Additional Severe Weather Concerns for the Center of the Nation; Heat Builds for the West; Critical Fire Weather for Alaska

Active hazardous weather continues for the center of the nation with more severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall today. Heat will linger across the southern Plains, then expand westward early in the week. The combination of heat and dry conditions will fuel fire weather concerns for the Four Corners region and across interior Alaska. 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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