Louisiana Weekly Climate Summary: May 7-13, 2025
By Jay Grymes
State Climatologist
The Louisiana Drought Team (LDT), in coordination with the national USDM authors, agreed to eliminate the swath of D0 (“abnormally dry”) across southern Cameron and Vermilion parishes, leaving the entire state free of any drought classifications for the first time since the March 11 depiction.
After an approximately two-week period of dryness in April, Louisiana has seemingly been hit with round after round of rain. While these periods of rain have prevented drought conditions from developing, they have resulting in flooding and left soils saturated in many sections of the state. The bright spot is Louisiana is in good shape to meet increasing hydrological demands as we move towards summer.