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Baton Rouge rainfall for 2021

Baton Rouge picked up 79.87 inches of rain in 2021. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 126 days at Baton Rouge Metro Airport; the wettest day brought 4.33 inches on May 17, 2021. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 61.94 inches. The total landed 17.93 inches above the normal, which works out to 29% more. 2021 ranks 3rd out of 96 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1930.

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Baton Rouge rainfall for 2021

Baton Rouge rainfall for 2021
Year total79.87 inches2021
1991-2020 normal61.94 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal+17.93 inches (+29%)129% of normal
Year rank3rd of 96Complete years from 1930, wettest first
Rain days126
Wettest day4.33 inches

Rain by month in 2021

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2021. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2021

Every day with measurable rain in 2021: Baton Rouge
DateRainfall
0.02 inches
0.17 inches
0.08 inches
1.66 inches
0.03 inches
0.12 inches
0.34 inches
1.07 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.40 inches
0.02 inches
0.21 inches
1.32 inches
0.14 inches
0.19 inches
1.57 inches
0.10 inches
0.38 inches
0.14 inches
0.10 inches
0.25 inches
0.02 inches
0.12 inches
2.07 inches
2.77 inches
0.52 inches
0.28 inches
0.03 inches
1.33 inches
0.11 inches
0.18 inches
0.07 inches
0.85 inches
0.29 inches
0.13 inches
0.14 inches
0.19 inches
0.01 inches
0.60 inches
1.59 inches
0.01 inches
2.00 inches
0.66 inches
0.32 inches
0.71 inches
0.42 inches
1.08 inches
0.54 inches
0.18 inches
1.39 inches
0.21 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.85 inches
1.79 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.72 inches
0.81 inches
0.08 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.22 inches
1.20 inches
0.61 inches
0.62 inches
0.03 inches
0.24 inches
1.51 inches
0.90 inches
2.25 inches
0.11 inches
0.68 inches
0.82 inches
0.02 inches
0.78 inches
0.22 inches
0.13 inches
2.57 inches
0.15 inches
4.33 inches
0.18 inches
1.74 inches
1.72 inches
0.39 inches
0.96 inches
0.84 inches
0.43 inches
1.76 inches
0.01 inches
0.19 inches
2.41 inches
0.58 inches
1.40 inches
1.36 inches
2.05 inches
1.88 inches
0.77 inches
0.02 inches
0.06 inches
0.39 inches
0.27 inches
2.53 inches
0.45 inches
0.21 inches
0.06 inches
0.86 inches
0.89 inches
0.48 inches
0.01 inches
0.24 inches
1.88 inches
0.17 inches
0.66 inches
0.11 inches
0.13 inches
0.01 inches
0.71 inches
0.81 inches
0.18 inches
0.74 inches
0.28 inches
0.04 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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