Drought in Beauregard Parish, LA: 1.9 years in 10 since 2000
1.9 years in 10
Beauregard Parish, LA: 5 of 26 full years had 13+ weeks in drought. Less drought-prone than most US counties.
- 30
- 0
- 7
- 5
- 0
- 12
- 9
- 0
- 4
- 4
- 21
- 52
- 11
- 7
- 2
- 12
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 0
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- 26
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Drought years: 2000 (30 wk), 2010 (21 wk), 2011 (52 wk), 2022 (26 wk) and 2023 (26 wk). Not a single drought week in 2001, 2004, 2007, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
A regular lawn is fine here; plan for the odd dry year
Real droughts are rare here. A smart controller that skips watering after rain covers the odd dry year.
You can keep a regular lawn. Worth doing: a rain-sensing or smart controller, and deeper, less frequent watering if Nov turns dry.
Against the rest of LA
60th most drought-prone of 64 LA counties; the LA middle is 2.7 in 10. Closest on the list: Vernon Parish (1.9 in 10) and Vermilion Parish (1.9 in 10). Driest in LA: Caddo Parish (4.6 in 10). Least drought: East Feliciana Parish (1.9 in 10).
When in the year it hits
Most often in Nov (29% of weeks), then Sep (26%) and Oct (26%). Least in Jul (14%). May to September averages 20%.
- 24 Jan
- 15 Feb
- 18 Mar
- 16 Apr
- 20 May
- 18 Jun
- 14 Jul
- 20 Aug
- 26 Sep
- 26 Oct
- 29 Nov
- 20 Dec
The worst year: 2011
2011: 52 weeks in drought, peaking at D4 exceptional. Across 1,401 weekly maps: 20.5% of all weeks at D1 or worse, 10.9% at D2, 5.4% at D3, 59 weeks with some of the county in D4. Longest unbroken spell: 72 weeks, Sep 21, 2010 to Jan 31, 2012.
Lately
Last drought year: 2023, 26 weeks. 2016-2025: 2 in 10, against 1.9 in 10 for 2000-2015, about the same. So far in 2026: 28 of 44 weeks in drought, through Nov 3, 2026.
Further reading
Beauregard Parish lands on the plan covered in keeping a regular lawn. Its worst year, 2011, was not one of the big national drought years; see the worst years since 2000. How each of Beauregard Parish's 1,401 weeks was judged: how drought is counted.