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Record Heat for the Intermountain West and Northern Plains; Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Threats

Record setting heat is expected over the next several days from the Intermountain West through the northern Plains. Furthermore, fire weather concerns increase with dry and breezy conditions. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorm threats for the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys, central Appalachians and Southeast today. The threat shifts to central Gulf Coast and across central Texas this week. Read More >

JULY TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest July's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 85.9 2023
2 85.3 1957
t3 85.0 2015
t3 85.0 2018
5 84.9 1998
6 84.9 1948
t7 84.8 1932
t7 84.8 1995
9 84.8 2016
10 84.7 2010

 

10 Coolest July's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 79.6 1964
2 79.6 1911
3 79.9 1904
4 80.2 1972
5 80.3 1905
6 80.4 1940
7 80.4 1923
8 80.5 1976
9 80.7 1908
10 80.8 1903

 

10 Wettest July's
Lake Charles
1895-2025
 

1 20.73 1933
2 17.94 1959
3 17.83 1952
4 13.19 1979
5 13.08 2006
6 12.86 2012
7 12.72 1945
8 11.89 1910
9 11.76 1908
10 11.73 1953

 

10 Driest July's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

t1 0.48 1956
t1 0.48 1962
3 0.96 1924
4 0.97 1970
5 1.08 2015
6 1.18 1948
7 1.28 1974
8 1.69 1993
9 1.71 2013
10 1.85 1965

 


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