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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 >

DECEMBER TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest December's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 64.4 2021
2 63.7 1933
3 62.4 1984
4 61.7 1971
5 61.4 1922
6 60.0 2015
7 59.9 1956
8 59.9 1923
9 59.5 1970
10 58.6 2024

 

10 Coolest December's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 45.0 1989
2 46.1 1963
3 46.6 2000
4 47.3 1909
5 48.1 1983
6 48.4 1905
7 48.9 1898
8 49.1 1914
t9 49.4 1895
t9 49.4 1913
t9 49.4 1985

 

10 Wettest December's
Lake Charles
1895-2025
 

1 15.65 1911
2 13.27 1967
3 12.91 1932
4 12.67 1923
5 12.33 1914
6 12.05 2016
7 11.68 1941
8 11.63 1927
9 10.76 1982
10 10.43 1956

 

10 Driest December's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 0.98 2019
2 2.02 2000
3 2.03 2014
4 2.05 2013
5 2.07 1975
6 2.09 1925
t7 2.10 1908
t7 2.10 1919
9 2.11 1898
t10 2.15 1910
t10 2.15 1989

 


Warmest & Coolest represents temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Temperature ties, if possible, have been broken by going to ten thousandths of a degree
Wettest & Driest represents rainfall in inches