Extreme Heat and Excessive Rainfall This Week

A significant heat wave continues for the Rockies, Northern Plains, and Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic, peaking in intensity through midweek and lingering across parts of the Northern Plains and Midwest until this weekend. Excessive rainfall my bring life-threatening and locally catastrophic flash and urban flooding across portions of southwestern Texas through early Friday. Read More >

MOST DAYS OF EXTREME WEATHER
LAKE CHARLES

Highest # of Days (single summer) with High Temps >=100°F
Lake Charles
1895-2025

	# Days	Season	High Temp	Avg Temp
1	19	1909	105	100.8
2	15	2023	109	102.4
3	13	1911	104	101.3
4	9	1930	106	101.1
t5	8	1912	102	100.6
t5	8	1913	102	100.9
t5	8	1914	104	100.9
t5	8	1924	103	101.4
t9	7	1915	103	101.0
t9	7	1925	103	101.0
t9	7	2000	107	103.7

Highest # of Days (single summer) with High Temps >=90°F
Lake Charles
1895-2025

	# Days	Season	High Temp	Avg Temp
1	137	1915	103	94.8
2	130	1916	101	94.1
t3	126	1906	101	94.9
t3	126	2005	101	93.3
t3	126	2010	99	93.8
6	121	1911	104	94.5
7	118	1909	105	95.4
8	117	1927	101	93.3
t9	116	1898	100	92.6
t9	116	1925	103	94.5

Highest # of Days (single winter) with Low Temps <=28°F
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Season	Low Temp	Avg Temp
1	34	1913-1914	21	25.7
2	26	1912-1913	22	26.4
3	25	1911-1912	16	23.3
4	19	1939-1940	14	23.3
5	17	1929-1930	13	23.1
t6	16	1904-1905	15	22.8
t6	16	1909-1910	20	25.3
t6	16	1962-1963	17	23.9
t9	14	1978-1979	20	25.1
t9	14	1995-1996	17	24.9

Highest # of Days (single winter) with Low Temps <=32°F
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Season	Low Temp	Avg Temp
1	59	1912-1913	22	28.5
2	56	1913-1914	21	27.5
3	43	1911-1912	16	26.2
4	42	1914-1915	24	29.6
5	40	1909-1910	20	28.3
6	38	1939-1940	14	27.1
7	31	1898-1899	3	26.5
8	30	1904-1905	15	26.5
9	28	1910-1911	14	28.3
10	27	1947-1948	12	28.4

Highest # of Days (single year) with Rain Totals >=1.00"
Lake Charles
1895-2025

	# Days	Year	High Amt	Avg Amt
1	33	1911	2.60	1.52
2	32	1913	3.00	1.68
t3	30	2007	3.36	1.60
t3	30	2009	5.31	1.72
5	28	1905	4.03	1.60
6	27	1923	4.64	1.93
t7	26	1946	3.04	1.72
t7	26	2004	3.21	1.77
t9	25	1919	4.14	1.77
t9	25	2012	6.26	1.95
t9	25	2016	6.60	2.07

Highest # of Days (single year) with Rain Totals >=.01"
Lake Charles
1895-2025

	# Days	Year	High Amt	Avg Amt
1	142	1923	4.64	0.56
2	139	1945	4.04	0.44
3	137	1922	2.51	0.38
4	134	1929	4.71	0.47
5	132	1949	4.80	0.53
6	131	2021	12.49	0.55
7	129	1941	4.86	0.55
8	128	1919	4.14	0.58
9	126	2002	6.19	0.68
10	125	2004	3.21	0.55

Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit
Precipitation in inches
'High Temp'/'Low Temp'/'High Amt' denotes highest/lowest temperature or highest amount recorded during that season
'Avg Temp'/'Avg Amt' denotes the average high/low or average amount of all included days during that season
(Example: during the 19 100° days in 1909, their average high temperature was 100.8°)

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