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 >

OCTOBER TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest October's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 76.4 1919
2 76.0 2004
3 75.5 1941
4 75.3 1947
5 74.8 1971
6 74.5 1931
7 74.2 1926
8 73.9 2021
9 73.7 1984
10 73.7 2025

 

10 Coolest October's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 61.9 1976
2 63.4 1952
3 63.5 1917
4 64.7 1908
5 65.1 1906
6 65.6 1980
7 65.7 1964
8 66.0 1895
9 66.1 1987
10 66.5 1943

 

10 Wettest October's
Lake Charles
1895-2025
 

1 21.44 2002
2 17.28 1970
3 16.17 1925
4 15.79 1919
5 14.96 2009
6 12.75 1985
7 12.22 1984
8 11.69 1918
9 11.15 1949
10 10.92 2006

 

10 Driest October's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 0.00 1908
t2 Trace 1924
t2 Trace 1952
t2 Trace 1963
5 0.08 1905
6 0.10 1914
7 0.18 1978
8 0.23 1983
9 0.27 2016
t10 0.30 1904
t10 0.30 1964

 


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