+5 Environment Record heat and smoke trigger air quality alerts for New Orleans, Baton Rouge BY MARK SCHLEIFSTEIN | Staff writer Aug 18, 2023 What do you get when you combine record-breaking heat, wildfire smoke and sunlight? Ground-level ozone in amounts high enough to cause health problems in both Baton Rouge and New Orleans on Friday and Saturday, according to the federal/state Air Quality Index.
News NO.heatwave.ADV.JPG Staff photo by Chris Granger NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneUpdated Oct 16, 2025 A hot mid-morning sun shines down on the entrance to a heat relief station at Joe Brown Park in New Orleans East on Friday, August 18, 2023. T…
News BY CARLIE KOLLATH WELLS | Staff writer Updated Jun 22, 2022 Heat will be the worst in downtown New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
News BY ROSHAUN HIGGINS | Staff writerUpdated Jun 20, 2022 Yes, in case you were wondering, it has been hotter than usual for this time of year.
News BY TRISTAN BAURICK | Staff writer Updated Jul 21, 2023 Many cities are generating enough heat and smog to change the weather around them, but New Orleans appears to be altering its climate more tha…
News By JULIA GUILBEAU | Staff writer Updated Jun 16, 2022 Louisian has already seen increasingly hot temperatures so far this summer, but things could keep getting hotter, forecasters with the Nation…
State Politics Part of Walker under precautionary boil notice gpflman Apr 11, 2019 Here's how you can make tap water safe to drink during a boil water advisory.
+2 Weather Traffic Urgent See closures for New Orleans area schools, offices on Friday due to water system issues BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | froberts@theadvocate.com Jan 18, 2018 As bitter cold temperatures stretch into another day, many schools and offices will close or remain closed. Here is the latest ..Â
+5 News New Orleans deals with high temperatures Thursday as city issues heat advisory BY CHAD CALDER | ccalder@theadvocate.com Aug 17, 2017 If it's not the rain, it's the heat.
Environment Southern ¶¶Òõh records warmest February on record, winter temps also high BY GRACE TOOHEY | gtoohey@theadvocate.com Mar 2, 2017 Southern ¶¶Òõh just experienced the warmest February in history, with the average temperatures in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette b…