New Orleans picked up 57.54 inches of rain in 2025. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 106 days at New Orleans Airport; the wettest day brought 4.38 inches on Apr 21, 2025. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 63.35 inches. The total landed 5.81 inches below the normal, which works out to 9% less. 2025 ranks 44th out of 78 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1948.
Monthly rain totals for 2025. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.
Every day with measurable rain in 2025
Every day with measurable rain in 2025: New Orleans
Date
Rainfall
0.03″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.08″ inches
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0.15″ inches
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3.70″ inches
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0.08″ inches
1.88″ inches
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0.92″ inches
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0.41″ inches
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0.69″ inches
1.47″ inches
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0.73″ inches
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0.93″ inches
0.88″ inches
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0.65″ inches
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0.08″ inches
1.16″ inches
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0.10″ inches
3.87″ inches
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0.03″ inches
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2.27″ inches
1.64″ inches
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0.15″ inches
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0.08″ inches
0.01″ inches
4.38″ inches
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0.04″ inches
0.71″ inches
1.38″ inches
0.45″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.65″ inches
0.92″ inches
0.27″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.54″ inches
0.15″ inches
1.71″ inches
2.35″ inches
0.66″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.41″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.24″ inches
0.44″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.39″ inches
1.64″ inches
1.01″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.71″ inches
0.01″ inches
Daily totals come from New Orleans Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1948. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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