Cold/Wind Chill in Louisiana

Events

198

Deaths

16

Injuries

0

Damage

$33 million

• Cold in Louisiana, January 24 to 27, 20267 deaths · 17 eventsA strong surge of Arctic air invaded Northern Louisiana during late January with bitterly cold temperatures and light northerly winds.
• Cold in Louisiana, February 2 to 5, 19961 death · $20 million · 27 eventsAn arctic airmass overspread much of SE Louisiana bringing the longest extended period of cold weather since 1989. A 77 year old woman died from hypothermia in Metairie, Jefferson Parish on the 4th.
• Cold in Louisiana, January 3, 20082 deaths · 1 eventCold high pressure settled over the region with overnight lows falling below freezing temperatures.
• Cold in Louisiana, January 7 to 10, 20101 death · $3.0 million · 17 eventsAn arctic air mass moved southward out of the Central Plains and took up residence across all of southern Arkansas, southeast Oklahoma, northeast Texas as well as northwest Louisiana.
• Cold in Louisiana, January 8 to 11, 20101 death · $85,000 · 17 eventsA deep upper level trough moving eastward across the United States forced a bitterly cold Arctic airmass southward from Canada into the Gulf Coast states on January 7, 2010.
• Cold in Louisiana, February 14 to 16, 20211 death · 17 eventsOn the heels of the first significant winter storm to affect all of the Southern Plains and much of the Lower Mississippi Valley, where widespread snow ranged from 2-8 inches across North Louisiana on February 14th-15th, temperatures plunged to near historic values by the…
• Cold in Louisiana, January 15 to 16, 20241 death · 17 eventsA strong surge of Arctic air invaded North Louisiana during mid-January with bitterly cold temperatures and gusty northerly winds.
• Cold in Louisiana, January 7, 19971 death · 1 eventGeorge Gantt died of hypothermia after being hospitalized from exposure. Temperatures were hovering near freezing when Gantt was found.
• Cold in Louisiana, January 9, 20251 death · 1 eventA cold air mass spilled into Louisiana during early January. Morning low temperatures were in the upper 20s when an unhoused person succumbed to the elements.
• Cold in Louisiana, March 7 to 10, 1996$7.2 million · 3 eventsA late Spring freeze caused extensive damage to the sugarcane crop in three parishes. Newspaper accounts reported that a sugarcane industry spokesman estimated damage near 7 million dollar. Temperatures remained below freezing for 6 to 8 hours each night.
• Cold in Louisiana, January 1 to 14, 2010$1.8 million · 9 eventsA prolonged cold snap, caused by a couple of strong arctic air masses, affected the ArkLaMiss region during the first two weeks of January. This resulted in some record temperatures across the region.
• Cold in Louisiana, February 4, 1996$600,000 · 1 eventRecord cold temperatures caused numerous water pipes to burst, including a furniture store in Alexandria, where the sprinkler system burst and flooded the showroom.
• Cold in Louisiana, January 2 to 11, 2010$300,000 · 4 eventsArctic air invaded southeast Louisiana for an 8 day period in early January, bringing the coldest weather in over 20 years to much of the region.
• Cold in Louisiana, February 4, 1996$50,000 · 1 eventRecord cold temperatures caused numerous water pipes to burst, including the 30,000 gallon tank that supplies water to the town of Kinder.
• Cold in Louisiana, December 18 to 21, 199627 eventsAn arctic airmass overspread southeast Louisiana resulting in several consecutive nights of hard freeze conditions. The parishes west and north of Lake Pontchartrain generally experienced four nights of freezing temperatures with lowest readings for the period in the mid teens.
• Cold in Louisiana, January 5 to 7, 201417 eventsAn arctic airmass infiltrated the region early on Sunday, January 5th with falling temperatures and strong northwest winds.
• Cold in Louisiana, December 22 to 24, 202217 eventsA large and amplifying upper trough dug south through the eastern two-thirds of the United States along and east of the Rockies on December 22nd, which ushered in the coldest temperatures for December in decades to much of the country leading up to the Christmas Day holiday…
• Drought and Cold in Louisiana, June 1 to 30, 20269 eventsThe combined effects of persistent above normal temperatures and minimal precipitation continuing from late April 2026 resulted in mounting drought impacts across portions of northeast LA.
• Drought and Cold in Louisiana, May 1 to 31, 20269 eventsThe combined effects of persistent above normal temperatures and minimal precipitation continuing from late April 2026 resulted in mounting drought impacts across portions of northeast LA.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 15 to 16, 20261.75 in hail · 8 eventsA line of severe storms moved across NE Louisiana during the afternoon/evening hours of March 15 2026. Some of these thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts that downed trees and powerlines. Some of these storms produced hail.
• Cold in Louisiana, January 9, 20251 eventA winter storm brought ice accumulations for portions of northeast Louisiana.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.