Heavy rainfall
SunAround 45 mm expected. Watch for ponding and flash flooding.
Heat advisory
SatFeels-like high near 33°C.
Rainfall
SatAround 32 mm expected.
Heat advisory
SunFeels-like high near 31°C.
Heat advisory
MonFeels-like high near 31°C.
Thunderstorms
SatStorms in the forecast window. Lightning risk outdoors.
New Orleans Weather Radar
79°
Partly cloudy
Feels like 79°
83°
77°
today's high / low
+1.4° vs normal — right about normal
83
Great
Outdoor comfort right now
It is 79°F and partly cloudy in New Orleans. Heavy rain moves in around 7am and lingers past the evening. Tomorrow: thunderstorm, high 81°F.
- Pressure steady slowly 29.91 inHg
- 48h+ since rain
- Wind 1 mph N
- Humidity 84%
- Cloud 25%
- UV peak 4
- Rain chance 89%
Next 48 hours
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Now
8
6am
26%
8
7am
28%
8
8am
41%
9
9am
53%
10
10am
59%
11
11am
68%
12
12pm
86%
12
1pm
66%
12
2pm
76%
13
3pm
70%
11
4pm
72%
10
5pm
74%
9
6pm
89%
8
7pm
72%
8
8pm
65%
7
9pm
59%
7
10pm
53%
6
11pm
48%
6
12am
Sun
69%
5
1am
49%
4
2am
52%
4
3am
58%
4
4am
62%
4
5am
62%
5
6am
63%
5
7am
59%
6
8am
63%
6
9am
65%
6
10am
63%
7
11am
64%
7
12pm
79%
6
1pm
63%
6
2pm
60%
6
3pm
53%
6
4pm
34%
5
5pm
44%
5
6pm
80%
5
7pm
35%
5
8pm
26%
5
9pm
26%
5
10pm
26%
5
11pm
55%
6
12am
Mon
55%
7
1am
29%
8
2am
15%
8
3am
15%
8
4am
15%
9
Conditions in detail
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Feels like
79°
About what it looks like
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Dew point
77°
Oppressive
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Wind
1 mph
Gusting 3 mph from N
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Pressure
29.94 inHg
Steady slowly
-
Visibility
9.9 mi
Clear
-
UV index
0
Peaks at 4 today
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Cloud cover
25%
—
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Precipitation today
1.3"
Over about 17h
Air quality
US AQI
23
Good
- PM2.5 3 µg/m³
- PM10 5 µg/m³
- Ozone 46 µg/m³
- NO₂ 5 µg/m³
Next 14 days
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Best time to…
Scored hour by hour across the next two days.
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Stargazing
89Sat 5am–5am
Clear, dark and calm
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Patio or BBQ
86Sun 7pm–4am
Warm, dry, and not too breezy
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Golden-hour photos
79Sat 7am–7am
Scattered cloud catches the light
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Walk the dog
73Sun 7pm–4am
Mild, no downpours, no ice
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Ride a bike
72Mon 1am–4am
Wind matters more than temperature
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Garden work
65Sun 7pm–7pm
Mild and dry, sun optional
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Line-dry laundry
38No good window in the next 48h
Dry air plus a working breeze
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Go for a run
35No good window in the next 48h
Cool, calm and dry
Sun & moon
Sunrise
6:54 am
Sunset
6:43 pm
- Day length11h 49m
- Golden hour5:48 pm–6:43 pm
Last quarter
54% illuminated
Full moon in 23 days
Stargazing tonight
Decent · 59/100
Clearest around 5am at 5% cloud.
Almanac
20 years of records for Oct 3 (±3 days)
Today is right about normal (+1.4° on the high, +6.7° on the low).
- Normal high82°
- Normal low70°
- Record high 92° 2019
- Record low 59° 2010
- Typical rainfall0.09"
- Odds of a wet day26%
Rain and snow timing for New Orleans
The radar shows where precipitation is. This shows when it reaches you.
Dry now. Rain is most likely to arrive around 7am and lingering into the evening.
- 5am 0%
- 6am 26%
- 7am 28% 0.04"
- 8am 41% 0.06"
- 9am 53% 0.09"
- 10am 59% 0.01"
- 11am 68% 0.09"
- 12pm 86% 0.17"
- 1pm 66% 0.20"
- 2pm 76% 0.27"
- 3pm 70% 0.05"
- 4pm 72% 0.02"
About this New Orleans forecast
Updated 2026-10-03 10:59 UTC, and refreshed automatically every few minutes. Forecast data is provided by Visual Crossing; radar frames from RainViewer; the 20-year normals and records from the ERA5 reanalysis archive. No national weather service publishes point alerts here, so only computed watches are shown.
Watches labelled computed are worked out on this site from forecast thresholds and are not official warnings — always defer to your national weather service. Need help reading a number? See the sourced weather guide.
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