New Orleans, LA: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 80.5°F in New Orleans, LA, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2025, tied 4th warmest of 81 (with 2016).

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 80.5°F; Warmest since 2025; 4th warmest of 81
Precipitation: 2.44 in; Wettest since 2009; 10th wettest of 80

A normal 1 to 9 October in New Orleans, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 75.4°F, between 70.6°F and 80.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.54 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 2.77 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in New Orleans, LA since 1946: 80.5°F in 2026; the highest is 83.7°F, in 2019.

Normal range, 70.6 to 80.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October 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	80.5	4	85.2	24	75.8	2	2.44	10
2025	81.1	3	87.8	7	74.4	4
2024	79.4	13	86	17	72.9	9	2.02	12
2023	77.2	24	84.8	28	69.6	22	trace	55
2022	73.7	42	83.7	36	63.8	49	0.00	71
2021	78.6	18	85.4	22	71.7	17	1.46	18
2020	74.7	35	83.1	42	66.3	36	0.62	35
2019	83.7	1	92.8	1	74.7	3	0.11	48
2018	82.6	2	89.3	3	75.9	1	1.63	15
2017	79.1	15	84.8	28	73.3	6	1.36	20
2016	80.5	4	88.6	4	72.4	13	0.00	71
2015	73.2	48	80.6	64	65.9	37	trace	55
2014	75.9	28	84.1	33	67.7	28	0.77	30
2013	76.8	26	84.1	33	69.4	23	0.63	34
2012	70.6	67	79.3	67	61.9	59	trace	55
2011	71.9	56	80.7	62	63.2	51	trace	55
2010	71.2	60	81.7	56	60.7	67	0.00	71
2009	79.5	12	86.4	13	72.6	12	2.65	8
2008	74.8	34	82.7	47	66.9	32	1.69	14
2007	79.7	10	86.7	12	72.8	10	1.17	22
2006	77.3	23	86.4	13	68.1	26	trace	55
2005	79.6	11	85.9	19	73.2	7	0.04	51
2004	78.2	20	84.6	30	71.9	16	6.84	1
2003	73.6	44	81.6	57	65.6	40	0.14	46
2002	80.1	9	86.1	16	74	5	4.06	2
2001	70	69	79.6	65	60.4	68	0.14	46
2000	71.1	63	79.4	66	62.8	55	1.10	24
1999	75.3	32	83.3	39	67.2	31	3.88	4
1998	78.2	20	85.1	25	71.3	19	1.60	16
1997	79	16	88.2	5	69.8	21	0.03	53
1996	72.9	50	78.1	74	67.7	28	0.45	39
1995	73.6	44	82.1	52	65	43	1.02	25
1994	75.5	30	83.7	36	67.3	30	1.11	23
1993	73.4	46	85.9	19	61	65	trace	55
1992	70	69	78.8	69	61.2	61	trace	55
1991	70.4	68	81.2	58	59.6	69	0.00	71
1990	79.4	13	89.9	2	69	24	0.28	41
1989	72.6	54	83.1	42	62	58	0.25	42
1988	68.6	74	76	79	61.1	64	1.51	17
1987	65.3	81	78.2	73	52.4	81	0.00	71
1986	80.2	7	88	6	72.3	14	0.51	37
1985	67.1	77	75.9	80	58.3	74	0.04	51
1984	68.3	76	78	77	58.6	73	0.98	27
1983	72.9	50	82.8	44	63.1	52	0.58	36
1982	78.6	18	85	26	72.2	15	3.21	6
1981	76.7	27	87	11	66.4	34	1.00	26
1980	69.4	72	82.1	52	56.7	77	0.00	71
1979	72.8	52	86.2	15	59.3	71	trace	55
1978	71.3	59	81.2	58	61.4	60	0.00	71
1977	73.8	41	82.8	44	64.8	45	0.72	32
1976	68.4	75	78.6	71	58.3	74	trace	55
1975	71.2	60	78.1	74	64.3	46	0.05	49
1974	66.4	80	78.3	72	54.4	80	0.00	71
1973	78	22	87.3	10	68.7	25	2.73	7
1972	72.8	52	82.7	47	62.9	54	0.05	49
1971	75.9	28	85.3	23	66.4	34	trace	55
1970	73.3	47	84.2	32	62.4	57	0.76	31
1969	74.6	37	85	26	64.2	47	0.17	45
1968	73.7	42	82.1	52	65.2	41	1.30	21
1967	69.2	73	82.7	47	55.8	79	0.48	38
1966	71.2	60	81.1	61	61.2	61	0.21	43
1965	70.8	65	78.7	70	63	53	0.71	33
1964	66.6	79	75.3	81	57.9	76	3.26	5
1963	71.5	58	84.1	33	58.9	72	0.00	71
1962	75.4	31	85.7	21	65.2	41	1.91	13
1961	70.8	65	80.7	62	61	65	0.38	40
1960	74.2	39	84.6	30	63.8	49	2.59	9
1959	80.4	6	87.6	9	73.2	7	2.37	11
1958	72.5	55	79.3	67	65.7	39	0.01	54
1957	69.7	71	78.1	74	61.2	61	trace	55
1956	74.6	37	83.3	39	65.8	38	1.39	19
1955	78.8	17	86	17	71.7	17	0.86	29
1954	80.2	7	87.7	8	72.7	11	0.91	28
1953	74.7	35	82.8	44	66.6	33	0.18	44
1952	67.1	77	77.7	78	56.4	78	0.00	71
1951	74.2	39	83.4	38	64.9	44	trace	55
1950	73	49	82.1	52	63.9	48	trace	55
1949	77	25	83.2	41	70.8	20	4.06	2
1948	70.9	64	82.4	50	59.4	70	trace	55
1947	75.1	33	82.3	51	67.9	27	trace	55
1946	71.9	56	81.2	58	62.6	56	trace	55

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	83.7
2018	82.6
2025	81.1
2026	80.5
2016	80.5
1959	80.4
1986	80.2
1954	80.2
2002	80.1
2007	79.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1987	65.3
1974	66.4
1964	66.6
1985	67.1
1952	67.1
1984	68.3
1976	68.4
1988	68.6
1967	69.2
1980	69.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	6.84
2002	4.06
1949	4.06
1999	3.88
1964	3.26
1982	3.21
1973	2.73
2009	2.65
1960	2.59
2026	2.44

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	0.00
2016	0.00
2010	0.00
1991	0.00
1987	0.00
1980	0.00
1978	0.00
1974	0.00
1963	0.00
1952	0.00

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 1 October 2026
Coldest night: 73°F; 9 October 2026
Wettest day: 1.65 in; 3 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 2.44 in of precipitation in New Orleans, LA, the wettest 1 to 9 October since 2009 (2025 excluded: 1 of 9 days missing), 10th wettest of 80.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in New Orleans, LA: 91°F on Thursday 1 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in New Orleans, LA: a low of 73°F on Friday 9 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in New Orleans, LA: 1.65 in on Saturday 3 October 2026.