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Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.; Fire Weather Concerns for the Western U.S.

Severe weather and flooding threats will continue for portions of the central U.S. through Thursday, focused from the central High Plains to the Mid-Mississippi Valley. Hot and dry conditions will fuel fire weather concerns for the Intermountain West, and dry thunderstorms may spark additional wildfires. Dangerous heat will build across the southern U.S. Friday into the weekend. 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