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Weather in New Orleans, LA · National Weather Service + NOAA

New Orleans stays cool in summer

New Orleans has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 90°, a January night drops to 44°, and snow is almost unheard of. A typical November afternoon reaches 70°, and nights fall to 51°.

Winter 64°/46°Spring 78°/60°Summer 90°/74°Fall 79°/61°
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Sunrise 7:16 am · sunset 6:10 pm

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What stands out about New Orleans’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Cool summersJuly afternoons average 90°, cooler than 455 of 483 Louisiana towns.Snow is rareNo measurable snow in a normal year.The coldest spot aroundColder January nights than all 10 towns around it.A wet climate63 inches of rain and melted snow a year, more than 99% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in New Orleans’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
64° / 46°
Snow is rare
Spring
78° / 60°
Last frost around Feb 10
Summer
90° / 74°
119 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
79° / 61°
First frost around Dec 17
43 daysuntil the usual first frost (Dec 17)
Best months to be outside
FebMarAprOctNovDec
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does New Orleans get?Almost none.When is it wettest?July, with 7.6 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+0.9° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for New Orleans itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Chalmette, LA (6 mi, snow) and Chalmette, LA (8 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.