New Orleans Weather In August

The hottest day in New Orleans Louisiana in August for the past 59 years was 29 degrees Celsius, most recently registered on August 5, 1995, while the average high temperature is 33. In the last 59 years the lowest measured August temperature in New Orleans was -12 most recently encountered on August 24, 1989, and the normal low daily temperature is 23.

According to National Weather Service historical New Orleans August Weather data, on August 20, 1989, the high temperature did not exceed -3 degrees Celsius, the lowest high measured in New Orleans in the past 59 years. Weather Service records additionally show that on August 3, 1978, the recorded low temperature for the day did not drop below 24 degrees, the highest low measured in New Orleans in the last 59 years.

According to the National Weather Service, the high temperature in New Orleans in August on the first day of the month averages 19 degrees and the high on the last day of the month averages 17 degrees. The low measured temperature in New Orleans on August First averages 7 degrees and the low on the last day of the month averages 8 degrees.

New Orleans usually receives an average of 15.62 centimeters of precipitation during August. August New Orleans Weather records indicated that on August 3, 1990 New Orleans received 16.43 centimeters of precipitation, the most rain recorded in a single day in August.