Northern Tangipahoa storm history

Ida's winds downed trees and power lines parish-wide as the eastern eyewall traversed far western portions of the parish. Many structures throughout the parish suffered at least minor to moderate roof or other fascia damage, and numerous buildings suffered other major damage from…

A combination of heat and humidity allowed heat indices to climb into the 113-115 degree range on July 23rd, which meet extreme heat conditions.

Temperatures were below freezing for approximately 60 hours from the evening of January 20th through the afternoon of January 23rd. The coldest period was the morning of January 22nd when air temperatures and wind chills dropped into the single digit range across the parish with …

Several inches of snow fell across the parish beginning in the early morning hours and tapering off mid afternoon. Although NWS did not receive any snow measurements, several social media posts looked like at least 6 inches of snow.

D2 drought conditions began on October 29th and continued through the end of the month in the far northern part of the parish, adjacent to St. Helena Parish and Pike County.

Francine's winds resulted in isolated to scattered damage to trees and powerlines with several roads closed due to debris.

Nearby mesonet and ASOS observations showed temperatures dropping below freezing around 7pm on the 15th Several hours of off and on freezing rain did occur which resulted in 0.1 inches or slightly more of freezing rainfall. It can be assumed similar amounts fell across the parish…

An abnormally dry summer and fall led to prolonged D2 to D4 drought conditions across the zone.

The entire parish was in D3-D4 drought for the entire month.

The parish was under D3-D4 drought for the entire month.

Portions of the zone was under D2 to D4 drought due to minimal rainfall.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 27th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 26th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 24th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 23rd. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 14th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 13th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 12th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 11th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 10th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Portions of the zone was under D2 to D4 drought due to minimal rainfall.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 9th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 8th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 7th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 6th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 5th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 4th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 2nd. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 1st. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred over all of southeast Louisiana during the last day of July. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred much of southeast Louisiana, mainly along I-12 and northward during on July 30th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred over portions of southeast Louisiana mainly along and north of I-12 on July 13th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 118 degree range.

Very hot and humid weather occurred over all of southeast Louisiana in mid July. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 118 degree range.

Very hot and humid weather occurred over portions of southeast Louisiana mainly along and north of I-12 on July 13th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range.

Delta produced minor impacts as a result of tropical storm force winds. Peak wind gusts are estimated in the 45 to 55 mph range with the Hammond Airport recording a peak wind gust of 51 mph. A few trees were downed and at the peak, roughly 20 percent of the parish was without pow…

The Tangipahoa Parish Emergency Manager reported 4 inches of snow at Kentwood, and 2 inches of snow at Amite.

The Tangipahoa Parish Emergency Manager reported 6.5 inches of snow at Kentwood and 3.5 inches at Amite. Accumulation of wet snow caused small and medium sized tree branches to snap, which fell on power lines resulting in some power outages.

Snow and sleet was beginning to accumulate in Kentwood. A local resident reported that sleet was just beginning to accumulate in Roseland. Heavy sleet was reported in Kentwood with approximately an inch of sleet accumulation.

A local resident relayed a report of just under one half inch of snow in Amite.