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 - MAY
LAKE CHARLES

Warmest May Highs
Lake Charles
1895-2025

t1	100	5/30/1911
t1	100	5/31/1911
t1	100	5/22/1915
4	99	5/21/2005
t5	97	many times

Coolest May Lows
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1	40	5/1/1908
2	41	5/2/1908
3	42	5/4/2013
t4	45	5/2/1925
t4	45	5/3/1929
t4	45	5/3/2013
t4	45	5/15/2014
t8	46	many times

Wettest May Days
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1	15.67	5/16/1980
2	12.49	5/17/2021
3	5.53	5/30/1979
4	5.49	5/3/2017
5	5.20	5/1/2016
6	5.00	5/28/1915
7	4.88	5/10/2013
8	4.82	5/20/1983
9	4.71	5/29/1929
10	4.68	5/28/2014

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

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

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