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 - MAY
LAKE CHARLES
 

Warmest May Highs
Lake Charles
1895-2026

t1 100 5/30/1911
t1 100 5/31/1911
t1 100 5/22/1915
4 99 5/21/2005
t5 97 many times

 

Coolest May Lows
Lake Charles
1895-2026

1 40 5/1/1908
2 41 5/2/1908
3 42 5/4/2013
t4 45 5/2/1925
t4 45 5/3/1929
t4 45 5/3/2013
t4 45 5/15/2014
t8 46 many times

 

Wettest May Days
Lake Charles
1895-2026

1 15.67 5/16/1980
2 12.49 5/17/2021
3 5.53 5/30/1979
4 5.49 5/3/2017
5 5.20 5/1/2016
6 5.00 5/28/1915
7 4.88 5/10/2013
8 4.82 5/20/1983
9 4.71 5/29/1929
10 4.68 5/28/2014

 


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