Climate Information

EXTREME WEATHER STREAKS
LAKE CHARLES

Most Consecutive Days with High Temps >=100°F
Lake Charles
1895-2024

	# Days	Dates	High Temp	Avg Temp
1	10	8/18-27, 2023	109	102.9
t2	5	8/24-28, 1924	103	101.6
t2	5	8/12-16, 1951	104	102.2
t4	4	7/13-16, 1909	103	101.8
t4	4	6/12-15, 1911	104	101.8
t4	4	8/8-11, 1962	103	101.5
t4	4	9/2-5, 2000	105	103.3
t4	4	8/11-14, 2007	102	101.3
t9	3	Numerous times

Most Consecutive Days with High Temps >=90°F
Lake Charles
1895-2024

	# Days	Dates	High Temp	Avg Temp
1	80	5/24-8/11, 1896	97	93.6
2	68	7/17-9/22, 2005	101	94.1
3	67	7/9-9/13, 2023	109	97.5
4	62	6/11-8/11, 1907	100	94.0
5	60	6/19-8/17, 1897	102	94.6
6	58	7/7-9/2, 1924	103	96.2
7	54	7/21-9/12, 1916	99	94.5
8	52	7/3-8/23, 1962	103	94.9
9	51	8/2-9/21, 1995	100	94.7
t10	47	8/3-9/18, 1927	101	94.9
t10	47	7/3-8/18, 2015	102	94.9

Most Consecutive Days with Low Temps <=28°F
Lake Charles
1895-2025

	# Days	Dates	Low Temp	Avg Temp
1	18	12/15/1913-1/1/1914	25	26.2
t2	14	1/3-16, 1912	16	23.2
t2	14	1/16-29, 1940	14	21.9
4	8	12/15-22, 1901	21	23.1
t5	7	1/1-7, 1905	20	23.9
t5	7	2/27-3/5, 1913	23	25.7
7	6	12/13-18, 1914	24	25.5
t8	5	Numerous times	--	--

Most Consecutive Days with Low Temps <=32°F
Lake Charles
1895-2025

	# Days	Dates	Low Temp	Avg Temp
t1	19	12/15/1913-1/2/1914	25	26.4
t1	19	1/14-2/1, 1940	14	24.1
3	15	1/3-17, 1912	16	23.7
4	11	2/26-3/8, 1913	23	27.3
5	10	1/4-13, 2010	20	26.3
t6	9	2/7-15, 1913	25	28.6
t6	9	12/12-20, 1914	24	26.9
t6	9	1/4-12, 1942	22	28.3
t6	9	1/9-17, 1982	15	24.9
t10	8	Numerous times	--	--

Most Consecutive Days with Rain Totals >=1.00"
Lake Charles
1895-2024

	# Days	Dates	High Amt	Avg Amt
t1	5	12/11-15, 1911	2.60	1.75
t1	5	9/26-30, 1913	2.67	2.13
t3	4	7/22-25, 1933	5.80	2.83
t3	4	6/26-29, 1989	6.92	3.47
t3	4	8/30-9/2, 2001	3.03	2.57
t3	4	6/22-25, 2004	1.57	1.25
t7	3	Numerous times

Most Consecutive Days with Rain Totals >=.01"
Lake Charles
1895-2024

	# Days	Dates	High Amt	Avg Amt
1	14	10/3-16, 1919	3.68	1.07
t2	12	6/21-7/2, 1989	6.92	1.58
t2	12	8/26-9/6, 2001	3.03	1.05
t4	11	8/12-22, 1935	4.48	0.41
t4	11	12/28/1989-1/7/1990	1.16	0.39
t6	10	6/21-30, 1919	4.14	0.84
t6	10	12/8-17, 1961	1.34	0.40
t6	10	9/16-25, 1986	2.37	0.60
t6	10	6/7-16, 1999	1.57	0.59
t6	10	8/22-31, 2017	6.87	1.50

Most Consecutive Days without Measurable Rainfall (<.01")
Lake Charles
1895-2024

	# Days	Dates
1	58	9/23-11/19, 1924
2	49	4/23-6/9, 1899
3	47	5/12-6/27, 1917
4	45	9/21-11/4, 1952
t5	43	9/19-10/31, 1908
t5	43	9/19-10/31, 1963
7	41	2/14-3/25, 1916
8	40	10/6-11/14, 1915
9	38	9/23-10/30, 2024
10	37	7/26-8/31, 1999

* streak does not include one or more missing days
Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit
Precipitation in inches
'High Temp'/'Low Temp' denotes highest/lowest temperature recorded during the streak
'High Amt' denotes highest rainfall recorded during the streak
'Avg Temp/Amt' denotes the average high/low/rain amount during the streak