Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Today

Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and some hail are expected this afternoon and evening from the Upper Ohio River Valley into the Northeast, and from the Appalachians into the Mid-Atlantic States. Excessive rainfall from heavy thunderstorms may produce areas of flash flooding from southern New Mexico into the western and northern Gulf Coast into Wednesday. Read More >

AUGUST TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES

10 Warmest August's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1	89.2	2023
2	86.9	2011
3	86.0	1902
4	86.0	1951
5	85.8	1999
6	85.7	2010
7	85.7	1995
8	85.6	2024
9	85.2	2019
10	84.5	1998

10 Coolest August's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1	79.5	1940
2	79.6	1973
3	79.7	1992
4	80.0	1965
5	80.1	1967
6	80.3	1960
7	80.5	1904
8	80.6	1918
9	80.7	1974
t10	80.7	1911
t10	80.7	1931

10 Wettest August's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1	23.57	2017
2	17.36	1962
3	15.74	2014
4	15.05	1915
5	14.70	2016
6	14.56	1940
7	11.52	1977
8	10.68	1913
9	10.63	1910
10	10.13	1916

10 Driest August's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1	Trace	1999
2	0.77	1976
3	0.94	1990
4	1.00	1951
5	1.11	2023
6	1.17	1902
7	1.29	2000
8	1.36	1952
9	1.55	1980
10	1.73	1924

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

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Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Today

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