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Showers and Storms continue across the East; Heat, Critical Fire Weather, Drought, and Poor Air Quality continues in the West

A series of fronts will focus locally heavy showers and storms across portions of the central and eastern U.S. through the end of the workweek. Dangerous to extreme heat continues across the Southwest U.S., eventually spreading eastward over the weekend into early next week. Elevated fire weather conditions continue across the Great Basin, with degraded air quality lingering across the Northwest. Read More >

ANNUAL TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest Years
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 71.5 2024
2 71.2 1927
3 71.1 2012
4 71.1 2023
5 71.0 2017
6 71.0 1933
7 70.6 2016
8 70.4 2018
9 70.4 2019
10 70.2 2025

 

10 Coolest Years
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 65.7 1940
2 66.0 1912
3 66.1 1979
4 66.4 1976
5 66.5 1968
6 66.6 1983
7 66.8 1978
8 66.8 1960
9 66.9 1964
10 67.1 1969

 

10 Wettest Years
Lake Charles
1895-2025
 

1 85.14 2002
2 79.40 1923
3 75.85 2017
4 75.79 1979
5 75.24 1900
6 75.03 1973
7 74.87 2016
8 73.55 2009
9 72.83 1940
10 72.74 1914

 

10 Driest Years
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 30.08 1954
2 31.66 1939
3 34.80 1965
4 35.85 2010
5 36.60 1917
t6 37.38 1951
t6 37.38 1999
8 38.64 2011
9 39.00 1948
10 39.37 1956

 


Warmest & Coolest represents temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Temperature ties, if possible, have been broken by going to ten thousandths of a degree
Wettest & Driest represents rainfall in inches