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Fire Weather Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads

The Plains to the mid-Mississippi Valley continue with warm and dry conditions. Any fires that initiate could spread quickly. The warm temperatures will expand across the Southern Plains into the Southwest where numerous records are expected through the weekend. Meanwhile, a cold front will move southward across the northern Plains and Great Lakes region where some snow will develop this weekend. Read More >

TOP INDIVIDUAL DAYS - APRIL
LAKE CHARLES
 

Warmest April Highs
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1 95 4/28/1987
2 93 4/29/1915
t3 92 4/19/1908
t3 92 4/28/1948
t3 92 4/19/1965
t3 92 4/27/2011
t7 91 4/7/1930
t7 91 4/21/1987
t7 91 4/27/1987
t7 91 4/29/1999

 

Coolest April Lows
Lake Charles
1895-2025

t1 30 4/11/1913
t1 30 4/13/1913
t3 32 4/26/1910
t3 32 4/12/1913
t5 33 4/25/1910
t5 33 4/10/1918
t7 34 4/14/1913
t7 34 4/8/1939
t7 34 4/13/1940
t7 34 4/7/1971

 

Wettest April Days
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1 10.01 4/27/1924
2 7.65 4/28/1914
3 7.61 4/29/1940
4 6.42 4/4/2019
5 5.74 4/6/2023
6 5.50 4/17/1973
7 5.08 4/24/1953
8 5.02 4/25/1997
9 4.57 4/29/1960
10 4.50 4/17/1940

 


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