First freeze 2026 · New Orleans, LA
When is New Orleans's first freeze?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first freeze: Dec 27.
- This fall
- None yet
- Normal date
- Dec 27 (1991-2020 median)
- Earliest on record
- Nov 1, 1993
- Latest on record
- Feb 15, 2021
- Record since
- 1946 (80 falls)
- Station
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Coldest so far
- 54°F on Oct 21
- Hard freeze (28°F)
- None yet through Nov 7. Normal first hard freeze: Jan 20.
Common questions
When is New Orleans's first freeze?
Around Dec 27. That is the median date of the first freeze (a low of 32°F or colder) at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport over the 1991-2020 falls, our calculation from NOAA's record.
Has New Orleans had its first freeze this fall?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first freeze: Dec 27.
What is the earliest first freeze on record in New Orleans?
Nov 1, 1993, in a record that goes back to 1946.
What is the latest first freeze on record in New Orleans?
Feb 15, 2021.
Every fall on record
| Season | Date | Low |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dec 16 | 32°F |
| 2024 | Jan 20 | 30°F |
| 2023 | Jan 16 | 24°F |
| 2022 | Dec 23 | 27°F |
| 2021 | Jan 23 | 28°F |
| 2020 | Feb 15 | 29°F |
| 2019 | None | |
| 2018 | None | |
| 2017 | Dec 9 | 29°F |
| 2016 | Jan 7 | 27°F |
| 2015 | None | |
| 2014 | Nov 19 | 31°F |
| 2013 | Nov 29 | 32°F |
| 2012 | None | |
| 2011 | Jan 14 | 32°F |
| 2010 | Dec 27 | 30°F |
| 2009 | Jan 4 | 30°F |
| 2008 | Jan 16 | 32°F |
| 2007 | Jan 3 | 28°F |
| 2006 | Dec 8 | 29°F |
| 2005 | Jan 7 | 32°F |
| 2004 | Dec 24 | 30°F |
| 2003 | None | |
| 2002 | Jan 23 | 29°F |
| 2001 | Dec 26 | 31°F |
| 2000 | Dec 18 | 31°F |
| 1999 | Dec 26 | 32°F |
| 1998 | Jan 3 | 32°F |
| 1997 | Dec 28 | 31°F |
| 1996 | Dec 19 | 26°F |
| 1995 | Dec 10 | 30°F |
| 1994 | Dec 12 | 31°F |
| 1993 | Nov 1 | 31°F |
| 1992 | Nov 29 | 31°F |
| 1991 | Nov 5 | 29°F |
| 1990 | Dec 6 | 32°F |
| 1989 | Dec 4 | 32°F |
| 1988 | Dec 13 | 30°F |
| 1987 | Jan 10 | 32°F |
| 1986 | Jan 2 | 32°F |
| 1985 | Dec 14 | 29°F |
| 1984 | Nov 24 | 32°F |
| 1983 | Dec 23 | 32°F |
| 1982 | Dec 13 | 30°F |
| 1981 | Dec 18 | 32°F |
| 1980 | Dec 26 | 27°F |
| 1979 | Nov 30 | 28°F |
| 1978 | Dec 10 | 32°F |
| 1977 | Dec 7 | 32°F |
| 1976 | Nov 23 | 29°F |
| 1975 | Nov 23 | 30°F |
| 1974 | Nov 27 | 29°F |
| 1973 | Dec 9 | 29°F |
| 1972 | Dec 2 | 31°F |
| 1971 | Jan 6 | 31°F |
| 1970 | Nov 17 | 27°F |
| 1969 | Nov 15 | 29°F |
| 1968 | Nov 10 | 32°F |
| 1967 | Dec 24 | 30°F |
| 1966 | Nov 3 | 28°F |
| 1965 | Nov 30 | 32°F |
| 1964 | Dec 1 | 32°F |
| 1963 | Dec 15 | 31°F |
| 1962 | Dec 6 | 32°F |
| 1961 | Dec 25 | 30°F |
| 1960 | Dec 2 | 29°F |
| 1959 | Jan 8 | 31°F |
| 1958 | Dec 15 | 30°F |
| 1957 | Dec 1 | 32°F |
| 1956 | Nov 27 | 32°F |
| 1955 | Dec 16 | 29°F |
| 1954 | Dec 14 | 30°F |
| 1953 | Dec 15 | 32°F |
| 1952 | Dec 15 | 30°F |
| 1951 | Nov 19 | 31°F |
| 1950 | Nov 25 | 32°F |
| 1949 | None | |
| 1948 | Jan 1 | 30°F |
| 1947 | Jan 14 | 30°F |
| 1946 | Jan 4 | 32°F |
Sources
- Daily low temperature and snowfall, threaded station records (ThreadEx), NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)