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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Louisiana
Precipitation Rankings, August 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2016 1-Month |
13.02" (330.71mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
8.38" (212.85mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1999 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2016 2-Month |
17.85" (453.39mm) | 10.28" (261.11mm) |
7.57" (192.28mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1924 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2016 3-Month |
23.88" (606.55mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
9.05" (229.87mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1924 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1989 | 2017 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2016 4-Month |
29.60" (751.84mm) | 19.99" (507.75mm) |
9.61" (244.09mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1924 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1989 | 2017 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2016 5-Month |
36.11" (917.19mm) | 24.83" (630.68mm) |
11.28" (286.51mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1924 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1991 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2016 6-Month |
46.71" (1,186.43mm) | 29.79" (756.67mm) |
16.92" (429.76mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2016 7-Month |
49.95" (1,268.73mm) | 34.41" (874.01mm) |
15.54" (394.72mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1991 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2016 8-Month |
54.23" (1,377.44mm) | 39.55" (1,004.57mm) |
14.68" (372.87mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2011 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1991 | ||||
|
Dec 2015–Aug 2016 9-Month |
59.92" (1,521.97mm) | 45.03" (1,143.76mm) |
14.89" (378.21mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2011 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1991 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Aug 2016 10-Month |
69.01" (1,752.85mm) | 49.29" (1,251.97mm) |
19.72" (500.88mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2000 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1991 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–Aug 2016 11-Month |
76.53" (1,943.86mm) | 52.73" (1,339.34mm) |
23.80" (604.52mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2016 12-Month |
79.29" (2,013.97mm) | 56.83" (1,443.48mm) |
22.46" (570.49mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1991 | ||||
|
Mar 2015–Aug 2016 18-Month |
112.65" (2,861.31mm) | 86.78" (2,204.21mm) |
25.87" (657.10mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2017 | ||||
|
Sep 2014–Aug 2016 24-Month |
135.46" (3,440.68mm) | 113.91" (2,893.31mm) |
21.55" (547.37mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 1975 | ||||
|
Sep 2013–Aug 2016 36-Month |
196.17" (4,982.72mm) | 170.94" (4,341.88mm) |
25.23" (640.84mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1975 | ||||
|
Sep 2012–Aug 2016 48-Month |
253.86" (6,448.04mm) | 227.97" (5,790.44mm) |
25.89" (657.60mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1975 | ||||
|
Sep 2011–Aug 2016 60-Month |
318.89" (8,099.81mm) | 284.85" (7,235.19mm) |
34.04" (864.62mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 1, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/