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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 >

JANUARY TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest January's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

1 63.3 1950
2 61.9 1952
3 59.5 2017
4 59.3 2012
5 58.9 1921
6 58.9 1911
7 58.9 1923
8 58.7 1927
9 58.5 1937
10 58.0 1933

 

10 Coolest January's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

1 39.8 1940
2 42.8 1978
3 43.0 1977
4 44.1 1948
5 44.3 1979
6 44.6 1918
t7 45.0 1912
t7 45.0 1985
9 45.9 1963
10 46.1 1970

 

10 Wettest January's
Lake Charles
1895-2026
 

1 14.29 1991
2 12.69 1974
3 12.32 1899
4 11.38 2013
5 11.10 1915
6 11.08 1992
7 10.95 1897
8 10.87 2024
9 10.01 1998
10 9.44 1946

 

10 Driest January's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

1 0.37 1928
2 0.41 2009
3 0.47 1902
4 0.50 1913
5 0.78 1971
6 0.83 1914
7 0.96 1957
8 1.13 1969
9 1.14 1942
10 1.20 1907

 


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