National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

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 - OCTOBER
LAKE CHARLES
 

Warmest October Highs
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1 103 10/2/1900
2 98 10/2/1915
t3 97 10/1/1904
t3 97 10/2/1904
t5 96 10/5/1909
t5 96 10/8/1911
t5 96 10/11/1926
t5 96 10/23/1939
t5 96 10/3/2019
t5 96 10/4/2019

 

Coolest October Lows
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1 30 10/31/1993
t2 32 10/20/1917
t2 32 10/21/1917
t2 32 10/20/1989
t5 34 10/27/1898
t5 34 10/22/1917
t5 34 10/31/1917
t8 35 10/28/1898
t8 35 10/22/1911
t8 35 10/31/1939

 

Wettest October Days
Lake Charles
1895-2025 

1 9.53 10/9/2020
2 7.20 10/27/1970
3 7.00 10/25/1900
4 5.70 10/29/1918
5 5.60 10/15/1925
6 5.31 10/26/2009
7 5.30 10/25/1996
8 4.58 10/31/2015
t9 4.27 10/6/1970
t9 4.27 10/29/2002

 


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