New Orleans, LA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 68.1°F in New Orleans, LA, the warmest March since 2020, tied 3rd warmest of 80 (with 2016).

March 2026

Mean temperature: 68.1°F; Warmest since 2020; 3rd warmest of 80

A normal March in New Orleans, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 63.1°F, between 59.1°F and 67.4°F in eight years of ten and 4.53 in of precipitation, between 1.11 in and 7.91 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in New Orleans, LA since 1947: 68.1°F in 2026; the highest is 73.1°F, in 2020.

Normal range, 59.1 to 67.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	68.1	3	77.2	3	58.9	6	3.20	53
2025	66.3	13	76.1	6	56.6	18	4.25	43
2024	65.7	17	73.5	29	57.9	10	8.69	7
2023	67.6	5	75.7	11	59.6	4	2.15	66
2022	63.5	31	73.5	29	53.5	34	2.77	59
2021	66.6	10	75.1	16	58.2	8	9.78	5
2020	73.1	1	81.1	1	65.2	1	1.06	77
2019	63.2	32	72.2	39	54.2	32	1.67	72
2018	65.3	21	74.2	21	56.5	20	3.00	55
2017	67.3	6	75.5	13	59.2	5	2.88	58
2016	68.1	3	75.8	8	60.3	3	6.36	22
2015	66.4	11	74.9	17	57.9	10	6.36	22
2014	59.4	63	68.1	72	50.6	58	5.25	33
2013	59.1	68	69.1	62	49.1	67	1.08	76
2012	70.7	2	79.6	2	61.8	2	8.10	11
2011	66.7	9	75.8	8	57.6	13	10.48	3
2010	57.9	75	67.7	73	48.1	72	2.91	57
2009	65.3	21	73.9	27	56.8	17	5.07	34
2008	62.4	41	71.9	42	52.8	39	2.15	66
2007	65	25	74.4	18	55.7	27	2.09	68
2006	65.8	16	74.4	18	57.1	15	0.63	79
2005	60.8	52	69.8	59	51.8	47	4.68	39
2004	65.4	20	74.1	23	56.6	18	1.11	75
2003	62.5	38	70.8	51	54.3	30	4.46	41
2002	62.1	42	71.8	44	52.4	43	3.58	49
2001	59.4	63	67.7	73	51.1	54	8.07	12
2000	66	14	75.8	8	56.2	23	2.41	64
1999	61.6	48	71.2	49	52	46	4.60	40
1998	59.8	61	68.4	68	51.2	53	5.97	28
1997	66.4	11	74.2	21	58.5	7	2.57	62
1996	58.4	73	68.8	64	47.9	74	2.97	56
1995	62.9	35	71.9	42	54	33	7.89	13
1994	60.8	52	72.6	33	49	68	4.82	38
1993	58.8	71	68.6	65	49	68	5.65	29
1992	62	43	71.6	46	52.3	44	6.69	20
1991	64.2	30	72.6	33	55.8	26	6.27	24
1990	63.2	32	73.3	32	53.2	36	5.98	27
1989	62.8	36	72.2	39	53.4	35	7.15	16
1988	60.9	51	70	56	51.8	47	8.90	6
1987	60.3	56	70.4	54	50.2	60	4.39	42
1986	60.5	54	72.6	33	48.5	71	1.88	71
1985	65.3	21	74.1	23	56.5	20	7.07	18
1984	59.3	65	69.9	58	48.7	70	4.90	36
1983	58.2	74	68.4	68	48.1	72	4.88	37
1982	65.9	15	75.2	15	56.5	20	2.56	63
1981	61.9	45	72.3	38	51.5	49	2.70	60
1980	62	43	70.8	51	53.1	37	10.08	4
1979	62.6	37	72.6	33	52.6	40	3.31	52
1978	59.8	61	69.7	60	50	63	2.67	61
1977	65	25	74.1	23	55.9	24	3.96	44
1976	64.8	27	73.7	28	55.9	24	3.08	54
1975	61.4	49	71.3	48	51.5	49	5.32	32
1974	67.2	7	76.8	5	57.7	12	6.64	21
1973	65.5	19	74	26	57	16	12.17	2
1972	61.9	45	73.5	29	50.3	59	6.07	26
1971	59.2	66	70.8	51	47.5	75	3.61	48
1970	60	59	68.6	65	51.5	49	7.22	15
1969	53.8	80	63.7	80	43.9	80	7.08	17
1968	55.8	78	66.9	76	44.8	79	3.49	51
1967	63.2	32	75.3	14	51	55	1.60	73
1966	58.9	69	68.4	68	49.5	64	1.90	70
1965	58.9	69	67.6	75	50.2	60	1.95	69
1964	60.5	54	71.5	47	49.4	65	5.45	31
1963	65.6	18	76.9	4	54.3	30	1.00	78
1962	57.8	76	68.4	68	47.3	76	1.60	73
1961	64.6	28	74.4	18	54.8	29	8.53	8
1960	56.2	77	66.3	78	46	78	3.68	46
1959	60	59	68.5	67	51.5	49	3.82	45
1958	58.7	72	66.7	77	50.7	57	6.98	19
1957	61.3	50	70	56	52.6	40	8.19	9
1956	62.5	38	72.6	33	52.3	44	3.66	47
1955	65.3	21	75.6	12	55	28	0.24	80
1954	60.2	57	69.5	61	50.9	56	2.22	65
1953	67.1	8	76.1	6	58	9	3.53	50
1952	60.2	57	70.3	55	50.1	62	5.06	35
1951	62.5	38	72	41	53	38	7.74	14
1950	59.2	66	69.1	62	49.3	66	5.63	30
1949	61.7	47	71	50	52.5	42	8.13	10
1948	64.5	29	71.7	45	57.4	14	19.09	1
1947	55.8	78	65.4	79	46.3	77	6.24	25

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2020	73.1
2012	70.7
2026	68.1
2016	68.1
2023	67.6
2017	67.3
1974	67.2
1953	67.1
2011	66.7
2021	66.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1969	53.8
1968	55.8
1947	55.8
1960	56.2
1962	57.8
2010	57.9
1983	58.2
1996	58.4
1958	58.7
1993	58.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1948	19.09
1973	12.17
2011	10.48
1980	10.08
2021	9.78
1988	8.90
2024	8.69
1961	8.53
1957	8.19
1949	8.13

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1955	0.24
2006	0.63
1963	1.00
2020	1.06
2013	1.08
2004	1.11
1967	1.60
1962	1.60
2019	1.67
1986	1.88

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 83°F; 11 March 2026, 10 March 2026, 9 March 2026, 7 March 2026, 6 March 2026
Coldest night: 41°F; 18 March 2026, 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.27 in; 8 March 2026

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The hottest day of March 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 83°F on Wednesday 11 March 2026, Tuesday 10 March 2026, Monday 9 March 2026 and 2 other days.
The coldest night of March 2026 in New Orleans, LA: a low of 41°F on Wednesday 18 March 2026 and Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 1.27 in on Sunday 8 March 2026.