First snow 2026-27 ยท New Orleans, LA
When does New Orleans get its first snow?
Measurable snow is rare here: 2 of 25 winters from 1991 to 2020 had one. None yet this season.
- This winter
- None yet
- Normal date
- None (rare here)
- Earliest on record
- Dec 4, 2009
- Latest on record
- Feb 12, 1958
- Record since
- 1948 (68 winters)
- Station
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Snow so far
- 0 in
Common questions
When does New Orleans get its first snow?
Measurable snow is rare here: 2 of 25 winters from 1991 to 2020 had one. None yet this season.
Has New Orleans had its first snow this winter?
Measurable snow is rare here: 2 of 25 winters from 1991 to 2020 had one. None yet this season.
What is the earliest first snow on record in New Orleans?
Dec 4, 2009, in a record that goes back to 1948.
What is the latest first snow on record in New Orleans?
Feb 12, 1958.
Every winter on record
| Season | Date | Snow |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | None | |
| 2018-19 | None | |
| 2017-18 | None | |
| 2016-17 | None | |
| 2015-16 | None | |
| 2014-15 | None | |
| 2013-14 | None | |
| 2012-13 | None | |
| 2011-12 | None | |
| 2010-11 | None | |
| 2009-10 | Dec 4 | 0.1 in |
| 2008-09 | None | |
| 2004-05 | Dec 25 | 0.5 in |
| 2002-03 | None | |
| 2001-02 | None | |
| 2000-01 | None | |
| 1999-00 | None | |
| 1998-99 | None | |
| 1997-98 | None | |
| 1996-97 | None | |
| 1995-96 | None | |
| 1994-95 | None | |
| 1993-94 | None | |
| 1992-93 | None | |
| 1991-92 | None | |
| 1990-91 | None | |
| 1989-90 | Dec 22 | 0.5 in |
| 1988-89 | None | |
| 1987-88 | None | |
| 1986-87 | None | |
| 1985-86 | None | |
| 1984-85 | Jan 20 | 0.4 in |
| 1983-84 | None | |
| 1982-83 | None | |
| 1981-82 | None | |
| 1980-81 | None | |
| 1979-80 | None | |
| 1978-79 | None | |
| 1977-78 | None | |
| 1976-77 | None | |
| 1975-76 | None | |
| 1974-75 | None | |
| 1973-74 | None | |
| 1972-73 | Jan 11 | 0.1 in |
| 1971-72 | None | |
| 1970-71 | None | |
| 1969-70 | None | |
| 1968-69 | None | |
| 1967-68 | None | |
| 1966-67 | None | |
| 1965-66 | None | |
| 1964-65 | None | |
| 1963-64 | Dec 31 | 2.7 in |
| 1962-63 | None | |
| 1961-62 | None | |
| 1960-61 | None | |
| 1959-60 | None | |
| 1958-59 | None | |
| 1957-58 | Feb 12 | 2 in |
| 1956-57 | None | |
| 1955-56 | None | |
| 1954-55 | None | |
| 1953-54 | None | |
| 1952-53 | None | |
| 1951-52 | None | |
| 1950-51 | None | |
| 1949-50 | None | |
| 1948-49 | None |
Sources
- Daily low temperature and snowfall, threaded station records (ThreadEx), NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)