National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

ANNUAL TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest Years
Lake Charles
1895-2023

 

1 71.2 1927
2 71.1 2012
3 71.1 2023
4 71.0 2017
5 71.0 1933
6 70.6 2016
7 70.4 2018
8 70.4 2019
9 70.1 1998
10 70.1 2020

 

10 Coolest Years
Lake Charles
1895-2023

 

1 65.7 1940
2 66.0 1912
3 66.1 1979
4 66.4 1976
5 66.5 1968
6 66.6 1983
7 66.8 1978
8 66.8 1960
9 66.9 1964
10 67.1 1969

 

10 Wettest Years
Lake Charles
1895-2023
 

1 85.14 2002
2 79.40 1923
3 75.85 2017
4 75.79 1979
5 75.24 1900
6 75.03 1973
7 74.87 2016
8 73.55 2009
9 72.83 1940
10 72.74 1914

 

10 Driest Years
Lake Charles
1895-2023

 

1 30.08 1954
2 31.66 1939
3 34.80 1965
4 35.85 2010
5 36.60 1917
t6 37.38 1951
t6 37.38 1999
8 38.64 2011
9 39.00 1948
10 39.37 1956

 


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