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Lake Charles Threshold Days by Year (USW00003937)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Lake Charles (USW00003937): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Lake Charles Thresholds

  • Lake Charles: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 65 years, most in 2010 with 160.
  • Lake Charles: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 65 years, most in 2005 with 126.
  • Lake Charles: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 65 years, most in 1963 with 29.
  • Lake Charles: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 65 years, most in 2024 with 169.
  • 16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Lake Charles.
65 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Lake Charles Days per year at Lake Charles with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 160 in 2010. 0501001502001962: 1371963: 1381964: 1031965: 1381966: 1271967: 1251968: 1251969: 1291970: 1281971: 1341972: 1311973: 1171974: 1091975: 1121976: 1141977: 1261978: 1351979: 1001980: 1281981: 1281982: 1261983: 1111984: 1241985: 1401986: 1361987: 1421988: 1251989: 1221990: 1301991: 1171992: 1231993: 1221994: 1361995: 1441996: 1221997: 1311998: 1311999: 1492000: 1362001: 1132002: 1252003: 1432004: 1402005: 1502006: 1362007: 1322008: 1272009: 1322010: 1602011: 1512012: 1442013: 1372014: 1272015: 1382016: 1452017: 1282018: 1502019: 1482020: 1142021: 1282022: 1472023: 1492024: 1542025: 1532026: 1461962196919761983199019972004201120182025
Days per year at Lake Charles with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 160 in 2010.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Lake Charles
YearDaysDecade average
1962137127.8
1963138127.8
1964103127.8
1965138127.8
1966127127.8
1967125127.8
1968125127.8
1969129127.8
1970128120.6
1971134120.6
1972131120.6
1973117120.6
1974109120.6
1975112120.6
1976114120.6
1977126120.6
1978135120.6
1979100120.6
1980128128.2
1981128128.2
1982126128.2
1983111128.2
1984124128.2
1985140128.2
1986136128.2
1987142128.2
1988125128.2
1989122128.2
1990130130.5
1991117130.5
1992123130.5
1993122130.5
1994136130.5
1995144130.5
1996122130.5
1997131130.5
1998131130.5
1999149130.5
2000136133.4
2001113133.4
2002125133.4
2003143133.4
2004140133.4
2005150133.4
2006136133.4
2007132133.4
2008127133.4
2009132133.4
2010160142.8
2011151142.8
2012144142.8
2013137142.8
2014127142.8
2015138142.8
2016145142.8
2017128142.8
2018150142.8
2019148142.8
2020114141.6
2021128141.6
2022147141.6
2023149141.6
2024154141.6
2025153141.6
2026146141.6
First to last qualifying date each year at Lake Charles For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Lake Charles meeting 30 C (86 F). 1962: 13 May 1962 to 20 October 19621963: 7 May 1963 to 6 November 19631964: 2 May 1964 to 27 September 19641965: 13 April 1965 to 18 October 19651966: 8 May 1966 to 14 October 19661967: 18 April 1967 to 24 October 19671968: 13 May 1968 to 16 October 19681969: 20 May 1969 to 20 October 19691970: 22 April 1970 to 26 October 19701971: 23 April 1971 to 2 November 19711972: 16 April 1972 to 18 October 19721973: 25 April 1973 to 11 October 19731974: 12 March 1974 to 12 October 19741975: 9 May 1975 to 29 October 19751976: 16 May 1976 to 2 October 19761977: 7 May 1977 to 8 October 19771978: 18 April 1978 to 1 November 19781979: 13 April 1979 to 21 October 19791980: 2 May 1980 to 17 October 19801981: 29 April 1981 to 17 October 19811982: 5 April 1982 to 2 November 19821983: 24 May 1983 to 21 October 19831984: 3 April 1984 to 31 October 19841985: 15 April 1985 to 22 October 19851986: 12 May 1986 to 5 October 19861987: 16 April 1987 to 17 October 19871988: 24 April 1988 to 19 October 19881989: 6 May 1989 to 8 November 19891990: 17 May 1990 to 9 October 19901991: 11 May 1991 to 29 October 19911992: 13 April 1992 to 5 October 19921993: 29 May 1993 to 20 October 19931994: 27 April 1994 to 3 November 19941995: 21 April 1995 to 18 October 19951996: 6 May 1996 to 27 October 19961997: 9 May 1997 to 12 October 19971998: 8 May 1998 to 19 October 19981999: 11 April 1999 to 17 October 19992000: 28 April 2000 to 23 October 20002001: 13 April 2001 to 10 October 20012002: 29 April 2002 to 6 October 20022003: 17 April 2003 to 23 October 20032004: 24 May 2004 to 31 October 20042005: 11 May 2005 to 21 October 20052006: 17 April 2006 to 17 October 20062007: 6 May 2007 to 18 October 20072008: 15 March 2008 to 14 October 20082009: 10 April 2009 to 15 October 20092010: 3 April 2010 to 27 October 20102011: 10 April 2011 to 27 October 20112012: 24 March 2012 to 25 October 20122013: 18 May 2013 to 15 October 20132014: 25 April 2014 to 13 October 20142015: 23 April 2015 to 21 October 20152016: 4 May 2016 to 4 November 20162017: 2 May 2017 to 21 October 20172018: 19 March 2018 to 19 October 20182019: 9 April 2019 to 20 October 20192020: 9 April 2020 to 21 October 20202021: 8 April 2021 to 25 October 20212022: 6 April 2022 to 8 November 20222023: 25 March 2023 to 29 October 20232024: 9 May 2024 to 10 November 20242025: 31 March 2025 to 21 October 20252026: 16 April 2026 to 14 October 202619621971198019891998200720162025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Lake Charles meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Lake Charles
YearFirst dateLast date
19621962-05-131962-10-20
19631963-05-071963-11-06
19641964-05-021964-09-27
19651965-04-131965-10-18
19661966-05-081966-10-14
19671967-04-181967-10-24
19681968-05-131968-10-16
19691969-05-201969-10-20
19701970-04-221970-10-26
19711971-04-231971-11-02
19721972-04-161972-10-18
19731973-04-251973-10-11
19741974-03-121974-10-12
19751975-05-091975-10-29
19761976-05-161976-10-02
19771977-05-071977-10-08
19781978-04-181978-11-01
19791979-04-131979-10-21
19801980-05-021980-10-17
19811981-04-291981-10-17
19821982-04-051982-11-02
19831983-05-241983-10-21
19841984-04-031984-10-31
19851985-04-151985-10-22
19861986-05-121986-10-05
19871987-04-161987-10-17
19881988-04-241988-10-19
19891989-05-061989-11-08
19901990-05-171990-10-09
19911991-05-111991-10-29
19921992-04-131992-10-05
19931993-05-291993-10-20
19941994-04-271994-11-03
19951995-04-211995-10-18
19961996-05-061996-10-27
19971997-05-091997-10-12
19981998-05-081998-10-19
19991999-04-111999-10-17
20002000-04-282000-10-23
20012001-04-132001-10-10
20022002-04-292002-10-06
20032003-04-172003-10-23
20042004-05-242004-10-31
20052005-05-112005-10-21
20062006-04-172006-10-17
20072007-05-062007-10-18
20082008-03-152008-10-14
20092009-04-102009-10-15
20102010-04-032010-10-27
20112011-04-102011-10-27
20122012-03-242012-10-25
20132013-05-182013-10-15
20142014-04-252014-10-13
20152015-04-232015-10-21
20162016-05-042016-11-04
20172017-05-022017-10-21
20182018-03-192018-10-19
20192019-04-092019-10-20
20202020-04-092020-10-21
20212021-04-082021-10-25
20222022-04-062022-11-08
20232023-03-252023-10-29
20242024-05-092024-11-10
20252025-03-312025-10-21
20262026-04-162026-10-14

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Lake Charles
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days651602010146
35 C (95 F): Days6466202340
40 C (104 F): Days2420004
90 F (32.2 C): Days651262005112
100 F (37.8 C): Days151520234
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max12219621
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min6529196310
-10 C (14 F): Days with min3219892
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min651692024157
25 C (77 F): Days with min6459201043
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain6553197425
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain6530200712
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain651119843
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain45520022
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain5119621
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall2119731

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1962.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of . Last revised (2026-10-17).