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Excessive Rainfall and Potential Tropical Cyclone in the South; Severe Thunderstorms in the Midwest

Excessive rainfall may produce locally considerable flash flooding over parts of the northwestern Gulf Coast, lower Mississippi River Valley, and Deep South through Thursday. Potential Tropical Cyclone One is forecast to become a tropical storm (Arthur) as it moves along or just off the northwestern Gulf coast through Wednesday. An outbreak of severe weather is forecast in the Midwest Wednesday. Read More >

APRIL TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest April's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

1 74.6 1967
2 72.8 2011
3 72.6 2026
4 72.5 2006
5 72.1 1999
6 72.0 1929
7 71.9 1927
t8 71.8 1954
t8 71.8 1965
t8 71.8 2001

 

10 Coolest April's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

1 62.9 1928
2 63.2 1899
3 63.4 1913
4 63.4 1983
5 63.7 1997
6 63.7 2007
7 64.0 1901
8 64.5 1973
9 64.5 1961
10 64.7 1898

 

10 Wettest April's
Lake Charles
1895-2026
 

1 15.30 1940
2 13.71 1957
3 13.18 2015
4 12.32 1914
5 12.24 1924
6 11.73 2019
7 11.43 1926
8 10.95 1973
9 10.49 2023
10 10.19 1905

 

10 Driest April's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

1 0.11 2010
2 0.38 1931
3 0.40 1999
4 0.47 1987
5 0.52 1978
6 0.59 2022
7 0.64 1963
8 0.72 2025
t9 0.85 1910
t9 0.85 2014

 


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