New Orleans
Weather station · 29.8°N 90.0°W · 0 m above sea level
ICAO KNBGStation data since 1956
Record high
35.6°C
in 1988
Record low
12.2°C
in 1982
Average high
29.7°C
all years on record
10.6°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 25.0°C against 35.6°C in 1988. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
39.4°C
- Date
- Friday, 22 August 1980
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- New Orleans , United States
- Position
- 29.84°N 90.02°W · 0 m
Highest highest in available records since 1956. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−10.6°C
- Date
- Saturday, 23 December 1989
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- New Orleans , United States
- Position
- 29.84°N 90.02°W · 0 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1956. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where New Orleans is
29.84°N 90.02°W
Every year on record
1956 to 2026
Annual average · °C
Trend over 50 years with data: +0.18 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
28.9°
−10.0°
Feb
28.9°
−8.3°
Mar
30.6°
−5.0°
Apr
33.3°
−0.6°
May
36.1°
8.3°
Jun
37.8°
10.6°
Jul
38.9°
16.7°
Aug
39.4°
15.0°
Sep
39.4°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 25.0°C | 00:55 UTC | 23.3°C | 07:55 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 31.7°C | 18:55 UTC | 26.1°C | 23:55 UTC |
Nearby stations
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1956 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
