current run under 0.01" · longest ever 44 days (to Nov 4, 1952)
Wet Streak
0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 16 days
Year to Date vs Normal
110%
39.61" of a normal 36.08" · wettest 84.23" (1991) · driest 13.4" (2000)
Wettest & Driest Years
The extremes of a 79-year record (1947–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 61.87" a year.
Wettest Years on Record
1
1991
102.37in
2
2021
86.08in
3
1983
85.3in
4
1961
83.54in
5
2024
83.32in
Driest Years on Record
1
2000
38.88in
2
1962
39.0in
3
2023
39.85in
4
1968
43.15in
5
2006
45.88in
Rainfall by Month
The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jul (~5.95") and driest in Oct (~2.29"). Wettest calendar month ever: Dec 2009, 25.92".
This Day in History · Rainfall
Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at New Orleans — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.
Wettest Jul 28 ever
3.52in
set in 2011
Rain on Jul 28
36%
of 80 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 29 ever
1.80in
set in 1962
Rain on Jul 29
46%
of 80 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 30 ever
1.98in
set in 1953
Rain on Jul 30
45%
of 80 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 31 ever
4.29in
set in 1966
Rain on Jul 31
48%
of 80 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 1 ever
4.82in
set in 1975
Rain on Aug 1
42%
of 80 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 2 ever
2.25in
set in 1960
Rain on Aug 2
41%
of 80 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 3 ever
3.33in
set in 1984
Rain on Aug 3
39%
of 80 years had measurable rain
This Year's Rainfall
New Orleans's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
New Orleans's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for New Orleans's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
