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The weather in New Orleans during Mardi Gras changes each year. This is because Mardi Gras is a moveable festival which falls on different dates every year, based on Easter. The final days of the Mardi Gras festival always take place 47 days before Easter, just before Lent. Easter falls on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox, so it can be any Sunday between March 23 and April 25. Thus, Shrove Tuesday can come as early as February 3 or as late as March 9. However, this is also the time of year when New Orleans weather changes over from winter to summer. During ...
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