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Critical Fire Weather in the High Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Critical fire weather conditions will persist in the central High Plains through Friday as gusty winds and dry conditions continue. The heat wave across the West and Southwest will continue to intensify through the week, with daily and monthly record highs expected to be broken. Read More >

TOP TEN INDIVIDUAL DAYS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest Highs
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1 109 8/27/2023
2 107 8/31/2000
t3 106 6/27/1930
t3 106 8/24/2023
t5 105 8/18/1909
t5 105 8/30/2000
t5 105 9/4/2000
t5 105 8/20/2023
t9 104 multiple dates

 

10 Coolest Lows
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1 3 2/12/1899
2 6 1/22/2025
t3 11 2/13/1899
t3 11 12/23/1989
t5 12 1/24/1948
t5 12 12/24/1989
t5 12 1/21/2025
t8 13 1/12/1918
t8 13 1/18/1930
t8 13 2/2/1951
t8 13 12/25/1983

 

10 Coolest Highs
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1 10 2/12/1899
2 16 2/13/1899
3 20 2/14/1899
4 24 1/10/1962
5 25 2/1/1951
6 26 1/11/1962
t7 27 12/20/1901
t7 27 2/2/1951
t9 28 1/19/1940
t9 28 1/30/1949
t9 28 12/23/1989

 

10 Warmest Lows
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1 84 8/10/2023
t2 83 7/5/2016
t2 83 6/22/2019
t2 83 6/23/2019
t2 83 8/7/2023
t2 83 8/8/2023
t2 83 8/9/2023
t2 83 8/11/2023
t9 82 multiple dates

 

10 Wettest Days
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1 15.79 6/19/1947
2 15.67 5/16/1980
3 12.49 5/17/2021
4 10.22 8/29/1962
5 10.01 4/27/1924
t6 10.00 11/25/1895
t6 10.00 11/13/1961
8 9.64 9/20/1979
9 9.53 10/9/2020
10 7.87 8/30/2014

 


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