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Baton Rouge, LA 30.538°N, 91.147°W · station BTRthr · 135 years of record
95°F
HOTTEST JUL 18 SINCE 2023
forecast high · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Baton Rouge.
85° MON 7/13 86° TUE 7/14 91° WED 7/15 93° THU 7/16 94° FRI 7/17 95° SAT 7/18 94° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks #30 / 131
warmest Jul 18 in 131 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 18 ever 98°F
set in 1895
Coolest Jul 18 ever 79°F
set in 2014
Hottest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 18 at Baton Rouge. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
79 88 98 1893: 92°F 1894: 84°F 1895: 98°F 1896: 92°F 1897: 92°F 1898: 91°F 1899: 96°F 1900: 90°F 1901: 90°F 1902: 92°F 1903: 92°F 1904: 90°F 1905: 85°F 1906: 82°F 1907: 96°F 1908: 98°F 1909: 93°F 1911: 87°F 1912: 94°F 1913: 95°F 1914: 94°F 1915: 96°F 1916: 88°F 1917: 91°F 1918: 96°F 1919: 92°F 1920: 90°F 1921: 96°F 1922: 88°F 1924: 97°F 1925: 90°F 1926: 91°F 1927: 94°F 1928: 88°F 1929: 87°F 1930: 92°F 1931: 91°F 1932: 94°F 1933: 92°F 1934: 88°F 1935: 88°F 1936: 92°F 1937: 89°F 1938: 90°F 1939: 95°F 1940: 91°F 1941: 94°F 1942: 95°F 1943: 95°F 1944: 96°F 1945: 85°F 1946: 95°F 1947: 94°F 1948: 95°F 1949: 86°F 1950: 91°F 1951: 98°F 1952: 90°F 1953: 92°F 1954: 94°F 1955: 90°F 1956: 93°F 1957: 91°F 1958: 93°F 1959: 96°F 1960: 94°F 1961: 90°F 1962: 95°F 1963: 94°F 1964: 88°F 1965: 92°F 1966: 94°F 1967: 89°F 1968: 93°F 1969: 88°F 1970: 89°F 1971: 93°F 1972: 91°F 1973: 96°F 1974: 91°F 1975: 91°F 1976: 81°F 1977: 93°F 1978: 94°F 1979: 90°F 1980: 95°F 1981: 94°F 1982: 91°F 1983: 89°F 1984: 88°F 1985: 89°F 1986: 89°F 1987: 92°F 1988: 92°F 1989: 95°F 1990: 92°F 1991: 94°F 1992: 95°F 1993: 93°F 1994: 91°F 1995: 93°F 1996: 93°F 1997: 89°F 1998: 95°F 1999: 91°F 2000: 95°F 2001: 92°F 2002: 94°F 2003: 92°F 2004: 87°F 2005: 94°F 2006: 95°F 2007: 93°F 2008: 96°F 2009: 91°F 2010: 87°F 2011: 86°F 2012: 95°F 2013: 90°F 2014: 79°F 2015: 97°F 2016: 92°F 2017: 94°F 2018: 92°F 2019: 93°F 2020: 92°F 2021: 94°F 2022: 92°F 2023: 98°F 2024: 94°F 2025: 89°F 95° forecast 1893 1895 2025 Forecast high · Jul 18 95°F Hottest this date since 2023 This-date record 98°F This-date rank #30 of 131
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 110°F (1909) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1892–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Baton Rouge in each calendar month, and for the whole 1892–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 85°F 1909 7°F 2025 Feb 88°F 1922 2°F 1899 Mar 93°F 1909 20°F 1980 Apr 96°F 1908 31°F 1940 May 101°F 1922 40°F 1908 Jun 103°F 1914 53°F 1984 Jul 103°F 1901 58°F 1967 Aug 110°F 1909 58°F 2004 Sep 104°F 2000 43°F 1908 Oct 98°F 1904 30°F 1993 Nov 91°F 2024 21°F 1976 Dec 88°F 1894 8°F 1989 All-time 110°F 1909 2°F 1899
Records set or tied at Baton Rouge so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 3 broke
plus 3 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 1 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 99 days
record run, ended Sep 13 2023
So far in 2026 39 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Baton Rouge's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 92°F · forecast is +3° vs normal .
Jan: 62°F Jan: 42°F Feb: 67°F Feb: 45°F Mar: 73°F Mar: 51°F Apr: 79°F Apr: 57°F May: 86°F May: 65°F Jun: 90°F Jun: 71°F Jul: 92°F Jul: 74°F Aug: 92°F Aug: 73°F Sep: 89°F Sep: 69°F Oct: 81°F Oct: 58°F Nov: 71°F Nov: 48°F Dec: 64°F Dec: 43°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:11 AM Sunset 7:09 PM Solar noon 12:10 PM Daylight 13h 58m · losing 5 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 30.54°N, 91.15°W Baton Rouge's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Baton Rouge's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Baton Rouge, coloured by temperature — 135 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Baton Rouge — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
39 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 55th most in 135 years. Normal for this point: 36 . Record: 59 in 2024.
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