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Extreme Heat and Excessive Rainfall This Week

A significant heat wave continues for the Rockies, Northern Plains, and Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic, peaking in intensity through midweek and lingering across parts of the Northern Plains and Midwest until this weekend. Excessive rainfall my bring life-threatening and locally catastrophic flash and urban flooding across portions of southwestern Texas through early Friday. Read More >

APRIL TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest April's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

1 74.6 1967
2 72.8 2011
3 72.6 2026
4 72.5 2006
5 72.1 1999
6 72.0 1929
7 71.9 1927
t8 71.8 1954
t8 71.8 1965
t8 71.8 2001

 

10 Coolest April's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

1 62.9 1928
2 63.2 1899
3 63.4 1913
4 63.4 1983
5 63.7 1997
6 63.7 2007
7 64.0 1901
8 64.5 1973
9 64.5 1961
10 64.7 1898

 

10 Wettest April's
Lake Charles
1895-2026
 

1 15.30 1940
2 13.71 1957
3 13.18 2015
4 12.32 1914
5 12.24 1924
6 11.73 2019
7 11.43 1926
8 10.95 1973
9 10.49 2023
10 10.19 1905

 

10 Driest April's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

1 0.11 2010
2 0.38 1931
3 0.40 1999
4 0.47 1987
5 0.52 1978
6 0.59 2022
7 0.64 1963
8 0.72 2025
t9 0.85 1910
t9 0.85 2014

 


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