How much has Metairie warmed?

Each stripe below is one year of average temperature in Jefferson Parish, from 1895 on the left to 2025 on the right. Blue years were cooler than the 20th-century average of 68.7°F, and red years were warmer.

1895: -1.2°F1896: +0.6°F1897: +0.9°F1898: -0.6°F1899: -0.3°F1900: +0.0°F1901: -1.6°F1902: +0.4°F1903: -1.3°F1904: -0.1°F1905: -0.1°F1906: -0.1°F1907: +1.1°F1908: +0.9°F1909: +0.9°F1910: +0.1°F1911: +2.5°F1912: -0.7°F1913: -0.1°F1914: -0.6°F1915: -0.2°F1916: +0.1°F1917: -1.1°F1918: +0.4°F1919: +0.5°F1920: -0.8°F1921: +2.0°F1922: +1.6°F1923: +0.1°F1924: -0.3°F1925: +0.7°F1926: -0.2°F1927: +2.1°F1928: -0.6°F1929: +0.1°F1930: -0.4°F1931: 0.0°F1932: +0.4°F1933: +2.1°F1934: +0.2°F1935: +0.4°F1936: -0.2°F1937: -0.2°F1938: +0.4°F1939: +0.5°F1940: -2.0°F1941: +0.1°F1942: -1.3°F1943: -0.4°F1944: +0.5°F1945: +0.6°F1946: +0.6°F1947: -0.5°F1948: +0.2°F1949: +1.4°F1950: +0.3°F1951: +0.5°F1952: -0.2°F1953: +0.5°F1954: +0.6°F1955: +0.6°F1956: +0.1°F1957: +0.7°F1958: -1.8°F1959: -0.7°F1960: -1.0°F1961: -1.2°F1962: 0.0°F1963: -0.9°F1964: -0.7°F1965: -0.1°F1966: -1.3°F1967: -0.5°F1968: -2.0°F1969: -0.9°F1970: -1.1°F1971: +0.4°F1972: +0.5°F1973: -0.1°F1974: +0.7°F1975: -0.1°F1976: -2.1°F1977: -0.6°F1978: -1.2°F1979: -1.6°F1980: -0.3°F1981: -0.4°F1982: +0.8°F1983: -1.6°F1984: -0.2°F1985: +0.2°F1986: +0.9°F1987: -0.5°F1988: -0.5°F1989: -0.2°F1990: +1.6°F1991: +0.8°F1992: -0.4°F1993: -0.7°F1994: +0.3°F1995: +0.6°F1996: -0.1°F1997: 0.0°F1998: +2.0°F1999: +1.5°F2000: +1.1°F2001: +0.5°F2002: +0.4°F2003: +0.0°F2004: +0.9°F2005: +1.3°F2006: +1.7°F2007: +1.1°F2008: +0.4°F2009: +0.9°F2010: -0.6°F2011: +1.2°F2012: +2.2°F2013: 0.0°F2014: -0.9°F2015: +2.2°F2016: +2.2°F2017: +2.0°F2018: +1.8°F2019: +1.8°F2020: +2.3°F2021: +1.0°F2022: +0.7°F2023: +3.3°F2024: +2.9°F2025: +2.3°F
1895Metairie, yearly average temperature2025

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Last 10 years
+2.0°F2016-2025 vs the 1901-2000 average
Warmest year
2025then 2024, 2023, 2020
Coldest year
1976in the 1895-2025 record
20th-century average
68.7°Fall months, Jefferson Parish

Decade by decade

-0.1°1890s
0.0°1900s
+0.1°1910s
+0.5°1920s
+0.3°1930s
-0.1°1940s
+0.1°1950s
-0.9°1960s
-0.5°1970s
-0.2°1980s
+0.6°1990s
+0.8°2000s
+1.2°2010s
+2.1°2020-25

Average difference from the 1901-2000 average, by decade. The 2020s cover 2020 to 2025.

Nearby cities

See which cities have warmed the most in our warming ranking, or today's normal weather month by month in Metairie.

Frequently asked questions

How much warmer is Metairie than it used to be?

In Jefferson Parish, the ten years from 2016 to 2025 averaged 2.0°F warmer than the 20th-century average of 68.7°F, according to NOAA's county temperature records.

What was the warmest year on record in Metairie?

The warmest years in NOAA's county record are 2025, 2024, 2023, 2020 and 1911. The coldest was 1976.

What are climate stripes?

Each stripe is one year. Its color shows how that year's average temperature compares with the long-term average: blue for cooler, red for warmer, darker for bigger differences. The design comes from climate scientist Ed Hawkins.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, nClimDiv county average temperature (version 1.0.0, October 2026 release). Values are county averages built from adjusted weather station records on a 5 km grid, so they describe Jefferson Parish as a whole rather than downtown Metairie, and they correct for changes in stations and instruments over time. Incomplete years are left out. Stripes design by Ed Hawkins (#ShowYourStripes).