Humid cities · Louisiana
How humid is New Orleans in summer?
New Orleans right now
56°FA few clouds
- Today57°F / 50°FClear skies
- Tomorrow66°F / 48°FClouds
- Monday60°F / 46°FClouds
Cloudy, as promised.
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Across June, July and August, the dew point in New Orleans averages about 73.2°F, which is tropical on the usual dew point scale.
July is the muggiest month, with the dew point averaging about 73.9°F. On NOAA’s hour by hour normals, about 3,496 hours, about 40% of the year, average a dew point of 65°F or more. That makes it the 3rd most humid summer of the 124 US cities we track.
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The highest dew point in the forecast for the next 48 hours is about 50°F, which is comfortable.
New Orleans averages a summer dew point of about 73°F. The air here is less of a gas and more of a soup with a brass section.
Live 48-hour forecast from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
Summer humidity at a glance
| Dew point, June to August | 73.2°F |
|---|---|
| Muggiest month | July, 73.9°F |
| Hours a year at a 65°F dew point or more | 3,496 (40%) |
| How summer feels | tropical |
The dew point is the temperature the air would have to cool to for dew to form, so the higher it is, the more water the air holds. Forecasters usually call under 55°F comfortable, 55 to 65°F sticky and 65°F or more muggy; 70°F or more feels tropical.
Cities with about the same summer air
- Tampa, Florida: about 73°F
- Pensacola, Florida: about 72.9°F
- Miami, Florida: about 73.7°F
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00012916. Average dew points, not the stickiest days.