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 September 2019. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Louisiana
Precipitation Rankings, August 2017
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2017 1-Month |
12.94" (328.68mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
8.30" (210.82mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1999 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2017 2-Month |
17.70" (449.58mm) | 10.28" (261.11mm) |
7.42" (188.47mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1924 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2017 3-Month |
26.69" (677.93mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
11.86" (301.25mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1924 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2017 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2017 4-Month |
35.83" (910.08mm) | 19.99" (507.75mm) |
15.84" (402.33mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1924 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2017 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2017 5-Month |
41.41" (1,051.81mm) | 24.83" (630.68mm) |
16.58" (421.13mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1924 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1991 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2017 6-Month |
45.05" (1,144.27mm) | 29.79" (756.67mm) |
15.26" (387.60mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2017 7-Month |
47.38" (1,203.45mm) | 34.41" (874.01mm) |
12.97" (329.44mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1991 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2017 8-Month |
54.01" (1,371.85mm) | 39.55" (1,004.57mm) |
14.46" (367.28mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2011 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1991 | ||||
|
Dec 2016–Aug 2017 9-Month |
60.31" (1,531.87mm) | 45.03" (1,143.76mm) |
15.28" (388.11mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 2011 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1991 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Aug 2017 10-Month |
63.26" (1,606.80mm) | 49.29" (1,251.97mm) |
13.97" (354.83mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2000 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1991 | ||||
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Oct 2016–Aug 2017 11-Month |
63.68" (1,617.47mm) | 52.73" (1,339.34mm) |
10.95" (278.13mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2017 12-Month |
66.86" (1,698.24mm) | 56.83" (1,443.48mm) |
10.03" (254.76mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1991 | ||||
|
Mar 2016–Aug 2017 18-Month |
113.57" (2,884.68mm) | 86.78" (2,204.21mm) |
26.79" (680.47mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1925 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2017 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2017 24-Month |
146.15" (3,712.21mm) | 113.91" (2,893.31mm) |
32.24" (818.90mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1918 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1975 | ||||
|
Sep 2014–Aug 2017 36-Month |
202.32" (5,138.93mm) | 170.94" (4,341.88mm) |
31.38" (797.05mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1918 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1975 | ||||
|
Sep 2013–Aug 2017 48-Month |
263.03" (6,680.96mm) | 227.97" (5,790.44mm) |
35.06" (890.52mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1918 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1975 | ||||
|
Sep 2012–Aug 2017 60-Month |
320.72" (8,146.29mm) | 284.85" (7,235.19mm) |
35.87" (911.10mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1918 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1993 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published October 2019, retrieved on October 22, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/