National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

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 >

OCTOBER TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest October's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 76.4 1919
2 76.0 2004
3 75.5 1941
4 75.3 1947
5 74.8 1971
6 74.5 1931
7 74.2 1926
8 73.9 2021
9 73.7 1984
10 73.7 2025

 

10 Coolest October's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 61.9 1976
2 63.4 1952
3 63.5 1917
4 64.7 1908
5 65.1 1906
6 65.6 1980
7 65.7 1964
8 66.0 1895
9 66.1 1987
10 66.5 1943

 

10 Wettest October's
Lake Charles
1895-2025
 

1 21.44 2002
2 17.28 1970
3 16.17 1925
4 15.79 1919
5 14.96 2009
6 12.75 1985
7 12.22 1984
8 11.69 1918
9 11.15 1949
10 10.92 2006

 

10 Driest October's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 0.00 1908
t2 Trace 1924
t2 Trace 1952
t2 Trace 1963
5 0.08 1905
6 0.10 1914
7 0.18 1978
8 0.23 1983
9 0.27 2016
t10 0.30 1904
t10 0.30 1964

 


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