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Heat Across the Center of the Nation; Severe Thunderstorms Across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley

Heat expands across the Desert Southwest, Plains, Mississippi Valley and Midwest into Monday. Fire weather concerns continue for portions of the Intermountain West. Active monsoonal moisture fuels thunderstorms over the Southwest with possible flash flooding. Tropical cyclone Fausto in the Pacific, should weaken as it approaches Hawaii; Dangerous surf, swells and rip currents are expected. Read More >

MAY TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest May's
Lake Charles
1895-2026

 

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
1895-2026

 

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
1895-2026
 

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
1895-2026

 

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