New Orleans, LA Weather & Climate Normals
New Orleans's real weather, in one number
New Orleans, LA scores 58/100 on this site's reading of NOAA's own 30-year normals: strongly seasonal. Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. 6 of the year's 12 months average between 55 and 75°F, the range this site counts as mild.
New Orleans's hottest and coldest months
New Orleans's hottest month is Aug, averaging 85°F; its coldest is Jan, averaging 54°F, a 30.7°F swing across the year, a middling gap by national standards.
Rain and snow in New Orleans
New Orleans averages 60.12in of precipitation a year across roughly 113 days with measurable rain or snow, and 0.1in of snow a year.
Where New Orleans ranks
New Orleans ranks 596 of 4876 US cities in this dataset for comfort score, and 6 of 59 within LA. About 362,701 people live there.
If you need tomorrow's forecast, not the 30-year average
Everything above is a 30-year average from NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AP, LA US, 5.7 miles from New Orleans, not a prediction for any specific day.
More on how this is worked out
How the comfort score is calculated · Why some cities show no snow or rain figure