New Orleans Area Annual Top 10 Extremes
Period of Record: 1871 - Present
|
Rank
|
Warmest
|
Year
|
|
1
|
71.9
|
2012
|
|
1
|
71.9
|
1927
|
|
1
|
71.9
|
1921
|
|
4
|
71.7
|
1922
|
|
5
|
71.4
|
1911
|
|
6
|
71.2
|
1944
|
|
7
|
71.0
|
2011
|
|
7
|
71.0
|
1883
|
|
7
|
71.0
|
1882
|
|
10
|
70.9
|
1998
|
|
|
Rank
|
Coldest
|
Year
|
|
1
|
65.9
|
1968
|
|
2
|
66.4
|
1983
|
|
3
|
66.7
|
1976
|
|
4
|
66.9
|
1966
|
|
5
|
67.0
|
1960
|
|
6
|
67.1
|
1886
|
|
7
|
67.2
|
1963
|
|
8
|
67.3
|
1964
|
|
8
|
67.3
|
1961
|
|
8
|
67.3
|
1984
|
|
|
Rank
|
Wettest
|
Year
|
| 1 |
102.37
|
1991
|
| 2 |
85.73
|
1875
|
| 3 |
85.30
|
1983
|
| 4 |
85.06
|
1929
|
| 5 |
83.54
|
1961
|
| 6 |
83.13
|
1888
|
| 7 |
81.87
|
1992
|
| 8 |
81.50
|
1912
|
| 9 |
81.31
|
1947
|
| 10 |
80.50
|
1975
|
|
| Rank |
Driest |
Year |
| 1 |
31.09
|
1899
|
| 2 |
38.62
|
1891
|
| 3 |
38.88
|
2000
|
| 4 |
39.00
|
1962
|
| 5 |
40.02
|
1917
|
| 6 |
41.59
|
1906
|
| 7 |
41.61
|
1902
|
| 8 |
41.78
|
1924
|
| 9 |
42.17
|
1890
|
| 10 |
43.15
|
1968
|
|
Note: 1938 reported 40.17 with 1 day missing
Updated 1/04/2013 rjr *latest of several occurrences