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, May 1963
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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May 1963 1-Month |
2.07" (52.58mm) | 5.16" (131.06mm) |
-3.09" (-78.48mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1998 |
118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1907 | ||||
Ties: 1940, 2018 | ||||||
Apr–May 1963 2-Month |
4.08" (103.63mm) | 10.00" (254.00mm) |
-5.92" (-150.37mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1925 |
122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1991 | ||||
Mar–May 1963 3-Month |
5.80" (147.32mm) | 14.95" (379.73mm) |
-9.15" (-232.41mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1963 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1991 | ||||
Feb–May 1963 4-Month |
9.37" (238.00mm) | 19.58" (497.33mm) |
-10.21" (-259.33mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1925 |
126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1991 | ||||
Jan–May 1963 5-Month |
13.27" (337.06mm) | 24.72" (627.89mm) |
-11.45" (-290.83mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1963 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1991 | ||||
Dec 1962–May 1963 6-Month |
17.06" (433.32mm) | 30.20" (767.08mm) |
-13.14" (-333.76mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest to Date | 2011 |
125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1991 | ||||
Nov 1962–May 1963 7-Month |
20.24" (514.10mm) | 34.46" (875.28mm) |
-14.22" (-361.18mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1963 |
126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1991 | ||||
Oct 1962–May 1963 8-Month |
23.34" (592.84mm) | 37.89" (962.41mm) |
-14.55" (-369.57mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1904 |
123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1983 | ||||
Sep 1962–May 1963 9-Month |
26.55" (674.37mm) | 42.00" (1,066.80mm) |
-15.45" (-392.43mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1904 |
122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1983 | ||||
Aug 1962–May 1963 10-Month |
31.10" (789.94mm) | 46.66" (1,185.16mm) |
-15.56" (-395.22mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1925 |
122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1983 | ||||
Jul 1962–May 1963 11-Month |
33.45" (849.63mm) | 52.34" (1,329.44mm) |
-18.89" (-479.81mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1925 |
125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1983 | ||||
Jun 1962–May 1963 12-Month |
39.87" (1,012.70mm) | 56.94" (1,446.28mm) |
-17.07" (-433.58mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1925 |
122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1983 | ||||
Dec 1961–May 1963 18-Month |
66.29" (1,683.77mm) | 87.29" (2,217.17mm) |
-21.00" (-533.40mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1925 |
123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1992 | ||||
Jun 1961–May 1963 24-Month |
101.05" (2,566.67mm) | 114.02" (2,896.11mm) |
-12.97" (-329.44mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1918 |
104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1991 | ||||
Jun 1960–May 1963 36-Month |
160.51" (4,076.95mm) | 171.14" (4,346.96mm) |
-10.63" (-270.01mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1918 |
89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1975 | ||||
Jun 1959–May 1963 48-Month |
212.99" (5,409.95mm) | 228.16" (5,795.26mm) |
-15.17" (-385.31mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1918 |
99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1993 | ||||
Jun 1958–May 1963 60-Month |
271.01" (6,883.65mm) | 284.97" (7,238.24mm) |
-13.96" (-354.59mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1918 |
90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1993 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/