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 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 2020 1-Month |
6.30" (160.02mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
1.66" (42.16mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1999 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2020 2-Month |
13.26" (336.80mm) | 10.28" (261.11mm) |
2.98" (75.69mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1924 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2020 3-Month |
18.59" (472.19mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
3.76" (95.51mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1924 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2020 4-Month |
24.26" (616.20mm) | 19.99" (507.75mm) |
4.27" (108.45mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1924 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2020 5-Month |
30.60" (777.24mm) | 24.83" (630.68mm) |
5.77" (146.56mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1924 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1991 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2020 6-Month |
34.45" (875.03mm) | 29.79" (756.67mm) |
4.66" (118.36mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2020 7-Month |
40.28" (1,023.11mm) | 34.41" (874.01mm) |
5.87" (149.10mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1991 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2020 8-Month |
47.82" (1,214.63mm) | 39.55" (1,004.57mm) |
8.27" (210.06mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2011 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1991 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Aug 2020 9-Month |
50.79" (1,290.07mm) | 45.03" (1,143.76mm) |
5.76" (146.31mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 2011 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1991 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Aug 2020 10-Month |
52.47" (1,332.74mm) | 49.29" (1,251.97mm) |
3.18" (80.77mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 2000 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1991 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Aug 2020 11-Month |
60.43" (1,534.92mm) | 52.73" (1,339.34mm) |
7.70" (195.58mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Aug 2020 12-Month |
62.22" (1,580.39mm) | 56.83" (1,443.48mm) |
5.39" (136.91mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1991 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Aug 2020 18-Month |
99.51" (2,527.55mm) | 86.78" (2,204.21mm) |
12.73" (323.34mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Aug 2020 24-Month |
138.25" (3,511.55mm) | 113.91" (2,893.31mm) |
24.34" (618.24mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1975 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2020 36-Month |
186.13" (4,727.70mm) | 170.94" (4,341.88mm) |
15.19" (385.82mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1975 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2020 48-Month |
252.99" (6,425.95mm) | 227.97" (5,790.44mm) |
25.02" (635.51mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1975 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2020 60-Month |
332.28" (8,439.91mm) | 284.85" (7,235.19mm) |
47.43" (1,204.72mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 6, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/