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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 >

MAY TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest May's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 79.9 2010
2 79.4 2018
3 79.2 1933
4 78.7 2024
5 78.0 1896
6 78.0 2019
7 78.0 2022
8 77.9 2000
t9 77.8 1998
t9 77.8 2003

 

10 Coolest May's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 69.9 1917
2 71.0 1931
3 71.5 1924
4 71.6 1954
5 71.7 1940
6 71.8 1913
7 72.3 1976
8 72.4 1901
9 72.5 1960
t10 72.6 1897
t10 72.6 1945

 

10 Wettest May's
Lake Charles
1895-2025
 

1 21.45 1907
2 20.71 1980
3 20.50 2021
4 14.76 1991
5 14.28 1946
6 14.24 1941
7 12.23 2017
8 11.33 2007
9 11.20 1916
10 11.13 1953

 

10 Driest May's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 0.00 1899
2 0.04 1998
3 0.17 1898
4 0.34 1978
5 0.42 1960
6 0.43 2011
7 0.45 1901
8 0.51 2003
9 0.57 1963
10 0.85 1940

 


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