New Orleans, LA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 57.6°F in New Orleans, LA, the warmest winter since 2023, 17th warmest of 80.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 57.6°F; Warmest since 2023; 17th warmest of 80
Precipitation: 9.49 in; Driest since 2022; 11th driest of 80

A normal winter in New Orleans, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 56.2°F, between 52.9°F and 59.3°F in eight years of ten and 12.90 in of precipitation, between 7.78 in and 21.78 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in New Orleans, LA since 1947: 57.6°F in 2026; the highest is 62.3°F, in 1950.

Normal range, 52.9 to 59.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	57.6	17	67.2	14	48.1	23	9.49	70
2025	56.9	24	65.5	27	48.3	21	15.46	34
2024	57.1	21	65.9	25	48.4	18	21.75	9
2023	61.3	3	69.1	5	53.5	2	13.66	43
2022	58.4	13	67.4	13	49.4	13	8.36	73
2021	55.5	36	64.6	37	46.5	32	10.93	61
2020	60.1	7	68.2	10	52.1	5	11.18	59
2019	59.2	10	66.8	18	51.6	7	15.84	30
2018	57.1	21	65.7	26	48.5	16	12.80	50
2017	61.2	4	69.6	3	52.9	3	15.50	33
2016	59.2	10	67.7	12	50.6	10	14.59	35
2015	54.5	46	63.1	50	45.8	39	11.66	54
2014	52.7	64	61.7	69	43.7	57	12.23	53
2013	57.7	15	66.1	23	49.3	14	18.93	16
2012	59.9	8	68.3	9	51.5	8	7.83	76
2011	53	59	62.6	57	43.5	60	7.91	74
2010	50.1	75	58.3	78	41.9	72	34.76	1
2009	57.7	15	67.1	16	48.4	18	13.00	48
2008	57.4	18	66	24	48.9	15	10.93	61
2007	54.2	48	62.2	62	46.1	36	17.19	22
2006	56.7	25	66.3	22	47	29	9.43	71
2005	56.4	29	64.4	39	48.5	16	16.09	29
2004	53.5	52	62.3	59	44.7	48	13.35	46
2003	52.8	63	62	64	43.6	58	9.57	69
2002	54.8	42	64	45	45.7	41	8.95	72
2001	53.1	57	62.3	59	43.9	55	7.34	77
2000	57.3	20	66.9	17	47.7	27	7.91	74
1999	59.2	10	68.5	8	50	11	6.37	80
1998	54.9	40	63.6	48	46.2	35	26.11	5
1997	56	30	64.1	43	47.9	25	18.75	17
1996	54.6	44	64.6	37	44.6	52	11.29	56
1995	55.2	37	65	31	45.4	44	13.21	47
1994	52.9	62	62.8	53	43	65	6.69	78
1993	56.7	25	65.1	30	48.4	18	14.23	38
1992	55.6	35	64.4	39	46.7	31	21.30	11
1991	56.6	27	64.9	32	48.2	22	34.34	2
1990	54.9	40	64.1	43	45.8	39	25.32	6
1989	57.4	18	66.8	18	48	24	6.56	79
1988	53.8	50	62.8	53	44.9	46	17.93	20
1987	53	59	61	71	45	45	21.31	10
1986	53.6	51	63.8	46	43.4	61	11.20	58
1985	53.3	55	62.7	55	43.9	55	16.64	25
1984	49.9	76	59.4	75	40.4	75	18.52	18
1983	54.4	47	62.7	55	46.1	36	26.16	4
1982	54.6	44	64.4	39	44.9	46	16.14	28
1981	52.4	67	63.1	50	41.6	74	10.82	64
1980	53.5	52	63.7	47	43.4	61	12.53	51
1979	51.5	71	60.5	72	42.4	70	22.46	7
1978	47.9	80	56.2	80	39.5	77	20.31	12
1977	49.1	77	59.4	75	38.8	79	17.18	23
1976	53.5	52	64.3	42	42.6	68	10.27	67
1975	57	23	67.2	14	46.8	30	11.48	55
1974	57.8	14	67.8	11	47.9	25	22.30	8
1973	52.7	64	62.6	57	42.8	66	16.73	24
1972	59.4	9	68.8	6	50	11	19.65	15
1971	55.7	33	66.7	21	44.7	48	10.28	66
1970	51.1	72	62.3	59	39.9	76	10.07	68
1969	53.1	57	63	52	43.3	63	14.06	40
1968	52.4	67	62.1	63	42.8	66	14.33	37
1967	52.7	64	61.8	68	43.6	58	16.46	27
1966	50.9	73	60.1	73	41.8	73	30.08	3
1965	55.2	37	64.7	35	45.7	41	12.83	49
1964	48.6	79	58.3	78	39	78	20.20	13
1963	48.9	78	59.1	77	38.7	80	15.58	32
1962	56.6	27	66.8	18	46.5	32	11.22	57
1961	52.3	70	62	64	42.6	68	20.11	14
1960	52.4	67	61.7	69	43.1	64	10.69	65
1959	53.3	55	62	64	44.5	53	15.73	31
1958	50.8	74	59.5	74	42.1	71	13.83	42
1957	61.5	2	70.2	2	52.7	4	10.92	63
1956	56	30	64.7	35	47.2	28	12.45	52
1955	55.2	37	64.8	34	45.5	43	18.31	19
1954	55.7	33	65.5	27	45.9	38	14.23	38
1953	55.8	32	65.3	29	46.3	34	16.52	26
1952	60.3	6	69.5	4	51.1	9	13.93	41
1951	54.8	42	64.9	32	44.7	48	13.59	44
1950	62.3	1	70.8	1	53.8	1	13.37	45
1949	60.4	5	68.8	6	52	6	10.94	60
1948	53	59	61.9	67	44.1	54	17.27	21
1947	54.1	49	63.5	49	44.7	48	14.38	36

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	62.3
1957	61.5
2023	61.3
2017	61.2
1949	60.4
1952	60.3
2020	60.1
2012	59.9
1972	59.4
2019	59.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	47.9
1964	48.6
1963	48.9
1977	49.1
1984	49.9
2010	50.1
1958	50.8
1966	50.9
1970	51.1
1979	51.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2010	34.76
1991	34.34
1966	30.08
1983	26.16
1998	26.11
1990	25.32
1979	22.46
1974	22.30
2024	21.75
1987	21.31

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1999	6.37
1989	6.56
1994	6.69
2001	7.34
2012	7.83
2011	7.91
2000	7.91
2022	8.36
2002	8.95
2006	9.43

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 21 February 2026
Coldest night: 26°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 3.70 in; 4 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 9.49 in of precipitation in New Orleans, LA, the driest winter since 2022, 11th driest of 80.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in New Orleans, LA: 86°F on Saturday 21 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in New Orleans, LA: a low of 26°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in New Orleans, LA: 3.70 in on Thursday 4 December 2025.