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Weather extremes
How extreme does Lake Charles's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Lake Charles has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Lake Charles has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 16°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Lake Charles (typical high near 93°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 37°F colder than a normal January night in Lake Charles (typical low near 43°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Lake Charles usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 5.4 in).
The three most extreme on record
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Lake Charles's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 109°F is about 16°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Lake Charles (NOAA GHCN station USW00003937), about 10 km from the city centre.