Average Rainfall for Louisiana in March

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during March at cities, communities and other locations around Louisiana.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month along with information on the number of days with wet weather. This includes the days when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The rainfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Gulf Coast, Florida Parishes, Central and North Louisiana.

Gulf Coast

Average monthly precipitation in March
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
9 Boothville 5.2 133
8 Crowley 3.8 98
7 Houma 4.5 114
9 Lafayette 3.7 94
8 Lake Charles 3.7 93
7 Morgan City 3.9 98
9 New Iberia 2.9 74
8 New Orleans 4.4 111
9 Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge 3.4 86

Florida Parishes

March averages for total rainfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
9 Baton Rouge 4.5 113
9 Bogalusa 5.1 131
8 Hammond 5.3 133
8 New Roads 4.5 114
9 Slidell 5.3 134

Central Louisiana

Average amount of rain in March
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
8 Alexandria 5.2 132
11 Leesville 5.5 140
9 Natchitoches 5.8 146
8 Opelousas 4.5 113
9 Winnfield 6.1 155

North Louisiana

Precipitation totals for March
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
9 Lake Providence 5.2 131
10 Monroe 5.5 139
10 Ruston 5.4 137
10 Shreveport 4.9 124
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Louisiana Precipitation
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