Fire Weather Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads

The Plains to the mid-Mississippi Valley continue with warm and dry conditions. Any fires that initiate could spread quickly. The warm temperatures will expand across the Southern Plains into the Southwest where numerous records are expected through the weekend. Meanwhile, a cold front will move southward across the northern Plains and Great Lakes region where some snow will develop this weekend. Read More >

EXTREME WEATHER STREAKS
LAKE CHARLES

Most Consecutive Days with High Temps >=100°F
Lake Charles
1895-2025

	# Days	Dates	High Temp	Avg Temp
1	10	8/18-27, 2023	109	102.9
t2	5	8/24-28, 1924	103	101.6
t2	5	8/12-16, 1951	104	102.2
t4	4	7/13-16, 1909	103	101.8
t4	4	6/12-15, 1911	104	101.8
t4	4	8/8-11, 1962	103	101.5
t4	4	9/2-5, 2000	105	103.3
t4	4	8/11-14, 2007	102	101.3
t9	3	Numerous times

Most Consecutive Days with High Temps >=90°F
Lake Charles
1895-2025

	# Days	Dates	High Temp	Avg Temp
1	80	5/24-8/11, 1896	97	93.6
2	68	7/17-9/22, 2005	101	94.1
3	67	7/9-9/13, 2023	109	97.5
4	62	6/11-8/11, 1907	100	94.0
5	60	6/19-8/17, 1897	102	94.6
6	58	7/7-9/2, 1924	103	96.2
7	54	7/21-9/12, 1916	99	94.5
8	52	7/3-8/23, 1962	103	94.9
9	51	8/2-9/21, 1995	100	94.7
t10	47	8/3-9/18, 1927	101	94.9
t10	47	7/3-8/18, 2015	102	94.9

Most Consecutive Days with Low Temps <=28°F
Lake Charles
1895-2025

	# Days	Dates	Low Temp	Avg Temp
1	18	12/15/1913-1/1/1914	25	26.2
t2	14	1/3-16, 1912	16	23.2
t2	14	1/16-29, 1940	14	21.9
4	8	12/15-22, 1901	21	23.1
t5	7	1/1-7, 1905	20	23.9
t5	7	2/27-3/5, 1913	23	25.7
7	6	12/13-18, 1914	24	25.5
t8	5	Numerous times	--	--

Most Consecutive Days with Low Temps <=32°F
Lake Charles
1895-2025

	# Days	Dates	Low Temp	Avg Temp
t1	19	12/15/1913-1/2/1914	25	26.4
t1	19	1/14-2/1, 1940	14	24.1
3	15	1/3-17, 1912	16	23.7
4	11	2/26-3/8, 1913	23	27.3
5	10	1/4-13, 2010	20	26.3
t6	9	2/7-15, 1913	25	28.6
t6	9	12/12-20, 1914	24	26.9
t6	9	1/4-12, 1942	22	28.3
t6	9	1/9-17, 1982	15	24.9
t10	8	Numerous times	--	--

Most Consecutive Days with Rain Totals >=1.00"
Lake Charles
1895-2025

	# Days	Dates	High Amt	Avg Amt
t1	5	12/11-15, 1911	2.60	1.75
t1	5	9/26-30, 1913	2.67	2.13
t3	4	7/22-25, 1933	5.80	2.83
t3	4	6/26-29, 1989	6.92	3.47
t3	4	8/30-9/2, 2001	3.03	2.57
t3	4	6/22-25, 2004	1.57	1.25
t7	3	Numerous times

Most Consecutive Days with Rain Totals >=.01"
Lake Charles
1895-2025

	# Days	Dates	High Amt	Avg Amt
1	14	10/3-16, 1919	3.68	1.07
t2	12	6/21-7/2, 1989	6.92	1.58
t2	12	8/26-9/6, 2001	3.03	1.05
t4	11	8/12-22, 1935	4.48	0.41
t4	11	12/28/1989-1/7/1990	1.16	0.39
t6	10	6/21-30, 1919	4.14	0.84
t6	10	12/8-17, 1961	1.34	0.40
t6	10	9/16-25, 1986	2.37	0.60
t6	10	6/7-16, 1999	1.57	0.59
t6	10	8/22-31, 2017	6.87	1.50

Most Consecutive Days without Measurable Rainfall (<.01")
Lake Charles
1895-2025

	# Days	Dates
1	58	9/23-11/19, 1924
2	49	4/23-6/9, 1899
3	47	5/12-6/27, 1917
4	45	9/21-11/4, 1952
t5	43	9/19-10/31, 1908
t5	43	9/19-10/31, 1963
7	41	2/14-3/25, 1916
8	40	10/6-11/14, 1915
9	38	9/23-10/30, 2024
10	37	7/26-8/31, 1999

* streak does not include one or more missing days
Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit
Precipitation in inches
'High Temp'/'Low Temp' denotes highest/lowest temperature recorded during the streak
'High Amt' denotes highest rainfall recorded during the streak
'Avg Temp/Amt' denotes the average high/low/rain amount during the streak

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