What's the Hottest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in New Orleans in February?

Do you know what the hottest weather temperature ever recorded in New Orleans is in the month of February? The answer to that weather trivia question will probably shock and astound you.

The average daily temperature in New Orleans in the month of February is just 54.3 degrees. February is the third coldest month in the city behind January and December which is good for visitors and tourists to New Orleans to know especially during Mardi Gras month.

Weather temperatures have officially been kept in New Orleans since 1893 in the Audubon neighborhood. So the hottest temperature record for February in New Orleans is from 1893 until the present day.

What's the Hottest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in New Orleans in February?

• 85 degrees on February 28, 1932 and February 4, 1957 and February 15, 1989

That's right the hottest weather temperature ever recorded in New Orleans in the month of February is a sweltering 85 degrees. That record hottest temperature for the month of February in New Orleans was set on February 28, 1932 and was matched on both February 4, 1957 and February 15, 1989.

How unusual is a 80 degree weather temperature day in New Orleans in February? Since 1893, every calendar day in February has recorded at least one 81 degree day or hotter in at least one year. 

When was the last time it was 80 degrees in New Orleans in February. It was 81 degrees on February 21, 2016. That's good news for Mardi Gras revelers this year and every year.

Will the temperature rise to 80 degrees this February in New Orleans? Since every calendar day in the month has been at least 81 degrees once since 1893 there's a pretty good chance it will be 80 degrees this February in New Orleans and maybe even for Mardi Gras.