// ]]> and M. Shafer, 2012: Storm surge return periods for the United States Gulf NDMC, n.d.: U.S. Drought Monitor, Data All Rights Reserved. Updated Hurricane Ida Nicholas Puts More Than Half Of Louisiana On Flood Alert There was a problem saving your notification. LA. Climate Louisiana - Temperature, Rainfall and Averages Today & Tonight: We are starting the workweek with Saturday PM Forecast: Clouds Building In - A Few Passing Afternoon Showers. Keim, 2012: A Statewide Time Series, Louisiana. An LSU study noted storms are squeezing out more rain than in the past several decades, a trend that could be caused by a warmer atmosphere thats able to hold more moisture. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year. It won't stop raining in the New Orleans area. Experts explain why "Torrential rainfall" is possible Monday, the National Weather Service said, and traveling could be dangerous. By contrast, the number of very warm nights has increased steadily since 2000, reaching a record-high level during the 20152020 period (Figure 3). The record is 102.37 inches in 1991. Get breaking news from your neighborhood delivered directly to you by downloading the new FREE WWL-TV News app now in the IOS App Store or Google Play. The driest multiyear periods occurred in the early 1900s and late 1930s and the wettest in the early 1990s and late 2010s (Figure 4). Any overall warming will lead to increasing heat wave intensity but decreasing cold wave intensity. Its been a soggy first half of 2021 for Baton Rouge. 2. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for Saturday into Sunday evening for much of the area. "It's not unheard of," he said. (WAFB) - We close out what has been another very wet Temperatures in Louisiana have risen by 0.5F since the beginning of the 20th century, less than a third of the warming for the contiguous United States, but the warmest consecutive 5-year interval was the most recent, 20162020. Black mans decapitated remains found after he warned his mom he was targeted by truckloads of white guys, FIRST ALERT 3 P.M. FORECAST: Monday, May 1, FIRST ALERT 9 A.M. FORECAST: Monday, May 1, FIRST ALERT 5 A.M. FORECAST: Monday, May 1. Multiple road closures and high water rescues were ongoing Tuesday morning. Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives in a year along with information on the number of days with wet weather. // ]]> June rainfall was close to normal (8.15 inches), but July is shaping up to be a very wet month. Including the May storms, experts have pointed to the 2016 summer floods and the massive dump of rain that severely flooded eastern Texas saw during Hurricane Harvey as evidence of that trend. Copyright 2021 WAFB. Category 4 Hurricane Ida a no-brainer at No. Update: Experts explain why it's been raining so much in Louisiana. 5 hurt, 1 dead in multi-car crash on Interstate 10 in New Orleans, Mandina's Restaurant reopens to customers after tragic shooting, Nice start to May, rain possible this weekend, CSU forecasts slightly below-average Atlantic hurricane season, Warm and breezy Wednesday, storms late Thursday, Heavy rain threatens flooding in southeast Louisiana. The line slowed down over the Baton Rouge area Monday night and dumped up to 13 inches of rain. Historically unprecedented warming is projected during this century. For a time, 2021 had been trending drier than average, but quickly surpassed the average in only a few days in April, according to LSU data. FOIA One storm in mid-May produced nearly 14 inches of rain and caused severe flash flooding. Service, Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK. Parris, A., P. Bromirski, V. Burkett, Even under a lower emissions pathway, annual average temperatures are projected to exceed historical record levels in most years by the middle of the century. Despite this year experiencing near-historic records for the first six months, a dry spell later in the year could see 2021 even out in terms of rain totals. [CDATA[ Flood waters raise near Burbank as rain continues in Baton Rouge on Thursday, May 20, 2021, after Monday night's catastrophic flooding event. We are also urging residents to stay put and DO NOT travel on the roadways; driving on the roadways at this time is putting yourself in danger, along with causing damage to other residents property from the rising water.. Much of the heaviest rainfall in all three locations fell during the spring and summer. Hurricane Preparedness week is April 30th - May 6th. This allowed the storms to unleash torrential rain where they set up. 2. Kopp, C.P. Those two months alone accounted for three-quarters of rain the region received in the first six months of the year. // <! Louisiana receives abundant precipitation throughout the year. Severe icing caused widespread damage. Date. [CDATA[ If you're curious, Houston has measured rain 19 out of the last 23 days. CPSO has deployed high water vehicles and boats on both sides of the parish and are we prepared to handle any flood related call we receive, said Sheriff Tony Mancuso. A vehicle drives past ducks on a flooded street in City Park as rain bands from Tropical Storm Nicholas hit New Orleans on Sept. 14, 2021. We continue to ask residents to stay off of the roadways unless its absolutely unavoidable., Another area resident, Lamar Pitre, told CNN he had over a foot and a half of water in his house due to flooding. While the recent trend is toward fewer extremely cold events, a historic cold wave affected the state during February 1120, 2021. Historically unprecedented warming is projected during this century (Figure 1). D. Levinson, N. Lott, S. McCown, S. Stephens, and D. Wuertz, 2005: Hurricane Officials urged residents to take shelter in safe areas like fire stations which had been converted to accept incoming evacuees. Hypothesized causes for this difference in warming rates include increased cloud cover and precipitation, increased small particles from coal burning, natural factors related to forest regrowth, decreased heat flux due to irrigation, and multidecadal variability in North Atlantic and tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures. Preliminary numbers also indicate Port Arthur had its wettest May on record at 15.55 inches. In: NOAA HRD, 2014: Continental United New Orleans was particularly hard hit, with more than 80% of the city flooded and some areas under as much as 15 feet of water. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean WebMonthly Rainfall Analysis. loss in coastal Louisiana since 1932. Sea level rise has caused an increase in tidal floods associated with nuisance-level impacts. 2023 Cable News Network. Did you encounter any technical issues? Thunderstorms: Annual Mean Thunderstorm Days (19932018). Climate of the Southeast. [CDATA[ Residents at an apartment complex have requested help evacuating. WebHammond weather averages and climate Hammond, Louisiana. Last month, Ascension Parish tapped the brakes on any new construction for nine months; Iberville Parish passed a similar hold in areas around St. Gabriel. Residents implore East Baton Rouge to halt construction until city-parish improves storm drainage, Sharp downpour on Friday brought 7 inches of rain, sparked flash flooding in Prairieville, Despite recent downpours, Baton Rouge's July rainfall totals look normal here's why. If higher, it could shift infrastructure standards for new bridges, canals and other projects, potentially leading to higher bills for taxpayers and homeowners. In a wetter than average year, here's how much rain fell in south Louisiana. Here are some of the rain totals around south Louisiana. After Florida, Louisiana has, on average, the second-highest annual number of thunderstorms in the contiguous United States, with a typical location in the state averaging more than 60 thunderstorms per year. According to Crawfish Tracker: Signs of life (and price drops). // <! Even if average precipitation remains the same, higher temperatures will increase the rate of soil moisture loss during dry spells, which could increase the intensity of naturally occurring droughts. Hundreds of thousands of utility A line of storms with torrential rain pummeled south Louisiana late Monday into Tuesday morning. It's been an unusually wet summer pattern, Phillips said. The state is therefore exposed to the influences of diverse air masses, including the warm, moist air over the Gulf of Mexico and the drier continental air masses, which are cold in the winter and warm in the summer. Seven months out of the year recorded above average rainfall totals. Laura was the strongest hurricane making landfall in Louisiana since 1856, with wind speeds of 150 mph and a 15-foot storm surge, causing massive property damage in southwestern Louisiana. Policies and Notices, U.S. Department of the Interior | See how you can be prepared for the coming season! A Warner Bros. You have permission to edit this article. 30, 2021 at 4:37 AM PDT BATON ROUGE, La. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much By the time the weekend is over, widespread accumulations of 2-6 inches are possible across Southeast Texas and Louisiana, with localized areas into the double digits, said CNN Meteorologist Michael Guy. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) The 2-year-old daughter of Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Shaquil Barrett drowned in a swimming pool at the familys home on Sunday, police Bicyclist struck and killed in Ascension Parish early Monday. A climate graph showing rainfall, temperatures and normals. By weather.com meteorologists September 02, 2021 Hurricane Ida slammed Louisiana as a Category 4 and its remnants went on to trigger disastrous rainfall flooding in the Northeast. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. The usual year-to-date total is 36.27 inches, Phillips said. // ]]> U.S. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142-2. Asheville, NC, 7 pp. Most recently, in August 2016, a historic flooding event produced 20 to more than 30 inches of rainfall over several days and exceeded 500-year flood amounts in some locations. Each One has little to no chance of developing, while the other, has a high probability of development. Monthly temperature, precipitation and hours of sunshine. Rainfall totals were between 7-14 inches and flood warnings were issued for Western Jefferson County in Texas as well as for East Baton Rouge Parish and for CO-OPS 083. Baton Rouge Ryan Airport had recorded 79.85 inches, compared to an average of 61.94 inches. We expect that if you include the most recent data which has seen more extreme rainfall then your intuition would say wed have to design our infrastructure for more of these extreme events higher levees, bigger retention ponds (and) bigger pipes, he said. Quick check of northshore river forecasts. Louisiana is the wettest state in the continental U.S., averaging about 60 inches of precipitation each year. More rain is in the forecast, no surprise there, today is starting out mild and muggy with temps running around their overnight lows in the low 70s. Tropical Storm Claudette to bring flooding rain over Southeast according to a press release from his office. A line of storms with torrential rain pummeled south Louisiana late Monday into Tuesday morning. Daughter of Buccaneers LB Shaq Barrett drowns in family pool. While 2010 and 2011 were very dry, 8 of the 9 years since then have been above average. Wuebbles, D.R. NOAA NCDC, 2005: Hurricane Rita. National Oceanic and Atmospheric The contiguous United States as a whole has warmed by about 1.8F since 1900, although it also cooled from the 1930s into the 1960s but not by nearly as much as Louisiana. BATON ROUGE - After a relatively slow decline in crawfish prices over the past month, the market is finally hitting peak springtime form. Lafayette averages 0 inches of snow per year. Hurricane Katrina August 2331, 2005. The Gulf of Mexico helps moderate the climate in the southern portion of the state, while temperatures and precipitation are more variable in the north. Service, Silver Spring, MD. Year. appreciated. NOAA NCEI, n.d.: U.S. Billion-Dollar A pedestrian protects herself from the rain while walking past St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans on Aug. 13, 2021. For scale: At the halfway point of the year, the amount of rain recorded is already about 78% of what the region typically sees annually. Did you encounter any technical issues? The line of storms charged into the New Orleans area early Tuesday morning and prompted a flash flood warning for the metro area. The line slowed down over the Baton Rouge area Extreme temperatures range from a record high of 114F at Plain Dealing (August 10, 1936) to a record low of 16F at Minden (February 13, 1899). A flash-flood watch is in effect for the area until Thursday evening. Roadways and conditions are deteriorating and changing quickly, the office said in a Facebook post.