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Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.; Fire Weather Concerns for the Western U.S.

Severe weather and flooding threats will continue for portions of the central U.S. through Thursday, focused from the central High Plains to the Mid-Mississippi Valley. Hot and dry conditions will fuel fire weather concerns for the Intermountain West, and dry thunderstorms may spark additional wildfires. Dangerous heat will build across the southern U.S. Friday into the weekend. Read More >

TOP INDIVIDUAL DAYS - AUGUST
LAKE CHARLES
 

Warmest August Highs
Lake Charles
1895-2025

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
1895-2025

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
1895-2025

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