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 >

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

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