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Baton Rouge Area Annual Extremes
Period of Record: 1892 - Present

Rank
Warmest
Year
1
70.2
2016
2
70.1
2017
3
70.0
2015
3
70.0
2012
3
70.0
1925
6
69.9
1990
7
69.5
2006
8
69.4
2007
9
69.3
2018
9
69.3
1998
Rank
Coldest
Year
1
65.3
1983
2
65.4
1979
3
65.6
1961
4
65.9
1976
5
66.1
1968
6
66.5
1966
7
66.6
1993
7
66.6
1978
9
66.7
1997
9
66.7
1970*
Rank
Wettest
Year
1 90.54 2016
2 88.32 1989
3 88.05 1926
4 86.55 1929
5 79.05 1912
6 79.03 1973
7 77.74 1991
8 77.70 1977
9 77.63 1983
10 77.59 2015
Rank Driest Year
1 37.78 1924
2 38.10 2000
3 38.30 1960
4 39.69 1951
5 39.95 1899
6 41.22 1956
7 41.67 1954
8 43.21 1981
9 43.22 2003
10 44.29 1952

1892 reported 9.31" with 342 days missing
1910 reported 31.68" with 31 days missing
1917 reported 37.55" with 23 days missing
1938 reported 38.20" with 3 days missing
1963 reported 41.91" with 1 day missing
* latest of multiple occurrences

Updated 8/04/2019 rjr