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Risks of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall in the Central U.S.; Fire Weather Concerns in Alaska and Southwest

An expansive storm system will bring widespread storms with a threat for flash flooding and severe weather to much of the central to eastern U.S. into early this week. Critical fire weather conditions are expected across interior Alaska this weekend. Elevated fire conditions also expected in the Southwest U.S.. Conditions will remain uncomfortably hot across the southern Plains and the Southeast. Read More >

MARCH TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest March's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

1 70.7 2020
2 70.3 2012
3 69.1 1921
4 68.2 1938
5 67.6 1945
6 67.4 1953
7 66.5 1908
8 66.3 1935
t9 66.2 1974
t9 66.2 2026

 

10 Coolest March's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

1 53.0 1915
2 54.0 1969
3 54.6 1960
4 54.7 1914
t5 54.7 1931
t5 54.7 1941
7 55.1 1947
8 55.5 1912
9 56.3 1913
10 56.4 1937

 

10 Wettest March's
Lake Charles
1895-2026
 

1 9.67 1949
2 9.42 1903
3 9.39 1926
4 9.24 2001
5 9.21 1934
6 9.01 1980
7 8.74 1943
t8 7.75 1922
t8 7.75 1951
10 7.46 2012

 

10 Driest March's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

1 0.12 1955
2 0.19 2006
3 0.27 1971
4 0.39 1910
5 0.55 1963
6 0.70 2019
7 0.75 1966
8 0.80 1996
9 0.84 1960
10 1.03 1953

 


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