Lake Charles, LA: 2025

31 December 2025: 2025 averaged 70.2°F in Lake Charles, LA (1 day missing), the warmest year since 2024, tied 11th warmest of 118 (with 1998).

2025

Mean temperature: 70.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 11th warmest of 118

A normal year in Lake Charles, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 69.2°F, between 67.8°F and 70.5°F in eight years of ten and 62.78 in of precipitation, between 43.41 in and 73.68 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every year in Lake Charles, LA since 1896: 70.2°F in 2025; the highest is 71.5°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 67.8 to 70.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every year in Lake Charles, LA from 1895 to 2025, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2025	70.2	11	79.9	17	60.5	16	48.66	98	1
2024	71.5	1	81	7	62.1	1	68.21	23	0
2023	71.1	5	80.8	8	61.5	5	44.00	110	0
2022	68.4	67	78.7	55	58.1	84	44.01	109	0
2021	70	15	79	49	60.9	13	72.26	12	0
2020	70.1	13	79.2	42	61	10	63.81	37	0
2019	70.5	8	79.7	22	61.2	9	66.03	30	0
2018	70.5	8	79.2	42	61.7	3	61.53	47	0
2017	71	6	79.9	17	62	2	75.85	3	0
2016	70.6	7	79.9	17	61.3	6	74.87	7	1
2015	70	15	79.2	42	60.7	14	64.84	35	0
2014	67.2	106	76.7	111	57.7	96	68.63	20	0
2013	68.7	56	78.3	67	59	50	57.55	65	0
2012	71.2	3	80.8	8	61.6	4	72.01	13	0
2011	69.7	21	80.1	15	59.3	41	38.64	123	0
2010	68.9	46	79.2	42	58.7	60	35.85	127	0
2009	69.1	38	78.6	59	59.7	29	73.55	9	0
2008	68.7	56	78.7	55	58.7	60	44.43	106	0
2007	68.9	46	78.1	71	59.6	33	68.45	22	2
2006	69.5	27	79.4	31	59.7	29	57.03	67	0
2005	69.6	24	79.7	22	59.5	36	45.79	103	0
2004	69.4	28	78.9	52	59.9	22	68.54	21	0
2003	68.3	69	78	76	58.5	70	43.94	111	0
2002	68.6	59	77.6	87	59.5	36	85.18	1	0
2001	68.2	72	77.7	85	58.7	60	62.87	41	0
2000	69	41	79	49	58.9	55	48.36	99	0
1999	69.4	28	79.9	17	59	50	37.38	124	0
1998	70.2	11	79.4	31	61	10	56.58	69	0
1997	67.8	87	76.8	108	58.8	56	65.70	32	0
1996	67.8	87	77.4	95	58.3	78	53.79	83	0
1995	70.1	13	79.7	22	60.5	16	65.36	33	0
1994	69.3	32	78.3	67	60.3	18	44.15	107	0
1993	67.8	87	77.1	102	58.5	70	59.33	57	0
1992	68.4	67	77.5	92	59.2	45	62.69	42	0
1991	68.5	64	77	105	60	20	70.32	15	0
1990	69	41	78.6	59	59.4	40	53.68	87	0
1989	67.9	82	77.3	97	58.6	65	60.56	52	0
1988	67.8	87	77.8	83	57.8	89	59.13	59	0
1987	68	79	78	76	57.9	86	62.54	43	0
1986	69	41	78	76	59.9	22	58.65	61	0
1985	68.1	75	77.5	92	58.6	65	52.84	89	0
1984	68.6	59	78	76	59.3	41	61.93	45	0
1983	66.7	112	76	117	57.4	101	54.96	76	0
1982	68.1	75	77.5	92	58.8	56	60.63	51	0
1981	67.6	97	77.1	102	58.2	81	49.92	95	0
1980	67.5	101	77.1	102	57.9	86	65.18	34	0
1979	66.2	116	75.3	121	57	107	75.79	4	0
1978	66.9	109	76.6	113	57.2	105	42.06	118	0
1977	67.7	94	77	105	58.5	70	57.37	66	0
1976	66.4	114	76.8	108	55.9	113	40.40	119	0
1975	68	79	77.4	95	58.7	60	55.51	71	0
1974	68.7	56	77.8	83	59.7	29	66.44	29	0
1973	67.9	82	76.7	111	59.2	45	75.03	6	0
1972	68.2	72	77.6	87	58.7	60	55.66	70	0
1971	69.6	24	79.5	27	59.7	29	43.72	113	0
1970	67.6	97	77.3	97	57.8	89	55.20	74	0
1969	67.2	106	76.9	107	57.5	100	55.12	75	0
1968	66.6	113	75.9	118	57.2	105	51.24	91	0
1967	68.8	51	78.5	65	59.1	48	54.71	80	0
1966	68.2	72	77.3	97	59.1	48	59.65	55	0
1965	68.8	51	79.1	47	58.5	70	34.80	128	0
1964	66.9	109	76.1	116	57.7	96	47.17	101	0
1963	67.6	97	77.3	97	57.9	86	39.55	121	0
1962	68	79	77.6	87	58.4	76	46.33	102	0
1961	67.4	103	76.3	114	58.5	70	63.60	38	0
1960	66.8	111	75.9	118	57.8	89	47.96	100	0
1959	67.4	103	76.2	115	58.6	65	68.05	25	0
1958	68.3	69	76.8	108	59.8	27	59.19	58	0
1957	69.7	21	78	76	61.3	6	68.16	24	0
1956	69.7	21	79.5	27	59.9	22	39.37	122	0
1955	69.1	38	78.1	71	60	20	55.27	73	0
1954	69.3	32	79.4	31	59.3	41	30.08	130	0
1953	69.4	28	79	49	59.8	27	55.50	72	0
1952	68.3	69	78.1	71	58.5	70	68.01	26	0
1951	69	41	79.3	39	58.6	65	37.38	124	0
1950	69.3	32	79.3	39	59.2	45	59.37	56	0
1949	69.4	28	78.6	59	60.2	19	69.36	18	0
1948	68.6	59	79.3	39	58	85	39.95	120	0
1947	67.7	94	77.6	87	57.8	89	49.27	97	1
1946	69.1	38	78.6	59	59.6	33	69.81	16	3
1945	68.8	51	78.3	67	59.3	41	61.51	48	0
1944	68.8	51	78.6	59	59	50	62.06	44	0
1943	67.9	82	77.9	82	57.8	89	69.01	19	4
1942	67.2	106	77.2	101	57.4	101	60.97	50	2
1941	68.1	75	77.6	87	58.6	65	70.49	14	0
1940	65.7	118	75.9	118	55.5	115	72.58	11	0
1939	68.9	46	80	16	57.7	96	31.66	129	0
1938	69.8	19	79.6	25	59.9	22	45.21	104	2
1937	69.2	37	79.4	31	58.3	78	42.71	116	20
1936	68.5	64	78.7	55	57.7	96	42.79	114	27
1935			79.4	31			58.46	62	55
1934	69.9	17	79.5	27	59.6	33	61.35	49	32
1933	71.4	2	81.1	6	61.3	6	54.86	79	27
1932	69.6	24	79.5	27	59	50	61.70	46	16
1931	69.3	32	79.4	31	58.8	56	53.11	88	13
1930	67.8	87	78.7	55	56.9	108	53.99	81	10
1929	68.9	46	79.6	25	58.2	81	63.23	40	0
1928	68.1	75	78.8	53	57.4	101	43.77	112	0
1927	71.2	3	81.4	3	61	10	53.73	85	2
1926	68.5	64	78.6	59	58.4	76	60.32	53	0
1925	69.3	32	80.5	11	57.8	89	51.05	92	8
1924	67.8	87	79.1	47	56.7	112	44.77	105	21
1923	69	41	78.8	53	59	50	79.35	2	17
1922	69.9	17	80.2	13	59.5	36	52.09	90	3
1921					59.9	22	49.99	94	64
1920	67.9	82	78	76	57.8	89	64.35	36	8
1919	70.4	10	80.2	13	60.7	14	74.61	8	31
1918	67.6	97	78.1	71	56.9	108	63.33	39	6
1917							36.60	126	105
1916							53.80	82	71
1915							65.90	31	65
1914	67.7	94	80.4	12	54.8	116	72.74	10	3
1913	66.3	115	81.3	4	51.2	119	67.42	27	34
1912	66.1	117	80.8	8	51.3	118	58.32	63	0
1911							69.49	17	62
1910							60.24	54	146
1909			82.4	2			49.29	96	132
1908	67.8	87	81.3	4	54.3	117	57.94	64	5
1907							58.84	60	215
1906			83.1	1			53.77	84	68
1905	67.9	82	77.7	85	57.4	101	67.40	28	16
1904									144
1903							54.88	78	56
1902	68.9	46	79.2	42	58.3	78	42.19	117	7
1901	67.4	103	78.5	65	55.9	113	44.11	108	12
1900	68.6	59	78.3	67	58.8	56	75.24	5	14
1899	68.6	59	79.4	31	56.8	111	50.67	93	22
1898	67.5	101	78.1	71	56.9	108	53.73	85	1
1897	68.8	51	79.4	31	58.2	81	56.96	68	1
1896	69.8	19	79.9	17	59.5	36	42.74	115	6
1895							54.92	77	42

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	71.5
1933	71.4
2012	71.2
1927	71.2
2023	71.1
2017	71
2016	70.6
2019	70.5
2018	70.5
1919	70.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	65.7
1912	66.1
1979	66.2
1913	66.3
1976	66.4
1968	66.6
1983	66.7
1960	66.8
1978	66.9
1964	66.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	85.18
1923	79.35
2017	75.85
1979	75.79
1900	75.24
1973	75.03
2016	74.87
1919	74.61
2009	73.55
1914	72.74

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1954	30.08
1939	31.66
1965	34.80
2010	35.85
1917	36.60
1999	37.38
1951	37.38
2011	38.64
1956	39.37
1963	39.55

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 30 July 2025, 29 July 2025
Coldest night: 6°F; 22 January 2025
Wettest day: 2.88 in; 6 May 2025

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	48.1°F 17th coldest of 120	5.47 in 49th wettest of 130
February	57.7°F 34th warmest of 117	4.20 in 51st wettest of 128
March	64.8°F 20th warmest of 123	2.24 in 34th driest of 130
April	71.3°F 13th warmest of 124	0.72 in 8th driest of 130
May	76°F 37th warmest of 126	10.32 in 16th wettest of 130
June	81.9°F 30th warmest of 127
July	83.6°F 27th warmest of 130	8.76 in 23rd wettest of 131
August	83.5°F 31st warmest of 130
September	80.3°F 29th warmest of 129
October	73.7°F 9th warmest of 122	3.16 in 59th wettest of 130
November	63.9°F 22nd warmest of 118	1.52 in 17th driest of 131
December	56.6°F 25th warmest of 116	3.34 in 40th driest of 131

Hot days and freezes

Lake Charles, LA has had 97 days at 90°F or above in 2025 through 31 December, the most by that date since 2024, 36th most of 121.
Lake Charles, LA has had 17 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2025 through 31 December (1 day missing), the most by that date since 2022, tied 31st most of 119 (with 1973 and 1936).
The first freeze of fall 2025 in Lake Charles, LA came on Monday 15 December 2025, the earliest since 2023, tied 94th earliest of 117 (with 1963, 1953 and 1941).
The last freeze of spring 2025 in Lake Charles, LA came on Friday 21 February 2025, the latest since 2023, 68th latest of 122.

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
28 December	Warmest day	81°F	79°F 2024, 2021, 2019, 1981	Provisional
21 February	Coldest night	27°F	28°F 1978, 1914	Provisional
9 February	Warmest day	81°F	80°F 2015, 1965	Provisional
5 February	Warmest day	82°F	80°F 1957	Provisional
22 January	Coldest night	6°F	18°F 1935	Provisional
21 January	Coldest night	12°F	15°F 1985	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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The hottest day of 2025 in Lake Charles, LA: 97°F on Wednesday 30 July 2025 and Tuesday 29 July 2025.
The coldest night of 2025 in Lake Charles, LA: a low of 6°F on Wednesday 22 January 2025.
The wettest day of 2025 in Lake Charles, LA: 2.88 in on Tuesday 6 May 2025.