Orleans Parish Weather in December
Average highs run from 66°F on December 1 to 61°F on December 31, and lows from 52°F to 47°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.63 in over about 10 wet days.
December day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
December at a glance
- Average high
- 63°F
- Average low
- 50°F
- Precipitation
- 4.63 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 86°FDec 7, 1998
- Record low
- 26°FDec 24, 2022
- Chance of a freeze
- 25%
- Daylight
- 10 h 21 min to 10 h 14 min
- Cloud cover
- 62%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 51°F
- Wind
- 10.5 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 66°F | 52°F | 80°F 1991 | 38°F 2006 | 28% | 0% |
| Dec 2 | 66°F | 52°F | 82°F 2007 | 40°F 2006 | 29% | 0% |
| Dec 3 | 66°F | 52°F | 82°F 1999 | 40°F 2025 | 29% | 0% |
| Dec 4 | 66°F | 52°F | 82°F 2002 | 36°F 2009 | 29% | 0% |
| Dec 5 | 65°F | 52°F | 85°F 1998 | 36°F 2009 | 30% | 0% |
| Dec 6 | 65°F | 51°F | 84°F 1998 | 37°F 2008 | 30% | 0% |
| Dec 7 | 65°F | 51°F | 86°F 1998 | 38°F 2008 | 30% | 0% |
| Dec 8 | 65°F | 51°F | 83°F 2007 | 30°F 2006 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 9 | 65°F | 51°F | 83°F 1999 | 34°F 1995 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 10 | 64°F | 51°F | 83°F 2021 | 30°F 1995 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 11 | 64°F | 50°F | 82°F 2007 | 35°F 2008 | 31% | 0% |
| Dec 12 | 64°F | 50°F | 83°F 1999 | 41°F 1997 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 13 | 64°F | 50°F | 79°F 1991 | 36°F 2010 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 14 | 64°F | 50°F | 79°F 2022 | 33°F 2010 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 15 | 64°F | 50°F | 79°F 2007 | 33°F 2025 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 16 | 63°F | 49°F | 81°F 2001 | 39°F 1997 | 32% | 0% |
| Dec 17 | 63°F | 49°F | 80°F 2016 | 38°F 2000 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 18 | 63°F | 49°F | 81°F 2021 | 34°F 1996 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 19 | 63°F | 49°F | 80°F 1998 | 30°F 1996 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 20 | 63°F | 49°F | 80°F 2013 | 29°F 2000 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 21 | 63°F | 49°F | 84°F 1998 | 37°F 1995 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 22 | 62°F | 48°F | 81°F 2017 | 33°F 2008 | 33% | 0% |
| Dec 23 | 62°F | 48°F | 79°F 2014 | 27°F 2022 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 24 | 62°F | 48°F | 78°F 2008 | 26°F 2022 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 25 | 62°F | 48°F | 79°F 2012 | 34°F 2004 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 26 | 62°F | 48°F | 79°F 2008 | 32°F 2022 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 27 | 62°F | 48°F | 81°F 2008 | 34°F 2010 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 28 | 62°F | 48°F | 81°F 2021 | 32°F 2010 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 29 | 61°F | 47°F | 82°F 2021 | 34°F 1995 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 30 | 61°F | 47°F | 83°F 2021 | 32°F 2000 | 34% | 0% |
| Dec 31 | 61°F | 47°F | 82°F 2021 | 32°F 2000 | 34% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- December 1
- sunrise 6:38 AM, sunset 4:59 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 6:56 AM, sunset 5:10 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00053917 (New Orleans Lakefront AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00053917, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.