Severe rainfalls Monday night and Tuesday morning depositing more rain on ground already saturated by the weekend's storms helped make this December the wettest calendar month on record in metro New Orleans, according to the National Weather Service. A total rainfall of 7.17 inches from 7 a.m. Monday to 7 a.m. Tuesday at Armstrong Airport helped cement the new record. Other rainfall totals about 9 a.m. Tuesday read 5.69 inches at Audubon Park. All this rain is after the drench of another 7+ inches the New Orleans region had Saturday evening.
Tuesday, December 15
21.2 Inches of Rain in just 14 days
Severe rainfalls Monday night and Tuesday morning depositing more rain on ground already saturated by the weekend's storms helped make this December the wettest calendar month on record in metro New Orleans, according to the National Weather Service. A total rainfall of 7.17 inches from 7 a.m. Monday to 7 a.m. Tuesday at Armstrong Airport helped cement the new record. Other rainfall totals about 9 a.m. Tuesday read 5.69 inches at Audubon Park. All this rain is after the drench of another 7+ inches the New Orleans region had Saturday evening.
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