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Record Heat Remains in Place This Week; Precipitation and Windy Conditions in the Northwest

Record warmth will persist across portions of California, the Southwest U.S., the central Great Basin and spread across the central U.S. for the middle of the week. High temperatures will approach 90 from Texas to the Ohio Valley. A moist frontal system will bring lowland rain, high elevation mountain snow, and breezy winds to the Pacific Northwest into the Northern Rockies through Wednesday. Read More >

TOP INDIVIDUAL DAYS - JANUARY
LAKE CHARLES
 

Warmest January Highs
Lake Charles
1895-2026

1 88 1/5/1913
2 87 1/6/1913
3 86 1/19/1914
t4 85 1/12/1911
t4 85 1/4/1913
t4 85 1/20/1914
t4 85 1/23/1914
t4 85 1/25/1914
t9 84 multiple dates

 

Coolest January Lows
Lake Charles
1895-2026

1 6 1/22/2025
t2 12 1/24/1948
t2 12 1/21/2025
t4 13 1/12/1918
t4 13 1/18/1930
t6 14 1/5/1911
t6 14 1/19/1940
t8 15 1/10/1962
t8 15 1/11/1962
t8 15 1/11/1982
t8 15 1/21/1985

 

Wettest January Days
Lake Charles
1895-2026

1 6.60 1/24/1915
2 6.26 1/9/2012
3 5.05 1/10/1991
4 5.00 1/21/1916
5 4.46 1/8/1992
6 4.42 1/24/1920
7 4.37 1/27/2018
t8 4.00 1/1/1897
t8 4.00 1/19/1898
10 3.97 1/1/2013

 


Warmest & Coolest is temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Wettest is rainfall in inches