Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Louisiana
Precipitation Rankings, April 1960
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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April 1960 1-Month |
3.26" (82.80mm) | 4.84" (122.94mm) |
-1.58" (-40.14mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1965 |
92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1991 | ||||
Mar–Apr 1960 2-Month |
6.59" (167.39mm) | 9.80" (248.92mm) |
-3.21" (-81.53mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1925 |
106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1980 | ||||
Feb–Apr 1960 3-Month |
11.38" (289.05mm) | 14.42" (366.27mm) |
-3.04" (-77.22mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1925 |
98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1991 | ||||
Ties: 1918 | ||||||
Jan–Apr 1960 4-Month |
15.68" (398.27mm) | 19.56" (496.82mm) |
-3.88" (-98.55mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1986 |
96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1991 | ||||
Dec 1959–Apr 1960 5-Month |
20.51" (520.95mm) | 25.04" (636.02mm) |
-4.53" (-115.07mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1981 |
95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1991 | ||||
Nov 1959–Apr 1960 6-Month |
22.85" (580.39mm) | 29.30" (744.22mm) |
-6.45" (-163.83mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1986 |
105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1983 | ||||
Oct 1959–Apr 1960 7-Month |
28.60" (726.44mm) | 32.74" (831.60mm) |
-4.14" (-105.16mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1904 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1983 | ||||
Sep 1959–Apr 1960 8-Month |
31.25" (793.75mm) | 36.84" (935.74mm) |
-5.59" (-141.99mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1904 |
100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1983 | ||||
Aug 1959–Apr 1960 9-Month |
36.02" (914.91mm) | 41.50" (1,054.10mm) |
-5.48" (-139.19mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1925 |
98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1983 | ||||
Jul 1959–Apr 1960 10-Month |
44.38" (1,127.25mm) | 47.19" (1,198.63mm) |
-2.81" (-71.38mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1925 |
87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1983 | ||||
Jun 1959–Apr 1960 11-Month |
49.89" (1,267.21mm) | 51.78" (1,315.21mm) |
-1.89" (-48.00mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1925 |
80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1983 | ||||
May 1959–Apr 1960 12-Month |
55.94" (1,420.88mm) | 56.94" (1,446.28mm) |
-1.00" (-25.40mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1925 |
71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1990 | ||||
Nov 1958–Apr 1960 18-Month |
78.77" (2,000.76mm) | 86.41" (2,194.81mm) |
-7.64" (-194.05mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1918 |
91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1992 | ||||
May 1958–Apr 1960 24-Month |
113.43" (2,881.12mm) | 113.99" (2,895.35mm) |
-0.56" (-14.23mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1918 |
70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1991 | ||||
May 1957–Apr 1960 36-Month |
177.99" (4,520.95mm) | 171.12" (4,346.45mm) |
6.87" (174.50mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1918 |
41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1992 | ||||
May 1956–Apr 1960 48-Month |
230.03" (5,842.76mm) | 228.11" (5,793.99mm) |
1.92" (48.77mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1918 |
53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1993 | ||||
May 1955–Apr 1960 60-Month |
284.93" (7,237.22mm) | 284.91" (7,236.71mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1919 |
55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 1994 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/