Lake Charles, LA: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 56.6°F in Lake Charles, LA, the warmest December since 2024, 25th warmest of 116.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 56.6°F; Warmest since 2024; 25th warmest of 116
Precipitation: 3.34 in; Driest since 2023; 40th driest of 131

A normal December in Lake Charles, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 54.9°F, between 51.3°F and 57.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.88 in of precipitation, between 2.05 in and 7.24 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Lake Charles, LA since 1895: 56.6°F in 2025; the highest is 64.4°F, in 2021.

Normal range, 51.3 to 57.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December 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	56.6	25	66.9	23	46.3	34	3.34	92	0
2024	58.6	9	69	12	48.3	13	5.84	40	0
2023	56	30	66.7	25	45.3	42	2.35	114	0
2022	55.6	37	64.9	49	46.4	33	9.25	14	0
2021	64.4	1	73.6	3	55.3	1	2.21	118	0
2020	53	72	63.2	81	42.8	73	4.49	65	0
2019	57.9	13	68.9	13	46.8	28	0.98	131	0
2018	56	30	64.9	49	47	26	7.04	26	0
2017	53.7	58	63	85	44.5	52	4.90	55	0
2016	57.8	15	66.5	26	49.6	9	12.05	6	1
2015	60	5	69.4	7	50.6	7	3.24	94	0
2014	56.2	29	65.1	45	47.3	22	2.03	129	0
2013	51.3	95	60.4	108	42.1	83	2.05	128	0
2012	58.1	11	69.2	10	47	26	4.82	57	0
2011	54.8	49	64.7	54	44.9	47	4.70	62	0
2010	52.6	79	63.4	78	41.8	88	3.28	93	0
2009	50.9	100	59.1	116	42.7	75	9.01	16	0
2008	55.5	38	66	30	45	46	2.99	101	0
2007	58	12	68.8	14	47.2	23	3.14	99	0
2006	54.2	53	64.1	61	44.4	54	6.05	38	0
2005	51.9	90	63.1	84	40.6	101	3.92	76	0
2004	52.7	77	63.3	79	42.1	83	3.68	84	0
2003	53.2	69	65.4	40	41	95	3.41	89	0
2002	53.7	58	63.2	81	44.1	58	9.49	13	0
2001	55.9	32	65.9	33	45.8	38	5.18	51	0
2000	46.6	114	56.1	121	37	114	2.02	130	0
1999	53	72	65.4	40	40.6	101	4.49	65	0
1998	55.9	32	65.1	45	46.8	28	3.62	86	0
1997	50.9	100	61	105	40.7	100	5.72	44	0
1996	56.5	26	65.5	39	47.5	21	2.55	106	0
1995	55	43	63.8	67	46.2	36	6.45	33	0
1994	56.9	22	65.6	37	48.2	15	6.97	27	0
1993	53.6	63	63.6	72	43.7	62	2.49	111	0
1992	56.8	23	65	48	48.5	12	3.84	80	0
1991	57	21	64.7	54	49.2	10	2.16	120	0
1990	55	43	65.3	43	44.6	50	4.04	73	0
1989	45	116	55	123	35	119	2.15	121	0
1988	55	43	65.7	35	44.2	56	4.80	59	0
1987	57.1	19	65.9	33	48.2	15	4.92	54	0
1986	51.4	94	59.2	115	43.6	63	9.84	12	0
1985	49.4	107	60.1	111	38.6	109	3.75	83	0
1984	62.4	2	70.4	5	54.5	2	4.09	71	0
1983	48.1	112	57.1	120	39.2	107	3.03	100	0
1982	57.2	18	66.3	27	48.1	17	10.76	9	0
1981	52.7	77	62.9	89	42.5	79	2.53	107	0
1980	52.1	85	63	85	41.3	92	2.33	115	0
1979	51.9	90	62.9	89	40.8	98	3.22	95	0
1978	53.5	64	64.5	56	42.5	79	2.37	113	0
1977	53.3	68	63.5	75	43.1	68	3.19	97	0
1976	51.2	98	61.5	99	41	95	6.72	31	0
1975	51.8	92	61.5	99	42.1	83	2.07	127	0
1974	54.4	52	63.8	67	45.1	43	7.77	23	0
1973	52.4	82	63.7	71	41.1	94	4.80	59	0
1972	53	72	62.9	89	43.1	68	5.47	48	0
1971	61.7	3	69.4	7	54.1	3	9.90	11	0
1970	59.5	8	69.4	7	49.7	8	4.10	70	0
1969	52.5	80	63.6	72	41.4	90	5.57	46	0
1968	52.2	84	62.5	93	41.9	87	4.73	61	0
1967	55	43	63.2	81	46.7	30	13.27	2	0
1966	54.5	51	63.9	62	45.1	43	3.78	82	0
1965	55.8	34	66	30	45.7	40	5.00	52	0
1964	54.2	53	63	85	45.4	41	5.84	40	0
1963	46.1	115	55.5	122	36.7	116	3.36	90	0
1962	52	87	61.2	104	42.9	71	4.01	75	0
1961	54.6	50	64.8	53	44.5	52	4.03	74	0
1960	50.8	102	59.1	116	42.6	78	7.83	22	0
1959	53.7	58	62.3	94	45.1	43	5.55	47	0
1958	50.7	103	60.4	108	41	95	3.22	95	0
1957	56.7	24	66.8	24	46.5	32	4.05	72	0
1956	59.9	6	69.2	10	50.7	6	10.43	10	0
1955	55.7	35	64.3	58	47.1	25	3.89	79	0
1954	55.3	40	66.2	28	44.4	54	2.88	102	0
1953	51.3	95	60	113	42.5	79	5.74	43	0
1952	53.2	69	61.8	96	44.6	50	8.79	17	0
1951	57.6	16	67.5	22	47.7	19	6.08	37	0
1950	52.1	85	63	85	41.3	92	4.19	69	0
1949	56.5	26	65.7	35	47.2	23	5.77	42	0
1948	57.9	13	68.2	16	47.6	20	2.52	109	0
1947	53.8	57	63.8	67	43.9	60	6.45	33	0
1946	57.3	17	67.8	19	46.6	31	2.26	116	1
1945	50.2	104	60.1	111	40.3	104	7.54	24	0
1944	51.2	98	60.9	106	41.4	90	4.83	56	0
1943	52	87	61.4	101	42.7	75	6.95	28	2
1942	54.2	53	65.2	44	43.3	65	6.67	32	0
1941	54.9	48	64.9	49	44.9	47	11.68	7	0
1940	57.1	19	66	30	48.3	13	8.24	18	0
1939	55.4	39	68.2	16	42.7	75	2.53	107	0
1938	55.2	41	65.6	37	44.9	47	2.49	111	0
1937	54.1	56	62.2	95	46	37	2.22	117	0
1936					43.2	66	4.68	63	6
1935			60.2	110			7.85	21	10
1934	53.7	58	64.4	57	43.6	63	2.67	104	1
1933			74.3	2			2.65	105	7
1932					44.2	56	12.91	3	5
1931					49.2	10	9.11	15	4
1930	49.6	106	58.4	119	40.8	98	6.42	35	1
1929	53.4	65	64.9	49	42	86	3.36	90	0
1928	52.9	75	65.4	40	40.5	103	4.36	68	0
1927	52.3	83	61.3	102	43.2	66	11.63	8	0
1926	58.3	10	68.8	14	47.8	18	4.81	58	0
1925					40	105	2.09	126	6
1924	53.7	58	63.3	79	44.1	58	3.79	81	0
1923	59.9	6	67.6	20	52.2	4	12.67	4	0
1922	61.4	4	71.8	4	51	5	4.55	64	2
1921			69.6	6			4.97	53	19
1920	53.4	65	63.9	62	42.9	71	7.86	20	0
1919	55.2	41	67.6	20	43.8	61	2.10	124	3
1918	55.7	35	65.1	45	46.3	34	5.43	49	0
1917			61.3	102			3.61	87	10
1916							2.50	110	31
1915							7.25	25	31
1914	49.1	109	61.6	98	36.6	117	12.33	5	0
1913	49.4	107	63.5	75	35.2	118	2.70	103	0
1912	56.3	28	78.1	1	34.5	120	7.88	19	0
1911							15.65	1	31
1910			66.2	28	38.2	110	2.15	121	6
1909	47.2	113	60.5	107	33.9	121	5.27	50	1
1908	52	87	68	18	37	114	2.10	124	2
1907			63.9	62			3.60	88	31
1906							3.65	85	31
1905	48.4	111	59.1	116	37.7	112	5.60	45	0
1904			64.3	58			3.90	77	31
1903	51.6	93	63.6	72	39.6	106	3.17	98	0
1902	53.1	71	63.9	62	42.3	82	4.39	67	0
1901	51.3	95	63.8	67	38.8	108	6.04	39	3
1900	52.5	80	63.5	75	41.6	89	6.95	28	0
1899	53.4	65	63.9	62	42.8	73	6.10	36	2
1898	48.9	110	59.9	114	37.9	111	2.11	123	0
1897	52.9	75	62.8	92	43	70	6.87	30	0
1896	55	43	64.3	58	45.8	38	2.20	119	2
1895	49.9	105	61.8	96	37.5	113	3.90	77	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2021	64.4
1984	62.4
1971	61.7
1922	61.4
2015	60
1956	59.9
1923	59.9
1970	59.5
2024	58.6
1926	58.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	45
1963	46.1
2000	46.6
1909	47.2
1983	48.1
1905	48.4
1898	48.9
1914	49.1
1985	49.4
1913	49.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1911	15.65
1967	13.27
1932	12.91
1923	12.67
1914	12.33
2016	12.05
1941	11.68
1927	11.63
1982	10.76
1956	10.43

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	0.98
2000	2.02
2014	2.03
2013	2.05
1975	2.07
1925	2.09
1919	2.10
1908	2.10
1898	2.11
1989	2.15
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 81°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: 28°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.07 in; 4 December 2025

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 3.34 in of precipitation in Lake Charles, LA, the driest December since 2023, 40th driest of 131.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Lake Charles, LA: 81°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Lake Charles, LA: a low of 28°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Lake Charles, LA: 1.07 in on Thursday 4 December 2025.