New Orleans, LA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 75.9°F in New Orleans, LA, the coldest May since 2017, tied 39th coldest of 81 (with 1977).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 75.9°F; Coldest since 2017; 39th coldest of 81
Precipitation: 9.58 in; Wettest since 2021; 11th wettest of 81

A normal May in New Orleans, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77.2°F, between 73.9°F and 79.7°F in eight years of ten and 4.99 in of precipitation, between 0.75 in and 9.94 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in New Orleans, LA since 1946: 75.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 71.1°F, in 1954.

Normal range, 73.9 to 79.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	75.9	42	82.7	70	69.1	21	9.58	11
2025	78.6	10	85.9	28	71.3	6	7.55	21
2024	80.6	1	87.7	8	73.6	1	6.66	26
2023	78.5	11	86.4	20	70.5	11	3.30	52
2022	80	3	88.1	4	71.8	5	9.23	13
2021	77.1	23	84.1	52	70.2	14	12.80	5
2020	77.9	16	86.3	21	69.5	17	8.36	16
2019	79.6	7	87.3	9	71.9	3	8.04	19
2018	80	3	89.5	1	70.4	13	1.72	64
2017	73.9	67	82.3	75	65.5	55	9.93	7
2016	77.5	20	85.1	38	69.9	15	4.95	37
2015	78.2	13	86	26	70.5	11	9.14	14
2014	75	53	83.9	60	66.2	48	8.35	17
2013	73.5	71	81.4	79	65.7	54	8.23	18
2012	79.3	8	87.9	6	70.7	9	1.77	62
2011	77.5	20	86.3	21	68.6	25	0.78	78
2010	79.9	5	88	5	71.9	3	5.17	35
2009	78.2	13	85.8	29	70.6	10	2.63	58
2008	76.6	31	84.6	46	68.7	24	7.19	23
2007	75.5	46	83.5	66	67.5	33	8.57	15
2006	76.9	26	86	26	67.7	31	0.28	80
2005	75.5	46	84.2	50	66.9	44	2.59	59
2004	75.5	46	83.5	66	67.5	33	10.04	6
2003	79.7	6	87.2	10	72.1	2	3.04	55
2002	76.6	31	85.7	31	67.5	33	3.04	55
2001	76.1	39	85.6	32	66.6	46	6.85	24
2000	80.1	2	88.9	2	71.3	6	0.07	81
1999	76.7	30	85.8	29	67.5	33	3.37	51
1998	78.8	9	87.9	6	69.6	16	0.43	79
1997	74.4	63	82.2	77	66.7	45	5.03	36
1996	78	15	87.2	10	68.9	23	1.37	71
1995	77.6	19	86.8	15	68.4	26	21.18	1
1994	75	53	85	40	65.1	59	3.67	45
1993	71.9	79	82.6	72	61.2	80	7.23	22
1992	72.8	75	84.3	48	61.3	79	0.95	77
1991	77.5	20	84	57	71	8	14.28	3
1990	76.1	39	83.9	60	68.4	26	5.87	29
1989	76.4	36	85.3	36	67.5	33	3.50	49
1988	73.2	73	85	40	61.5	78	1.68	66
1987	76.8	29	86.2	24	67.4	39	3.46	50
1986	76.6	31	85.5	33	67.8	30	1.61	68
1985	74.7	58	84.1	52	65.3	58	1.16	75
1984	73.7	70	82.5	74	64.9	62	3.54	48
1983	74	66	82.8	69	65.1	59	3.71	44
1982	76.5	35	87	14	66	50	1.19	74
1981	74.8	57	84.1	52	65.5	55	5.35	34
1980	77.9	16	86.6	16	69.2	20	9.65	10
1979	74.6	60	84.1	52	65.1	59	4.38	41
1978	76.9	26	86.5	18	67.3	40	9.72	9
1977	75.9	42	86.3	21	65.4	57	2.59	59
1976	72.3	78	81.4	79	63.2	72	5.58	31
1975	75.1	52	84.3	48	65.9	52	8.03	20
1974	75.8	44	84.1	52	67.5	33	9.84	8
1973	72.5	77	82	78	62.9	73	4.68	38
1972	73.9	67	84	57	63.7	71	6.31	28
1971	72.9	74	84	57	61.7	77	1.38	70
1970	74.2	64	83.8	62	64.6	66	4.68	38
1969	73.3	72	83.8	62	62.8	74	5.51	32
1968	74.1	65	84.4	47	63.8	69	4.13	42
1967	73.8	69	83.8	62	63.8	69	3.56	47
1966	75	53	82.3	75	67.7	31	9.31	12
1965	75.5	46	84.8	44	66.1	49	3.62	46
1964	74.5	61	85.1	38	64	68	1.69	65
1963	75.2	51	85.5	33	64.9	62	3.17	54
1962	76	41	87.2	10	64.9	62	1.31	72
1961	72.7	76	82.7	70	62.7	75	6.46	27
1960	71.4	80	82.6	72	60.2	81	3.30	52
1959	77.1	23	84.9	42	69.3	18	14.33	2
1958	75.7	45	84.2	50	67.2	41	6.70	25
1957	76.9	26	84.8	44	69	22	1.24	73
1956	77.1	23	86.1	25	68.1	29	2.37	61
1955	78.3	12	88.2	3	68.3	28	5.38	33
1954	71.1	81	80.2	81	62.1	76	4.45	40
1953	77.9	16	86.5	18	69.3	18	1.39	69
1952	75	53	85.2	37	64.8	65	5.79	30
1951	74.7	58	84.9	42	64.4	67	1.66	67
1950	76.3	38	85.5	33	67.1	42	2.76	57
1949	76.4	36	87.1	13	65.8	53	0.99	76
1948	76.6	31	86.6	16	66.6	46	1.74	63
1947	75.3	50	83.6	65	67	43	4.05	43
1946	74.5	61	82.9	68	66	50	13.53	4

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	80.6
2000	80.1
2022	80
2018	80
2010	79.9
2003	79.7
2019	79.6
2012	79.3
1998	78.8
2025	78.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1954	71.1
1960	71.4
1993	71.9
1976	72.3
1973	72.5
1961	72.7
1992	72.8
1971	72.9
1988	73.2
1969	73.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	21.18
1959	14.33
1991	14.28
1946	13.53
2021	12.80
2004	10.04
2017	9.93
1974	9.84
1978	9.72
1980	9.65

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2000	0.07
2006	0.28
1998	0.43
2011	0.78
1992	0.95
1949	0.99
1985	1.16
1982	1.19
1957	1.24
1962	1.31

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 31 May 2026
Coldest night: 55°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 2.34 in; 1 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 9.58 in of precipitation in New Orleans, LA, the wettest May since 2021, 11th wettest of 81.
The hottest day of May 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 91°F on Sunday 31 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in New Orleans, LA: a low of 55°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 2.34 in on Friday 1 May 2026.