New Orleans Audubon, LA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from New Orleans Audubon's primary NOAA station, NEW ORLEANS AUDUBON.
The climate verdict for New Orleans Audubon
Warm-season cooling demand defines New Orleans Audubon, Louisiana, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 72°F. August is the warmest month at 86°F and January the coldest at 55°F.
- 72°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 64.6"
- annual precipitation
New Orleans Audubon: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00012930 · New Orleans Audubon, LA 72°F mean · 64.6" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 72°F
- RANK-WARM #6,655
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Organ Pipe Cact…
- PRCP-WET 64.6"
- SWING-MID 30°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-COOL 3,518 CDD
- STN-1 USW00012930
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ (+ 0.2 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every LA station list.
- New Orleans Aud… (this station) 72°F
- Hot Sarita, TX 72°F
- Near Organ Pipe Cact…, AZ 72°F
- Near Sinton, TX 72°F
- Cold Freeport, TX 71°F
New Orleans Audubon sits in Louisiana, the #3 hottest U.S. state at 67.3°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · New Orleans Audubon
New Orleans Audubon: 60/100 · grade C
New Orleans Audubon publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for New Orleans Audubon, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 71.8°F · 4.3° from 67.5°F | 87/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 114 calendar days | 68/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 64.6 in · 29.6 from 35 in | 2/100 · F |
New Orleans Audubon · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
New Orleans Audubon is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 55.4°F and warmest-month mean 85.5°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 85.5°F
- Coldest month
- 55.4°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · cooling-led station
Where New Orleans Audubon sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for New Orleans Audubon's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 3% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, New Orleans Audubon sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 3% wettest
- New Orleans Audubon's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 90%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for New Orleans Audubon is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
New Orleans Audubon's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 74 complete annual observations from 1893 to 2025, NEW ORLEANS AUDUBON warmed at a fitted rate of 0.08°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- New Orleans Audubon primary station fitted change +0.08 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64°F (18°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 5.0" | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 68°F (20°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.1" | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 75°F (24°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 4.6" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 81°F (27°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 5.0" | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| May | 88°F (31°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 5.4" | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| June | 93°F (34°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 7.4" | 0.0 | 22.5 |
| July | 94°F (34°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 85°F (30°C) | 8.8" | 0.0 | 26.5 |
| August | 94°F (34°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 86°F (30°C) | 6.8" | 0.0 | 26.4 |
| September | 90°F (32°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 5.7" | 0.0 | 17.1 |
| October | 83°F (28°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| November | 73°F (23°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.8" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 66°F (19°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 4.5" | 0.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in New Orleans Audubon runs from a mild 46°F around January 10 to 95°F at the peak near August 1, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 26 through September 16, covering 114 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 22 to November 26.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 46°F around January 10.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 22, when 49% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 18 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 115 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 28 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 19°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for New Orleans Audubon.
Where New Orleans Audubon Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 114 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 65 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
New Orleans Audubon earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.8 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
12.6 days with precipitation
15.1 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
New Orleans Audubon runs a summer-peaked wet season
36% of New Orleans Audubon's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is July at 8.8", on a 30.1°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: July, June, August, taking 36% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: October at 3.6".
- Winter share: 21% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
When it rains in New Orleans Audubon, it arrives in quantity
64.6" of precipitation falls across only about 114 wet days here, averaging 0.56 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 114 a year, 31% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.56 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 15
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 7
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
January 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 24
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,019
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,518
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside LA closest to New Orleans Audubon on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (72°F here).
- Encinal, TX 72°F · 0.0°F off
- Freer, TX 72°F · 0.0°F off
- Tilden, TX 72°F · 0.0°F off
- Hallettsville, TX 72°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (64.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Baytown, TX 64.7" · 0.1" off
- Hattiesburg, MS 64.4" · 0.2" off
- Orange, TX 64.4" · 0.2" off
- Tryon, NC 64.3" · 0.3" off
Data-derived climate profile
How New Orleans Audubon's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · mid swing
Air-conditioning demand is the clearest thermal signal here. New Orleans Audubon accumulates 3,518 cooling degree days, more than twice its 1,019 heating total; the monthly table shows when that imbalance builds rather than treating it as a year-round condition.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 64.6 inches of precipitation at New Orleans Audubon. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in New Orleans Audubon's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 30.1°F. The annual average is 72°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for New Orleans Audubon. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from New Orleans Audubon's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. For New Orleans Audubon that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from New Orleans Audubon's primary station: NEW ORLEANS AUDUBON (USW00012930). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for New Orleans Audubon; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for New Orleans Audubon comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.