National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

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 >

SEPTEMBER TOP TENS
LAKE CHARLES
 

10 Warmest September's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 83.8 2019
2 83.0 2023
3 83.0 1933
4 82.7 2005
5 82.1 1998
6 82.0 1926
7 81.9 2018
8 81.8 2016
9 81.7 1986
10 81.6 2010

 

10 Coolest September's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 74.2 1918
2 74.3 1913
3 75.1 1975
4 75.2 1974
5 75.5 1917
6 75.6 1968
7 75.8 1943
8 75.8 1940
9 75.9 1942
10 75.9 1984

 

10 Wettest September's
Lake Charles
1895-2025
 

1 19.96 1973
2 17.22 1913
3 14.10 1979
4 12.58 1998
5 11.83 1943
6 10.37 1925
7 10.32 2018
8 10.04 1958
9 9.70 2001
10 9.69 2013

 

10 Driest September's
Lake Charles
1895-2025

 

1 0.07 1956
2 0.43 1989
3 0.63 2017
4 0.65 1953
5 0.70 1954
6 0.72 1903
7 0.83 1933
8 0.92 2010
9 1.01 1962
10 1.09 2024

 


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