Rainiest Cities in Louisiana

New Orleans is the rainiest city in Louisiana, with 64.6 in of precipitation in an average year. Every Louisiana city with a reporting NOAA station, ranked.

Average annual precipitation, ranked

6 cities
#CityAverage annual precipitation
1New Orleans64.6 inwettest July
2Metairie Terrace64.6 inwettest July
3Metairie64.6 inwettest July
4Lafayette62.8 inwettest June
5Baton Rouge61.9 inwettest June
6Shreveport48.9 inwettest December

Thirty-year normals and records from each city's NOAA GHCN-Daily station, computed 2026-08-30. Cities with a population of 100,000 or more and a reporting station. Each city name opens its climate page.

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Normals and records: NOAA GHCN-Daily stations. Sunshine from ERA5 reanalysis. City locations: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).