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Weather extremes
How extreme does Baton Rouge's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Baton Rouge has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Baton Rouge has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 14°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Baton Rouge (typical high near 92°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 35°F colder than a normal January night in Baton Rouge (typical low near 42°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Baton Rouge usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 6.4 in).
The three most extreme on record
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Baton Rouge's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 106°F is about 14°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Baton Rouge Metro AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00013970), about 11 km from the city centre.