National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

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 >

TOP INDIVIDUAL DAYS - APRIL
LAKE CHARLES
 

Warmest April Highs
Lake Charles
1895-2026

1 95 4/28/1987
2 93 4/29/1915
t3 92 4/19/1908
t3 92 4/28/1948
t3 92 4/19/1965
t3 92 4/27/2011
t7 91 4/7/1930
t7 91 4/21/1987
t7 91 4/27/1987
t7 91 4/29/1999

 

Coolest April Lows
Lake Charles
1895-2026

t1 30 4/11/1913
t1 30 4/13/1913
t3 32 4/26/1910
t3 32 4/12/1913
t5 33 4/25/1910
t5 33 4/10/1918
t7 34 4/14/1913
t7 34 4/8/1939
t7 34 4/13/1940
t7 34 4/7/1971

 

Wettest April Days
Lake Charles
1895-2026

1 10.01 4/27/1924
2 7.65 4/28/1914
3 7.61 4/29/1940
4 6.42 4/4/2019
5 5.74 4/6/2023
6 5.50 4/17/1973
7 5.08 4/24/1953
8 5.02 4/25/1997
9 4.57 4/29/1960
10 4.50 4/17/1940

 


Warmest & Coolest is temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Wettest is rainfall in inches