Areas of Dangerous Heat and Severe Thunderstorms

Dangerous heat will build across the Southwest U.S. through the end of the week with daytime highs of 110-115°F. Heat across the southern Plains will briefly ease to near-normal by late week before returning over much of the Plains into next week. Severe thunderstorms are expected across parts of the central and southern High Plains, central Great Lakes, and Ozarks Wednesday. Read More >

AUGUST TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES

10 Warmest August's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1	89.2	2023
2	86.9	2011
3	86.0	1902
4	86.0	1951
5	85.8	1999
6	85.7	2010
7	85.7	1995
8	85.6	2024
9	85.2	2019
10	84.5	1998

10 Coolest August's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1	79.5	1940
2	79.6	1973
3	79.7	1992
4	80.0	1965
5	80.1	1967
6	80.3	1960
7	80.5	1904
8	80.6	1918
9	80.7	1974
t10	80.7	1911
t10	80.7	1931

10 Wettest August's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1	23.57	2017
2	17.36	1962
3	15.74	2014
4	15.05	1915
5	14.70	2016
6	14.56	1940
7	11.52	1977
8	10.68	1913
9	10.63	1910
10	10.13	1916

10 Driest August's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1	Trace	1999
2	0.77	1976
3	0.94	1990
4	1.00	1951
5	1.11	2023
6	1.17	1902
7	1.29	2000
8	1.36	1952
9	1.55	1980
10	1.73	1924

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

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