National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

MAY TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest May's
Lake Charles
1895-2024

 

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
1895-2024

 

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
1895-2024
 

1 21.45 1907
2 20.71 1980
3 20.50 2021
4 14.76 1991
5 14.28 1946
6 12.24 1941
7 12.23 2017
8 11.33 2007
9 11.20 1916
10 11.13 1953

 

10 Driest May's
Lake Charles
1895-2024

 

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