New Orleans, LA: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 84.4°F in New Orleans, LA, the warmest summer since 2025, tied 11th warmest of 81 (with 2021).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 84.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 11th warmest of 81
Precipitation: 22.59 in; Wettest since 2021; 20th wettest of 81

A normal summer in New Orleans, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 82.8°F, between 81.7°F and 84.6°F in eight years of ten and 20.48 in of precipitation, between 12.95 in and 31.75 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in New Orleans, LA since 1946: 84.4°F in 2026; the highest is 86.9°F, in 2023.

Normal range, 81.7 to 84.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	84.4	11	91.9	16	76.8	11	22.59	20
2025	85	5	92.8	5	77.1	7	21.77	23
2024	85.1	4	92.8	5	77.4	3	20.08	31
2023	86.9	1	95.8	1	77.9	2	7.82	80
2022	84	15	90.9	30	77	9	17.37	47
2021	84.4	11	91.5	21	77.3	5	28.37	10
2020	84.5	9	91.8	17	77.3	5	31.66	6
2019	84.7	7	92.3	11	77	9	19.73	35
2018	84.2	14	92	15	76.4	12	21.83	22
2017	82.2	39	89.3	67	75	26	37.75	1
2016	85.6	2	92.9	4	78.4	1	26.10	14
2015	84.3	13	92.2	14	76.4	12	11.20	75
2014	82.8	24	90.4	43	75.2	22	18.02	44
2013	82.6	28	89.8	53	75.4	16	15.58	55
2012	82.7	26	90.1	47	75.3	19	33.38	2
2011	85.5	3	93.9	3	77.1	7	19.31	36
2010	84.6	8	91.7	19	77.4	3	28.40	9
2009	83.4	20	91.6	20	75.1	25	17.36	48
2008	83	22	90.8	32	75.2	22	14.85	59
2007	82.8	24	90.6	40	75	26	16.98	49
2006	83.4	20	91.5	21	75.4	16	14.34	61
2005	83.5	18	91.3	26	75.7	15	21.44	26
2004	81.7	52	89.4	65	74.1	36	21.22	27
2003	82.6	28	89.7	55	75.4	16	29.97	8
2002	82.3	37	90.1	47	74.5	32	13.46	64
2001	81.9	47	89.3	67	74.5	32	32.00	4
2000	83.6	17	92.3	11	74.8	29	9.19	79
1999	83	22	90.8	32	75.3	19	21.46	25
1998	84.5	9	92.7	7	76.3	14	18.24	42
1997	82.2	39	89.6	59	74.7	30	13.16	66
1996	81.5	56	89.3	67	73.7	43	27.68	11
1995	82.6	28	92.3	11	73	50	12.54	69
1994	81.1	58	90	50	72.2	63	22.89	19
1993	82.4	35	91.8	17	73	50	12.99	67
1992	81	60	90.1	47	71.9	67	24.91	17
1991	82.2	39	91.1	27	73.2	47	31.72	5
1990	82.6	28	92.6	8	72.7	55	5.76	81
1989	80.8	64	89.3	67	72.4	58	19.87	34
1988	80.5	70	88.7	76	72.3	59	25.59	16
1987	82.1	43	90.3	45	74	38	26.44	12
1986	81.9	47	90.8	32	73.1	48	19.21	38
1985	80.4	72	88.7	76	72	66	17.85	45
1984	78.5	81	87	81	70	80	18.13	43
1983	80.5	70	88.8	74	72.3	59	19.88	33
1982	81.7	52	90.8	32	72.6	57	20.42	29
1981	83.9	16	92.6	8	75.2	22	21.49	24
1980	84.9	6	94.4	2	75.3	19	10.21	77
1979	82.5	33	91	28	73.9	40	16.23	52
1978	82.3	37	90.6	40	74	38	32.84	3
1977	82.7	26	91.5	21	73.9	40	20.77	28
1976	80.3	75	89.7	55	71	75	10.72	76
1975	80.1	76	88	79	72.1	64	30.74	7
1974	79.6	78	88.9	73	70.3	77	16.19	53
1973	82.6	28	91	28	74.1	36	15.39	56
1972	80.4	72	90.3	45	70.5	76	11.92	72
1971	80.8	64	89.9	52	71.7	72	18.32	40
1970	80.9	61	89.5	60	72.3	59	18.88	39
1969	80.8	64	90	50	71.6	73	16.91	50
1968	81.2	57	90.7	39	71.8	68	13.43	65
1967	80.7	68	89.5	60	71.8	68	16.33	51
1966	79.9	77	89.5	60	70.3	77	14.36	60
1965	79	79	88.1	78	69.9	81	13.81	63
1964	80.4	72	89.3	67	71.6	73	15.30	57
1963	80.7	68	89.7	55	71.8	68	12.68	68
1962	81.8	50	90.8	32	72.7	55	15.98	54
1961	78.9	80	87.5	80	70.3	77	25.65	15
1960	81.8	50	91.4	24	72.1	64	12.45	70
1959	82	44	89.1	72	74.9	28	19.25	37
1958	81.6	55	89.4	65	73.9	40	15.12	58
1957	82.2	39	89.8	53	74.6	31	20.10	30
1956	80.8	64	89.7	55	71.8	68	18.32	40
1955	80.9	61	89.5	60	72.3	59	26.15	13
1954	82	44	90.9	30	73.1	48	20.02	32
1953	82.5	33	90.8	32	74.3	34	22.54	21
1952	82	44	90.8	32	73.3	45	9.35	78
1951	83.5	18	92.6	8	74.3	34	11.36	74
1950	81.1	58	89.5	60	72.8	54	17.51	46
1949	81.9	47	90.4	43	73.4	44	14.01	62
1948	82.4	35	91.4	24	73.3	45	11.55	73
1947	81.7	52	90.6	40	72.9	53	12.06	71
1946	80.9	61	88.8	74	73	50	23.20	18

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	86.9
2016	85.6
2011	85.5
2024	85.1
2025	85
1980	84.9
2019	84.7
2010	84.6
2020	84.5
1998	84.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1984	78.5
1961	78.9
1965	79
1974	79.6
1966	79.9
1975	80.1
1976	80.3
1985	80.4
1972	80.4
1964	80.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2017	37.75
2012	33.38
1978	32.84
2001	32.00
1991	31.72
2020	31.66
1975	30.74
2003	29.97
2010	28.40
2021	28.37

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1990	5.76
2023	7.82
2000	9.19
1952	9.35
1980	10.21
1976	10.72
2015	11.20
1951	11.36
1948	11.55
1972	11.92

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 23 August 2026, 21 August 2026
Coldest night: 72°F; 18 June 2026
Wettest day: 7.75 in; 18 June 2026

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Summer 2026 brought 22.59 in of precipitation in New Orleans, LA (1 day missing), the wettest summer since 2021, 20th wettest of 81.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 97°F on Sunday 23 August 2026 and Friday 21 August 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in New Orleans, LA: a low of 72°F on Thursday 18 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in New Orleans, LA: 7.75 in on Thursday 18 June 2026.