Standardized Precipitation Index Table

South Central Climate Division

Louisiana, Climate Division 08

Precipitation Data Table

Time Scale in Months (As of the end of Mar. 2024)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 18 24 30 36 48 60 72
Accumulated Precipitation (in.) 5.38 7.55 17.08 26.03 28.91 29.99 33.31 34.82 38.3 41.73 45.87 52.07 62.9 77.21 108.28 122.52 178.08 240.03 305.87 366.62
Accumulated Precipitation Departure from Normal (in.) 1.03 -1.28 3.32 7.09 5.96 3.31 1.7 -2.96 -6.22 -8.48 -9.41 -7.72 -10.63 -9.27 -11.4 -23.92 -1.57 0.49 6.52 7.45
Accumulated Precipitation Percent of Average 124 85 124 137 126 112 105 92 86 83 83 87 86 89 90 84 99 100 102 102
Accumulated Precipitation Percentile (non-exceedance) 71.4 39.1 79.3 91.4 83.6 71.6 62.2 36.5 20.4 15.4 14.5 21.5 16.6 21.9 19.4 4.7 47.4 52.1 62.4 62.7
Standardized Precipitation Index 0.57 -0.28 0.82 1.36 0.98 0.57 0.31 -0.35 -0.83 -1.02 -1.06 -0.79 -0.97 -0.78 -0.86 -1.67 -0.06 0.05 0.32 0.32