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Rainfall totals Baton Rouge, LA

Through Oct 7, 2026, Baton Rouge has received 46.38 inches of rain for the year, according to the official daily climate report. The normal year-to-date total is 48.92 inches. The normal figure is what the city would typically have seen by this point in the calendar. This reading comes from the station gauge at BATON ROUGE/RYAN in the National Weather Service's daily climate report.

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Data from Baton Rouge Metro Airport, with records back to 1930. Across the record from 1930, 100 percent of days have a reading, with 100 percent in 2025.

Most recent rainfall

0.42 inches of rain fell on Aug 31, 2026, the latest measurable rainfall this year.

BATON ROUGE/RYAN saw no measurable rain on Oct 7, 2026, according to the National Weather Service daily climate report.

The last measurable rain in Baton Rouge fell on Aug 31, 2026, 38 days ago. In October, rain days at this station are typically 2 days apart.

Official rainfall report for Oct 7, 2026

National Weather Service daily climate report for Baton Rouge, Oct 7, 2026
MeasuredNormalvs normal
Rain on Oct 7, 20260.00 inches0.14 inches-0.14 inches
Last 48 hours0.00 inches
Last 72 hours0.00 inches
Last 7 days—
Month to date0.00 inches1.04 inches-1.04 inches (-100%)
Year to date46.38 inches48.92 inches-2.54 inches (-5%)
Record for Oct 74.06 inches1969

Source: National Weather Service daily climate report for BATON ROUGE/RYAN, issued the morning after Oct 7, 2026. The local National Weather Service office issues the daily climate report for the airport station the next morning, and that report is the official figure.

How much rain did Baton Rouge get?

Days with measurable rain, 2026

Days with measurable rain in Baton Rouge during 2026, newest first
DateRainfall
Aug 31, 20260.42 inches
Aug 27, 20260.78 inches
Aug 24, 20260.49 inches
Aug 21, 20260.25 inches
Aug 10, 20260.60 inches
Aug 9, 20260.13 inches
Jul 23, 20260.02 inches
Jul 21, 20260.72 inches
Jul 20, 20260.11 inches
Jul 14, 20260.07 inches
Jul 12, 20261.03 inches
Jul 11, 20261.12 inches
Jul 10, 20260.18 inches
Jul 8, 20260.15 inches
Jul 6, 20260.01 inches
Jul 5, 20260.46 inches
Jul 3, 20260.01 inches
Jul 2, 20260.20 inches
Jul 1, 20260.69 inches
Jun 20, 20260.30 inches
Jun 19, 20260.05 inches
Jun 17, 20260.09 inches
Jun 16, 20263.97 inches
Jun 15, 20261.55 inches
Jun 12, 20261.22 inches
Jun 7, 20260.05 inches
Jun 6, 20261.08 inches
Jun 3, 20260.02 inches
Jun 2, 20260.54 inches
Jun 1, 20260.05 inches

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With 3.97 inches on Jun 16, 2026, this is the 80th wettest of the 10,874 measurable rain days in the Baton Rouge Metro Airport record, which begins in 1930. That is the most rain recorded at this station on June 16 since 1930.

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Running rain total for 2026, January to December. Dark line is measured, light line is the 1991-2020 normal, violet dot marks the latest day.

Through Sep 30, 2026, the GHCN-Daily station record shows 44.16 inches of measurable rain so far this year, falling over a 75-day span. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

Baton Rouge rainfall by month, 2026

Monthly rainfall totals for Baton Rouge in 2026, compared with 1991-2020 normals.
MonthRainfallNormalvs normal
January5.93 inches6.36 inches-0.43 inches (-7%)
February1.88 inches4.42 inches-2.54 inches (-57%)
March4.37 inches4.46 inches-0.09 inches (-2%)
April4.02 inches5.08 inches-1.06 inches (-21%)
May11.60 inches5.23 inches+6.37 inches (+122%)
June8.92 inches6.45 inches+2.47 inches (+38%)
July4.77 inches5.09 inches-0.32 inches (-6%)
August2.67 inches6.37 inches-3.70 inches (-58%)
September0.00 inches4.42 inches-4.42 inches (-100%)

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Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2026. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Averages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.

Rainfall days at each threshold in Baton Rouge

Rainfall days at each threshold in Baton Rouge
Year0.5+ in.1+ in.2+ in.3+ in.
2025402531
2024452561
2023332072
2022342152
2021522791
2020372292
2019362174
2018422152
2017392372
20165024118
Average37.618.85.51.9

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A day counts when its rainfall total meets or passes the column amount, from Baton Rouge Metro Airport records in GHCN-Daily. Every complete year starting with 1930 counts toward the average, 96 years in total.

Past rainfall years in Baton Rouge

All-time rainfall records

All-time rainfall records for Baton Rouge since 1930
Wettest day11.99 inchesApr 14, 1967
Wettest year90.54 inches2016
Driest year38.10 inches2000
Average year59.18 inches96 complete years on record
Rain days a year112average, 0.01 inch or more
Record begins193035,288 daily readings

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Monthly rainfall normals

Average monthly rainfall for Baton Rouge, 1991 to 2020
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Inches6.364.424.465.085.236.455.096.374.424.843.905.3261.94

Averages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.

The daily climate report is issued by the local National Weather Service forecast office and delivered to this page by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet of Iowa State University. Under 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright attaches to the government-produced figures on this page, including reports, alerts, station observations, and normals, which were created by the National Weather Service and other NOAA offices. The notice that 17 U.S.C. 403 requires appears in this sentence. It does not imply endorsement by or affiliation with those agencies. See: Data sources and attribution.

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