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Heavy to Excessive Rains in The Four Corners Region and Midwest; Heat Persists in the South-Central U.S.

Repeated rounds of showers and thunderstorms could bring a flash flooding threat across the Four Corners region and from the mid-Mississippi Valley into the lower Great Lakes. Hot temperatures and high humidity will continue to challenge daily records from the Southern Plains to the lower Mississippi Valley. Read More >

TOP INDIVIDUAL DAYS - AUGUST
LAKE CHARLES
 

Warmest August Highs
Lake Charles
1895-2026

1 109 8/27/2023
2 107 8/31/2000
3 106 8/24/2023
t4 105 8/18/1909
t4 105 8/30/2000
t4 105 8/20/2023
t7 104 8/9/1935
t7 104 8/15/1951
t7 104 8/15/2023

 

Coolest August Lows
Lake Charles
1895-2026

t1 59 8/25/1917
t1 59 8/29/1992
t1 59 8/15/2004
t4 60 8/22/1927
t4 60 8/23/1927
t6 61 many dates

 

Wettest August Days
Lake Charles
1895-2026

1 10.22 8/29/1962
2 7.87 8/30/2014
3 6.87 8/28/2017
4 6.77 8/7/1940
5 5.88 8/28/1978
6 5.87 8/23/1977
7 5.50 8/20/1915
8 4.90 8/20/2019
9 4.84 8/8/1940
10 4.51 8/15/2002

 


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