Baton Rouge picked up 67.91 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 120 days at Baton Rouge Metro Airport; the wettest day brought 6.33 inches on Oct 8, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 61.94 inches. The total landed 5.97 inches above the normal, which works out to 10% more. 2020 ranks 21st out of 96 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1930.
Monthly rain totals for 2020. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.
Every day with measurable rain in 2020
Every day with measurable rain in 2020: Baton Rouge
Date
Rainfall
0.43″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.88″ inches
0.05″ inches
1.01″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.70″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.48″ inches
1.02″ inches
0.17″ inches
1.01″ inches
0.43″ inches
1.23″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.40″ inches
0.46″ inches
0.03″ inches
2.71″ inches
6.33″ inches
0.07″ inches
1.02″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.30″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.48″ inches
0.42″ inches
1.45″ inches
0.59″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.17″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.47″ inches
0.89″ inches
0.07″ inches
1.14″ inches
2.65″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.47″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.18″ inches
0.71″ inches
0.98″ inches
2.19″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.30″ inches
3.34″ inches
1.26″ inches
0.68″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.27″ inches
2.47″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.63″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.02″ inches
1.44″ inches
2.21″ inches
0.95″ inches
2.24″ inches
1.19″ inches
0.93″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.22″ inches
1.04″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.40″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.41″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.75″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.19″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.34″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.26″ inches
1.02″ inches
0.19″ inches
0.92″ inches
0.38″ inches
0.34″ inches
0.26″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.64″ inches
2.12″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.44″ inches
0.29″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.33″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.35″ inches
0.66″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.60″ inches
1.95″ inches
0.03″ inches
Daily totals come from Baton Rouge Metro Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1930. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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