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.26 in; 24 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.81 in of precipitation in New Orleans, LA, the driest January since 2022, 21st driest of 80.
The hottest day of January 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 82°F on Tuesday 6 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in New Orleans, LA: a low of 27°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 1.26 in on Saturday 24 January 2026.