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Fire Weather Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads

The Plains to the mid-Mississippi Valley continue with warm and dry conditions. Any fires that initiate could spread quickly. The warm temperatures will expand across the Southern Plains into the Southwest where numerous records are expected through the weekend. Meanwhile, a cold front will move southward across the northern Plains and Great Lakes region where some snow will develop this weekend. Read More >

MARCH TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest March's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

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
9 66.2 1974
10 66.1 2016

 

10 Coolest March's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

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
1895-2025
 

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
1895-2025

 

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