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How much rain and snow fell in New Iberia, Louisiana?

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No rain fell in New Iberia in the last 24 hours (to 4 PM CDT, Oct 11). Past 7 days: 1.56 in. This year: 48.99 in.

Yesterday and last night (24 hours to 7 AM CDT, Oct 10): no rain.

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In the 24 hours to 4:00 PM CDT, Sunday, October 11, 2026

radar estimate

  • Estimated from weather radar (NOAA)?. Usually within 10 to 15 percent of what a rain gauge? in your yard would catch.
  • New snow: 0.0 in in the last 24 hours and not measured this season (NOAA snow estimate)

Compared with normal

  • Last 7 days0.12 in wetter than normal (normal 1.44 in, Oct 5 to 11, New Iberia Airport - Acadiana Regional, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average (the official normal), NOAA station records, New Iberia Airport - Acadiana Regional
  • This month0.64 in wetter than normal (normal 1.79 in, Oct 1 to 11, New Iberia Airport - Acadiana Regional, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, New Iberia Airport - Acadiana Regional

Will this match my gauge? Each day here ends at 7:00 AM CDT, close to when volunteers read their rain gauges (about 7 AM). How close we usually are

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Rain in the 24 hours to 4 PM Sunday, Oct 11. Radar estimate from NOAA.
Labels: New Iberia and nearby towns within 40 miles, in inches. Cut from the state map.

The most rain in a day in New Iberia since November 19, 2024, and the 160th wettest day at New Iberia Airport - Acadiana Regional since 1998, tied with 2 other days.

NOAA station records · New Iberia Airport - Acadiana Regional (USW00053915), 4.2 mi away · 159 wetter days out of 9,722 on record, 2 tied days. This storm: Oct 4 to Oct 5, 2.20 in of rain; its biggest day, Oct 5, was 1.77 in.

The last 14 days

Sep 27 to Oct 10, 2026

Rain, inches (radar estimate)

  1. 0.00
  2. 0.00
  3. 0.00
  4. 0.00
  5. 0.00
  6. 0.22
  7. 0.00
  8. 0.43
  9. 1.77
  10. 0.00
  11. 0.00
  12. 0.00
  13. 0.00
  14. 0.00

Each bar is one day ending 7:00 AM CDT. T = a trace, too little to measure; n/m = not measured.? Every value is printed, so the chart reads without color.

October 2026, day by day

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Figures: rain, inches (radar estimate); new snow, inches (NOAA snow estimate). Striped days are not measured or not in the data; days marked not yet are after the latest day. Each day ends 7:00 AM CDT.

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Rain goes back to Oct 14, 2020; snow to Oct 1, 2008. Days labeled by the date they end.

Every rain total for New Iberia

PeriodRain
Last 24 hours, to 4:00 PM CDT Oct 110.00 in radar estimate
Last 72 hours0.00 in radar estimate
Last 7 days1.56 in radar estimate
This month so far2.43 in radar estimate
This year, 2026 so far48.99 in radar estimate

Every snow total

PeriodNew snow
Last 24 hours0.0 in NOAA snow estimate
Last 72 hours0.0 in NOAA snow estimate
Last 7 daysnot measured
This month so farnot measured
This season so farnot measured

How months count

New Iberia at a glance

New Iberia is in Louisiana, at about 18 ft above sea level at its Census center point and had an estimated 26,849 residents in 2024.

The weather station's records since 1998 come from New Iberia Airport - Acadiana Regional, 4.2 miles away.

The wettest day on record at New Iberia Airport - Acadiana Regional was 13.54 in on August 12, 2016; the biggest snow day, at New Iberia Airport - Acadiana Regional, was 13.5 in on February 14, 1895.

From Sep 27 to Oct 10, New Iberia had measurable rain on 3 days out of 14 with data, 2.42 in of rain in all, by weather radar. The wettest day was Mon, Oct 5, with 1.77 in.

Nearby Louisiana towns

TownFrom New Iberia24 hours7 days
Lafayette rain totals (18.6 mi)18.6 mi northwest0.00 in0.37 in

Rain totals are estimated from weather radar (NOAA). Distance is in a straight line between Census center points.

Nearby rain gauges (read by volunteers)

2 closest
Rain gaugeDistanceRead atMelted to waterNew snowSnow depth
New Iberia 6.1 WNW
Station LA-IB-5. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
5.9 mi7:00 AM0.00 in0.0 innot reported
St. Martinville 0.2 S
Station LA-SM-2. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
8.1 mi7:00 AM0.00 in0.0 innot reported

Volunteer gauge reports: CoCoRaHS (cocorahs.org), CC BY 3.0. Measured by hand once a day; report date October 11, 2026. Shown as measured, not edited.

How close? Radar rain estimates are usually within about 10 to 15 percent of a rain gauge in your yard. City snow totals are usually within about 25 percent or 1 inch of what volunteers measure. Method and accuracy