Lake Charles, LA: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 86.3°F in Lake Charles, LA, the warmest August since 2023, 3rd warmest of 131.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 86.3°F; Warmest since 2023; 3rd warmest of 131
Precipitation: 0.23 in; Driest since 1999; 2nd driest of 132

A normal August in Lake Charles, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 83.5°F, between 81.5°F and 85.7°F in eight years of ten and 5.02 in of precipitation, between 1.97 in and 9.97 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Lake Charles, LA since 1895: 86.3°F in 2026; the highest is 89.2°F, in 2023.

Normal range, 81.5 to 85.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Lake Charles, LA from 1895 to 2026, 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
2026	86.3	3	95.8	7	76.8	5	0.23	131	0
2025	83.5	32	92.4	66	74.7	29	3.48	90	0
2024	85.6	9	94.8	14	76.5	7	2.23	115	0
2023	89.2	1	99.6	1	78.7	1	1.11	127	0
2022	81.6	106	89.3	117	74	44	7.11	35	0
2021	83.8	24	92.3	68	75.3	16	7.46	30	0
2020	83	53	91.6	83	74.4	35	8.72	21	0
2019	85.2	10	93.1	43	77.2	3	9.35	15	0
2018	84.5	11	92.9	46	76.1	8	1.98	117	0
2017	82.4	76	89.1	123	75.7	12	23.57	1	0
2016	83.4	39	91.2	90	75.7	12	14.70	5	0
2015	83.5	32	93.5	33	73.5	64	3.38	91	0
2014	82.9	59	90.7	99	75	20	15.74	3	0
2013	84.1	21	93.3	37	74.8	25	3.71	82	0
2012	83	53	90.5	104	75.4	15	8.72	21	0
2011	86.9	2	96.5	5	77.4	2	1.88	120	0
2010	85.7	7	94.2	25	77.2	3	2.71	103	0
2009	83.5	32	91.7	79	75.3	16	8.01	26	0
2008	82.2	79	90	107	74.4	35	5.44	57	0
2007	84.5	11	92.8	49	76.1	8	5.08	61	0
2006	83.5	32	91.8	78	75.2	18	4.57	69	0
2005	84.3	17	94.2	25	74.4	35	3.16	95	0
2004	81.6	106	91.7	79	71.4	112	3.05	97	0
2003	83.1	48	92	71	74.2	41	4.27	75	0
2002	83.1	48	91.3	87	74.8	25	7.99	27	0
2001	81.9	94	89.8	111	74	44	7.74	28	0
2000	84.2	18	94.6	19	73.9	48	1.29	125	0
1999	85.8	6	95.9	6	75.8	11	trace	132	0
1998	84.5	11	93.9	28	75	20	3.70	83	0
1997	82.5	73	91.3	87	73.6	59	5.35	58	0
1996	81	114	89	125	73.1	75	9.44	12	0
1995	85.7	7	94.7	17	76.6	6	5.96	50	0
1994	82.4	76	91.1	91	73.7	56	4.95	64	0
1993	84.2	18	93.6	32	74.8	25	2.71	103	0
1992	79.7	129	89.2	120	70.1	123	2.46	109	0
1991	81	114	89.5	115	72.5	92	7.36	31	0
1990	82.7	63	93.5	33	71.9	102	0.94	129	0
1989	82.4	76	91.7	79	73.1	75	2.72	102	0
1988	83.2	46	91.9	75	74.5	33	7.66	29	0
1987	84.4	16	92.8	49	75.9	10	3.10	96	0
1986	82	88	91.3	87	72.6	87	4.96	63	0
1985	83.2	46	92.5	59	73.9	48	6.81	37	0
1984	80.9	118	89.3	117	72.5	92	4.86	65	0
1983	83.5	32	91.4	85	75.5	14	8.74	20	0
1982	82	88	90.8	98	73.2	72	7.13	34	0
1981	82	88	90	107	74	44	3.51	87	0
1980	82.7	63	91.7	79	73.6	59	1.55	123	0
1979	81.3	110	89.4	116	73.2	72	3.81	79	0
1978	81.8	97	90.7	99	72.8	84	7.22	32	0
1977	81.3	110	88.9	128	73.7	56	11.52	7	0
1976	81	114	92.5	59	69.5	125	0.77	130	0
1975	80.8	120	89.1	123	72.6	87	5.15	60	0
1974	80.7	121	89.3	117	72.2	98	5.54	56	0
1973	79.6	130	88.3	129	70.9	117	3.29	93	0
1972	80.9	118	90	107	71.7	106	6.64	40	0
1971	81.7	102	90.6	101	72.7	85	6.31	46	0
1970	83.6	31	92.9	46	74.4	35	3.56	85	0
1969	81.9	94	91.1	91	72.6	87	1.97	118	0
1968	81.9	94	90.6	101	73.2	72	3.59	84	0
1967	80.1	127	87.8	131	72.3	97	6.21	49	0
1966	82.1	83	89.7	112	74.4	35	6.63	41	0
1965	80	128	89.2	120	70.8	120	6.79	39	0
1964	82.6	67	90.2	106	75.1	19	5.58	55	0
1963	82.9	59	92.3	68	73.6	59	1.87	121	0
1962	84.2	18	93.8	30	74.5	33	17.36	2	0
1961	81.4	108	89	125	73.8	51	4.04	78	0
1960	80.3	126	87.5	132	73.1	75	6.25	48	0
1959	81.4	108	89	125	73.8	51	4.72	67	0
1958	83	53	91.1	91	74.9	23	9.41	13	0
1957	83.8	24	92.7	52	75	20	2.35	112	0
1956	82.5	73	92	71	73	79	3.77	80	0
1955	82	88	89.7	112	74.3	40	8.81	19	0
1954	83.1	48	92.6	56	73.5	64	2.43	110	0
1953	81.8	97	89.7	112	73.8	51	3.25	94	0
1952	83.9	22	93	44	74.9	23	1.36	124	0
1951	86	4	97.1	3	74.8	25	1.00	128	0
1950	82.6	67	92.5	59	72.6	87	2.73	101	0
1949	81.8	97	90.9	95	72.6	87	2.09	116	0
1948	83.8	24	94.7	17	73	79	4.52	71	0
1947	83.3	42	92.7	52	73.9	48	4.53	70	0
1946	82.6	67	91.9	75	73.4	69	2.68	105	0
1945	82.1	83	90.6	101	73.5	64	5.85	52	0
1944	83.3	42	92.6	56	74	44	6.58	42	0
1943	83.5	32	93.2	40	73.8	51	1.95	119	0
1942	82.2	79	90.9	95	73.6	59	6.98	36	0
1941	83.3	42	93	44	73.6	59	3.52	86	0
1940	79.5	131	88	130	70.9	117	14.56	6	0
1939	81.8	97	92.7	52	70.9	117	2.25	114	0
1938	83	53	92.7	52	73.4	69	4.37	74	0
1937	82.7	63	92.5	59	73	79	6.38	44	0
1936	83.1	48	92.6	56	73.5	64	6.46	43	0
1935	83.9	22	93.3	37	74.6	31	5.69	53	2
1934	82.5	73	90.9	95	74.2	41	3.49	89	0
1933	83.1	48	92	71	74.2	41	6.37	45	0
1932	83.4	39	92.3	68	74.6	31	5.21	59	0
1931	80.7	121	89.9	110	71.6	109	4.40	73	0
1930	81.7	102	94.6	19	68.8	127	6.30	47	0
1929	83.7	29	95.8	7	71.6	109	2.64	106	0
1928	83.8	24	94.6	19	72.9	82	2.64	106	0
1927	83.4	39	95.1	11	71.7	106	2.38	111	0
1926	83	53	92.5	59	73.4	69	4.17	76	0
1925	82.8	62	94.8	14	70.8	120	3.75	81	0
1924	84.5	11	97	4	71.9	102	1.73	122	0
1923	82	88	92.8	49	71.1	113	7.17	33	0
1922	82.6	67	93.5	33	71.8	105	2.54	108	0
1921	82.7	63	92.9	46	72.5	92	5.89	51	0
1920	81	114	90.5	104	71.5	111	8.60	23	0
1919	83.8	24	93.9	28	73.8	51	9.39	14	0
1918	80.6	124	89.2	120	72.1	99	8.33	25	0
1917	81.1	113	94.6	19	67.5	131	2.30	113	0
1916	83.7	29	94.8	14	72.5	92	10.13	10	0
1915	82.6	67	94.1	27	71	114	15.05	4	0
1914	82	88	92	71	72	101	8.87	18	0
1913	81.7	102	94.9	12	68.6	129	10.68	8	0
1912	81.2	112	93.7	31	68.8	127	5.04	62	0
1911	80.7	121	93.2	40	68.3	130	8.99	17	0
1910	82.9	59	95.6	10	70.2	122	10.63	9	0
1909			94.6	19			10.12	11	31
1908	81.8	97	94.4	24	69.2	126	9.09	16	0
1907	82.2	79	93.4	36	71	114	4.50	72	0
1906	83.3	42	94.9	12	71.7	106	3.01	99	0
1905	83.5	32	93.3	37	73.7	56	3.03	98	0
1904	80.5	125	91	94	70.1	123	5.60	54	0
1903	82.1	83	91.9	75	72.4	96	3.50	88	0
1902	86	4	97.2	2	74.7	29	1.17	126	0
1901	83	53	92.5	59	73.5	64	4.81	66	0
1900	82.1	83	91.4	85	72.9	82	4.05	77	0
1899	84.5	11	95.8	7	73.1	75	4.66	68	0
1898	82.6	67	93.2	40	72.1	99	6.81	37	0
1897	82.2	79	92.5	59	71.9	102	8.59	24	0
1896	81.7	102	92.4	66	71	114	3.37	92	0
1895	82.1	83	91.5	84	72.7	85	2.84	100	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	89.2
2011	86.9
2026	86.3
1951	86
1902	86
1999	85.8
2010	85.7
1995	85.7
2024	85.6
2019	85.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	79.5
1973	79.6
1992	79.7
1965	80
1967	80.1
1960	80.3
1904	80.5
1918	80.6
1974	80.7
1931	80.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2017	23.57
1962	17.36
2014	15.74
1915	15.05
2016	14.70
1940	14.56
1977	11.52
1913	10.68
1910	10.63
1916	10.13

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1999	trace
2026	0.23
1976	0.77
1990	0.94
1951	1.00
2023	1.11
1902	1.17
2000	1.29
1952	1.36
1980	1.55

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 101°F; 22 August 2026
Coldest night: 74°F; 14 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.22 in; 8 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 0.23 in of precipitation in Lake Charles, LA, the driest August since 1999, 2nd driest of 132.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Lake Charles, LA: 101°F on Saturday 22 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Lake Charles, LA: a low of 74°F on Friday 14 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Lake Charles, LA: 0.22 in on Saturday 8 August 2026.