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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall for the Southwest; Heat Spreads Across the Center of the Nation

Moisture will continue to move into areas of the West. This will increase showers and thunderstorms coverage and intensity, with the risk of flash flooding and damaging wind gusts. Meanwhile, heat across the Southwest will expand into the center of the nation this weekend into early next week. Trends favor this heat will spread across the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic next week. Read More >

JULY TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest July's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

1 85.9 2023
2 85.3 1957
t3 85.0 2015
t3 85.0 2018
5 84.9 1998
6 84.9 1948
t7 84.8 1932
t7 84.8 1995
9 84.8 2016
10 84.7 2010

 

10 Coolest July's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

1 79.6 1964
2 79.6 1911
3 79.9 1904
4 80.2 1972
5 80.3 1905
6 80.4 1940
7 80.4 1923
8 80.5 1976
9 80.7 1908
10 80.8 1903

 

10 Wettest July's
Lake Charles
1895-2026
 

1 20.73 1933
2 17.94 1959
3 17.83 1952
4 13.19 1979
5 13.08 2006
6 12.86 2012
7 12.72 1945
8 11.89 1910
9 11.76 1908
10 11.73 1953

 

10 Driest July's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

t1 0.48 1956
t1 0.48 1962
3 0.96 1924
4 0.97 1970
5 1.08 2015
6 1.18 1948
7 1.28 1974
8 1.69 1993
9 1.71 2013
10 1.85 1965

 


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