New Orleans, LA: July

31 July 2026: July 2026 averaged 84.8°F in New Orleans, LA, the warmest July since 2025, 11th warmest of 81.

July 2026

Mean temperature: 84.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 11th warmest of 81
Precipitation: 4.60 in; Driest since 2023; 27th driest of 81

A normal July in New Orleans, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 83.4°F, between 82.3°F and 85.2°F in eight years of ten and 5.76 in of precipitation, between 3.94 in and 11.73 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every July in New Orleans, LA since 1946: 84.8°F in 2026; the highest is 86.7°F, in 2023 and 2016.

Normal range, 82.3 to 85.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every July 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	84.8	11	92.4	18	77.3	8	4.60	55
2025	85.5	5	93.5	8	77.4	6	6.42	33
2024	84.6	13	91.8	27	77.4	6	10.84	9
2023	86.7	1	95.5	1	77.9	4	3.31	75
2022	84.1	18	91.1	38	77	11	5.95	40
2021	84.9	8	91.9	25	78	3	10.61	11
2020	85.5	5	92.5	14	78.5	2	15.22	1
2019	84.3	16	91.4	32	77.1	9	11.52	6
2018	84.9	8	92.9	11	77	11	5.17	49
2017	83.2	31	91	39	75.4	28	6.50	31
2016	86.7	1	94	4	79.4	1	4.45	61
2015	85.6	4	94	4	77.1	9	4.17	65
2014	82.4	45	89.9	57	74.9	33	4.49	59
2013	82.3	47	89.1	73	75.6	22	3.97	67
2012	83.2	31	90.8	41	75.5	25	11.59	5
2011	84.2	17	91.7	31	76.6	15	13.00	4
2010	84.7	12	91.8	27	77.6	5	6.67	27
2009	84.1	18	92.3	22	75.9	19	5.73	45
2008	83.8	23	92	24	75.6	22	3.24	76
2007	82	55	89.2	71	74.8	36	4.26	62
2006	83.1	36	90.6	45	75.5	25	4.86	52
2005	83.7	25	91	39	76.4	16	10.65	10
2004	82.6	42	90.5	49	74.6	38	3.89	70
2003	82.6	42	90.1	54	75.1	32	6.41	35
2002	83.4	29	91.3	33	75.4	28	4.54	58
2001	82.9	39	90.6	45	75.2	30	6.97	24
2000	84.6	13	93.6	7	75.6	22	1.38	81
1999	82.2	50	89.6	62	74.8	36	4.05	66
1998	85.2	7	93.5	8	77	11	6.56	30
1997	83.3	30	91.2	35	75.5	25	3.94	68
1996	82.8	41	90.3	51	75.2	30	10.32	15
1995	83.9	21	92.9	11	74.9	33	6.44	32
1994	80.7	72	89.5	66	72	75	8.95	19
1993	83.2	31	92.4	18	74.1	47	5.77	43
1992	83	37	92.2	23	73.9	50	5.75	44
1991	83.5	27	92.5	14	74.4	43	13.15	2
1990	82.3	47	91.3	33	73.3	58	2.30	79
1989	81.3	65	89.4	69	73.3	58	8.34	21
1988	81.6	60	89.6	62	73.6	54	6.78	26
1987	82.9	39	91.8	27	73.9	50	6.38	37
1986	83.2	31	92.5	14	73.9	50	3.60	73
1985	80.2	77	88.3	79	72.1	74	6.92	25
1984	78.8	81	87.6	81	70	80	3.86	71
1983	81.5	62	90.3	51	72.7	66	2.95	77
1982	81.4	64	90.3	51	72.5	68	13.07	3
1981	84.9	8	93.9	6	76	18	1.92	80
1980	85.8	3	94.9	2	76.7	14	4.84	53
1979	83.5	27	91.2	35	75.9	19	11.43	8
1978	82.6	42	90.6	45	74.6	38	10.34	14
1977	83.8	23	93.3	10	74.4	43	2.91	78
1976	81.2	68	90	56	72.4	70	5.67	46
1975	80.2	77	88	80	72.4	70	8.35	20
1974	80.3	76	89.8	59	70.7	79	5.66	47
1973	84.4	15	92.5	14	76.2	17	5.94	41
1972	79.4	80	89	74	69.7	81	3.90	69
1971	81.3	65	89.7	61	73	62	4.55	57
1970	81.6	60	90.5	49	72.6	67	3.70	72
1969	82.1	54	90.6	45	73.5	56	6.64	29
1968	82.3	47	91.2	35	73.5	56	4.96	51
1967	80.5	75	89.5	66	71.5	77	6.42	33
1966	82.2	50	91.9	25	72.5	68	9.42	17
1965	81	71	89.6	62	72.4	70	5.26	48
1964	80.6	73	89	74	72.2	73	5.90	42
1963	81.2	68	89.5	66	72.9	64	6.40	36
1962	83.7	25	92.8	13	74.6	38	4.70	54
1961	79.7	79	88.5	77	70.9	78	10.38	13
1960	83.9	21	94.1	3	73.7	53	4.26	62
1959	82	55	89	74	74.9	33	7.96	22
1958	81.7	59	89.3	70	74.2	46	9.12	18
1957	84.1	18	92.4	18	75.9	19	5.12	50
1956	81.9	57	90.8	41	73	62	6.65	28
1955	81.2	68	89.2	71	73.3	58	9.96	16
1954	82.4	45	90.8	41	74	48	11.46	7
1953	82.2	50	90.1	54	74.3	45	10.44	12
1952	81.5	62	89.9	57	73.2	61	6.23	38
1951	83.2	31	91.8	27	74.5	41	3.45	74
1950	80.6	73	88.5	77	72.8	65	7.20	23
1949	82.2	50	89.8	59	74.5	41	6.01	39
1948	83	37	92.4	18	73.6	54	4.48	60
1947	81.3	65	90.8	41	71.7	76	4.18	64
1946	81.8	58	89.6	62	74	48	4.58	56

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	86.7
2016	86.7
1980	85.8
2015	85.6
2025	85.5
2020	85.5
1998	85.2
2021	84.9
2018	84.9
1981	84.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1984	78.8
1972	79.4
1961	79.7
1985	80.2
1975	80.2
1974	80.3
1967	80.5
1964	80.6
1950	80.6
1994	80.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2020	15.22
1991	13.15
1982	13.07
2011	13.00
2012	11.59
2019	11.52
1954	11.46
1979	11.43
2024	10.84
2005	10.65

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2000	1.38
1981	1.92
1990	2.30
1977	2.91
1983	2.95
2008	3.24
2023	3.31
1951	3.45
1986	3.60
1970	3.70

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 21 July 2026, 4 July 2026
Coldest night: 73°F; 14 July 2026, 13 July 2026, 5 July 2026
Wettest day: 1.46 in; 7 July 2026

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July 2026 brought 4.60 in of precipitation in New Orleans, LA, the driest July since 2023, 27th driest of 81.
The hottest day of July 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 96°F on Tuesday 21 July 2026 and Saturday 4 July 2026.
The coldest night of July 2026 in New Orleans, LA: a low of 73°F on Tuesday 14 July 2026, Monday 13 July 2026 and Sunday 5 July 2026.
The wettest day of July 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 1.46 in on Tuesday 7 July 2026.