I would not normally take issue with a resident, but this is clearly a case where you do not know your information. The annual rainfall for Louisiana can be found from 1895 to 2023 at https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/states/louisiana/average-precipitation-by-year. If you plot it out, the weather history is extremely variable, with differences between successive years being as much as a foot or greater in precipitation in either direction. The statistics over this interval are a mean rainfall of 57.125 inches and a standard annual deviation of 8.628 inches. Recent rainfall has declined from 67.0 in 2020 to 43.4 in 2023. But the range of annual values varies nearly randomly from 40 to 75 inches throughout this very long data interval. There is no trend. You are due for an uptick in the next year or so. (Just as it was at 43 inches in 2011 and jumped to 62.9 inches in 2012.) So, there is no "screwing with weather" in Louisiana, and no rainfall changes that are not commonplace in a history of over 200 years.
Ah, data...the great slayer of a self-imposed myth.
We were considered to be in a drought last year. I've lived here my entire life - 59 years - and the last couple have been considerably drier than normal. Despite the data base, we are receiving way less rain than usual.
You should see how I feel in CT. If you look back to the years of Nemo feet of snow being dumped all week.
I remember being genuinely worried that at some point the snow would not stop coming and shut the state down by next winter.
Then…. The snow all but disappeared from the state, you can see them desperately try to hit us with a little snowstorm here and there, all white foamy slush gone within days.
This past winter was a prime example, barely ANYTHING! If it weren’t for the constant gray rainy skies I’d be worried about a big drought here this summer, which I hear may be on the horizon for this region.
Whatever they are doing is screwing with weather in Louisiana - no where near the amount of rain we normally get.
I would not normally take issue with a resident, but this is clearly a case where you do not know your information. The annual rainfall for Louisiana can be found from 1895 to 2023 at https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/states/louisiana/average-precipitation-by-year. If you plot it out, the weather history is extremely variable, with differences between successive years being as much as a foot or greater in precipitation in either direction. The statistics over this interval are a mean rainfall of 57.125 inches and a standard annual deviation of 8.628 inches. Recent rainfall has declined from 67.0 in 2020 to 43.4 in 2023. But the range of annual values varies nearly randomly from 40 to 75 inches throughout this very long data interval. There is no trend. You are due for an uptick in the next year or so. (Just as it was at 43 inches in 2011 and jumped to 62.9 inches in 2012.) So, there is no "screwing with weather" in Louisiana, and no rainfall changes that are not commonplace in a history of over 200 years.
Ah, data...the great slayer of a self-imposed myth.
We were considered to be in a drought last year. I've lived here my entire life - 59 years - and the last couple have been considerably drier than normal. Despite the data base, we are receiving way less rain than usual.
You should see how I feel in CT. If you look back to the years of Nemo feet of snow being dumped all week.
I remember being genuinely worried that at some point the snow would not stop coming and shut the state down by next winter.
Then…. The snow all but disappeared from the state, you can see them desperately try to hit us with a little snowstorm here and there, all white foamy slush gone within days.
This past winter was a prime example, barely ANYTHING! If it weren’t for the constant gray rainy skies I’d be worried about a big drought here this summer, which I hear may be on the horizon for this region.
Snow doesn't really happen here - I wish it did lol. I'll pray the snow comes back for you