DroughtOdds

Drought in West Carroll Parish, LA: 3.1 years in 10 since 2000

3.1 years in 10

West Carroll Parish, LA: 8 of 26 full years had 13+ weeks in drought. About as drought-prone as a typical US county.

  1. 31
  2. 0
  3. 0
  4. 0
  5. 0
  6. 8
  7. 16
  8. 9
  9. 0
  10. 0
  11. 37
  12. 47
  13. 13
  14. 15
  15. 0
  16. 8
  17. 12
  18. 9
  19. 6
  20. 0
  21. 0
  22. 7
  23. 31
  24. 18
  25. 10
  26. 0

20002025

Drought years: 2000 (31 wk), 2006 (16 wk), 2010 (37 wk), 2011 (47 wk), 2012 (13 wk), 2013 (15 wk), 2022 (31 wk) and 2023 (18 wk). Not a single drought week in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2020 and 2025.

Keep a lawn, but switch to drought-tolerant grass

Dry years come often enough to kill a thirsty lawn every few summers. Keep the lawn, reseed with a drought-tolerant mix, and put the beds on drip.

If you reseed, use a drought-tolerant mix and do it well clear of Sep, the month drought is most common here. Put beds on drip before the next dry year.

Against the rest of LA

14th most drought-prone of 64 LA counties; the LA middle is 2.7 in 10. Closest on the list: Evangeline Parish (3.1 in 10) and Saint Landry Parish (3.1 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 Sep (33% of weeks), then Oct (33%) and Nov (32%). Least in Apr (12%). May to September averages 22%.

  1. 24 Jan
  2. 14 Feb
  3. 16 Mar
  4. 12 Apr
  5. 13 May
  6. 17 Jun
  7. 21 Jul
  8. 29 Aug
  9. 33 Sep
  10. 33 Oct
  11. 32 Nov
  12. 23 Dec

The worst year: 2011

2011: 47 weeks in drought, peaking at D3 extreme. Across 1,401 weekly maps: 22.1% of all weeks at D1 or worse, 12.7% at D2, 5.3% at D3, never any D4. Longest unbroken spell: 84 weeks, Apr 20, 2010 to Nov 22, 2011.

Lately

Last drought year: 2023, 18 weeks. 2016-2025: 2 in 10, against 3.8 in 10 for 2000-2015, about the same. So far in 2026: 32 of 44 weeks in drought, through Nov 3, 2026.

Further reading

West Carroll Parish lands on the plan covered in changing to a drought-tolerant grass. Its worst year, 2011, was not one of the big national drought years; see the worst years since 2000. How each of West Carroll Parish's 1,401 weeks was judged: how drought is counted.