Will it snow in New Orleans?
New Orleans, Louisiana · checked 2:51 pm CDT, Mon Oct 19
This week: the National Weather Service forecast
Snow is not in the National Weather Service forecast for New Orleans for the next 7 days.
NWS forecast for central New Orleans, issued 2:02 pm CDT, Mon Oct 19. It covers about 7 days and is updated several times a day.
The whole 7-day forecast
- This Afternoon: Mostly sunny. High near 74, with temperatures falling to around 72 in the afternoon. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
- Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Tuesday: Sunny. High near 78, with temperatures falling to around 75 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
- Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 61. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
- Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
- Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 60. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 61. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 77. East wind 10 to 15 mph.
- Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 75. East wind 10 to 15 mph.
- Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
NWS forecast for New Orleans · Weather alerts in Louisiana · Winter storm outlook
How often it snows in New Orleans
New Orleans's average annual snowfall in NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals rounds to 0.0 inches (from 12 years of snowfall records in 1991–2020).
Measurable snow (0.1 inch or more) fell in 2 of the 25 winters from 1991–92 to 2020–21 with complete records — about 8%.
Snow came too rarely for a typical date: the earliest measurable snow in those winters fell on December 4, 2009 and the latest on December 25, 2004.
The snowiest of those winters was 2004–05, with 0.5 inches.
Will New Orleans have a white Christmas?
NOAA's 1991–2020 daily normals give New Orleans a less than 0.1% chance of at least 1 inch of snow on the ground on December 25 — the measure NOAA uses for its white Christmas maps.
The chance of at least 0.1 inch of snow falling that day is less than 0.1%.
These are long-run chances from past winters, smoothed across the days around Christmas — not a forecast for this year.
White Christmas in New Orleans: every Christmas Day since 1991
Where these numbers come from
Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual, monthly and daily station normals) for New Orleans International Airport, GHCN-Daily station USW00012916, 18 km from the city centre. First and last snow dates, the share of winters with snow and the snowiest winter were counted by this site from the same station's daily snowfall for the winters 1991–92 to 2020–21, read through the Regional Climate Centers' ACIS service; a winter with more than 10 missing days between October and April is left out. Forecast: the National Weather Service API, read at most once an hour. All US government data, public domain.
This site does not issue warnings or predict snow. It repeats the official forecast and the long-run record.
NOAA's winter outlook 2026–27 for Louisiana
Questions
Will it snow in New Orleans this week?
Snow is not in the National Weather Service forecast for New Orleans for the next 7 days. The National Weather Service updates its forecast several times a day.
Will it snow in New Orleans this winter (2026–27)?
Nobody can say for a whole winter ahead. In the 25 winters from 1991–92 to 2020–21 with complete records, measurable snow fell in 2, and the 1991–2020 average is 0.0 inches a year. NOAA's seasonal outlook gives the chances of a colder or wetter winter than normal, not snow totals.
When does New Orleans usually get its first snow?
Measurable snow is too rare in New Orleans for a typical first date: it fell in 2 of 25 winters from 1991–92 to 2020–21.
Will New Orleans have a white Christmas?
NOAA's 1991–2020 daily normals give New Orleans a less than 0.1% chance of at least 1 inch of snow on the ground on December 25 — the measure NOAA uses for its white Christmas maps. The chance of at least 0.1 inch of snow falling that day is less than 0.1%. These are long-run chances from past winters, smoothed across the days around Christmas — not a forecast for this year.
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