Baton Rouge had a couple of things that made this summer a bit more bearable than last year: rain and early cold fronts.
"For a good bulk of the summer, we ran above average in rainfall," and that cooled things down, said Hannah Lisney, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
In recent weeks, cold fronts made their appearance in the region, too, bringing increased cloud cover and lower humidity, she said.
While most of those fronts stalled north of Baton Rouge, Lisney said a cold front that made it all the way through the Capital area this weekend brought the lowest temperature of the summer Sunday night — 66.
"For this time of year, that's pretty crazy, but we'll take it," she said.
The summer of 2024 was a scorcher, with three heat warnings — issued when high temperatures pose an immediate threat to life or property — posted for Baton Rouge in August, Lisney said.
Twelve heat advisories were issued as well, in August 2024, letting people know of the possibility of dangerous heat.
This August, the National Weather Service issued six heat advisories and no heat warnings for Baton Rouge, Lisney said.
Along with June, July and August, "we usually include the first half of September" as summertime in south Louisiana.
That being said, the end of summer 2025 will end up being "a little bit drier and a little bit cooler" than last year, she said.
