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Showers and Storms continue across the East; Heat, Critical Fire Weather, Drought, and Poor Air Quality continues in the West

A series of fronts will focus locally heavy showers and storms across portions of the central and eastern U.S. through the end of the workweek. Dangerous to extreme heat continues across the Southwest U.S., eventually spreading eastward over the weekend into early next week. Elevated fire weather conditions continue across the Great Basin, with degraded air quality lingering across the Northwest. 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