Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Louisiana
Precipitation Rankings, May 1899
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1899 1-Month |
1.04" (26.42mm) | 5.16" (131.06mm) |
-4.12" (-104.64mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest to Date | 1998 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1907 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1899 2-Month |
3.99" (101.35mm) | 10.00" (254.00mm) |
-6.01" (-152.65mm) | 4th Driest | Driest to Date | 1925 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1991 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1899 3-Month |
7.37" (187.20mm) | 14.95" (379.73mm) |
-7.58" (-192.53mm) | 4th Driest | Driest to Date | 1963 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1991 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1899 4-Month |
10.70" (271.78mm) | 19.58" (497.33mm) |
-8.88" (-225.55mm) | 4th Driest | Driest to Date | 1925 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1991 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1899 5-Month |
17.76" (451.10mm) | 24.72" (627.89mm) |
-6.96" (-176.79mm) | 14th Driest | Driest to Date | 1963 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1991 | ||||
|
Dec 1898–May 1899 6-Month |
20.89" (530.61mm) | 30.20" (767.08mm) |
-9.31" (-236.47mm) | 7th Driest | Driest to Date | 2011 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1991 | ||||
|
Nov 1898–May 1899 7-Month |
28.13" (714.50mm) | 34.46" (875.28mm) |
-6.33" (-160.78mm) | 26th Driest | Driest to Date | 1963 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1991 | ||||
| Ties: 2010 | ||||||
|
Oct 1898–May 1899 8-Month |
32.68" (830.07mm) | 37.89" (962.41mm) |
-5.21" (-132.34mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1904 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 1898–May 1899 9-Month |
42.01" (1,067.05mm) | 42.00" (1,066.80mm) |
0.01" (0.25mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1904 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Aug 1898–May 1899 10-Month |
48.24" (1,225.30mm) | 46.66" (1,185.16mm) |
1.58" (40.14mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1925 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Jul 1898–May 1899 11-Month |
53.80" (1,366.52mm) | 52.34" (1,329.44mm) |
1.46" (37.08mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1925 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Jun 1898–May 1899 12-Month |
61.84" (1,570.74mm) | 56.94" (1,446.28mm) |
4.90" (124.46mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1925 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1944 | ||||||
|
Dec 1897–May 1899 18-Month |
89.84" (2,281.94mm) | 87.29" (2,217.17mm) |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1925 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1992 | ||||
|
Jun 1897–May 1899 24-Month |
111.46" (2,831.08mm) | 114.02" (2,896.11mm) |
-2.56" (-65.03mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1918 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1991 | ||||
|
Jun 1896–May 1899 36-Month |
159.44" (4,049.78mm) | 171.14" (4,346.96mm) |
-11.70" (-297.18mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1918 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1975 | ||||
|
Jun 1895–May 1899 48-Month |
212.04" (5,385.82mm) | 228.16" (5,795.26mm) |
-16.12" (-409.44mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest to Date | 1918 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1993 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 28, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/