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Typical September weather

New Orleans

Louisiana · September

Still summer, though the rain finally lets up.

87° days
76° nights

about 6 rainy days · 12½ hours of daylight

What to pack

What September feels like

September sits at the peak of hurricane season and is the month locals keep the radar app open, which is also why it is genuinely cheap. Southern Decadence takes over the Quarter on Labor Day weekend regardless of what the tropics are doing.

Expect about 6 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around. Full tropical humidity: mornings are your friend, and shade is currency. about 13 afternoons top 90°.

The numbers

Typical high87°
Typical low76°
Days with real rain6
Total rain4.6 in
Humiditytropical
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)6:45 am / 7:05 pm

How September compares

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