Critical Fire Weather and Severe Thunderstorm Threats This Week

Gusty winds and low relative humidity will contribute to critical fire weather Monday over parts of the central and southern High Plains. Scattered to widespread severe thunderstorms may bring damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes Monday through Thursday over the lower Mississippi River Valley and southern Plains into the Midwest and Ohio Valley. Read More >

MAY TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES

10 Warmest May's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1	79.9	2010
2	79.4	2018
3	79.2	1933
4	78.7	2024
5	78.0	1896
6	78.0	2019
7	78.0	2022
8	77.9	2000
t9	77.8	1998
t9	77.8	2003

10 Coolest May's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1	69.9	1917
2	71.0	1931
3	71.5	1924
4	71.6	1954
5	71.7	1940
6	71.8	1913
7	72.3	1976
8	72.4	1901
9	72.5	1960
t10	72.6	1897
t10	72.6	1945

10 Wettest May's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1	21.45	1907
2	20.71	1980
3	20.50	2021
4	14.76	1991
5	14.28	1946
6	14.24	1941
7	12.23	2017
8	11.33	2007
9	11.20	1916
10	11.13	1953

10 Driest May's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

1	0.00	1899
2	0.04	1998
3	0.17	1898
4	0.34	1978
5	0.42	1960
6	0.43	2011
7	0.45	1901
8	0.51	2003
9	0.57	1963
10	0.85	1940

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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