Lake Charles, LA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 52.3°F in Lake Charles, LA, the warmest January since 2023, 54th warmest of 121.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 52.3°F; Warmest since 2023; 54th warmest of 121
Precipitation: 4.79 in; Wettest since 2025; 65th wettest of 131

A normal January in Lake Charles, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 52.1°F, between 48.3°F and 57°F in eight years of ten and 5.90 in of precipitation, between 1.91 in and 10.12 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Lake Charles, LA since 1896: 52.3°F in 2026; the highest is 63.3°F, in 1950.

Normal range, 48.3 to 57°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	52.3	54	62.9	53	41.6	66	4.79	65	0
2025	48.1	103	57.6	111	38.6	97	5.47	49	0
2024	50.6	76	61	74	40.2	81	10.87	7	0
2023	57.3	13	66.3	21	48.2	13	5.07	57	0
2022	50.7	73	62.9	53	38.6	97	2.11	110	0
2021	52.4	52	61.7	64	43.1	49	2.38	101	0
2020	57.8	11	66.5	19	49.1	7	6.28	36	0
2019	52.7	46	63.1	51	42.3	60	6.00	43	0
2018	47.6	109	57.8	106	37.4	108	7.49	22	0
2017	59.5	3	68.4	11	50.7	3	4.91	61	0
2016	51.2	68	61.7	64	40.6	78	4.10	74	0
2015	48.8	97	58.7	98	39	91	6.90	25	0
2014	46.2	112	58.3	100	34.1	121	2.29	105	0
2013	55	30	64.3	41	45.8	28	11.38	4	0
2012	59.3	4	69.9	6	48.8	9	8.78	14	0
2011	50.3	81	60.5	80	40.1	82	5.11	56	0
2010	48.9	96	59.1	93	38.7	96	3.35	88	0
2009	53.4	43	64.9	33	41.9	63	0.41	130	0
2008	51.1	70	60.6	78	41.6	66	6.19	38	0
2007	50.5	79	58	103	43.2	47	8.79	13	2
2006	56.9	16	68.6	10	45.3	32	1.92	115	0
2005	56.4	20	65.4	28	47.4	17	5.86	45	0
2004	53.1	44	62.2	60	44.1	41	8.83	12	0
2003	48.1	103	58.1	101	38.2	102	1.86	116	0
2002	53.8	40	64.2	42	43.4	46	3.28	90	0
2001	48.3	100	57.5	112	39	91	6.03	42	0
2000	54.9	32	65.2	30	44.5	38	1.57	120	0
1999	56.5	19	66.5	19	46.4	24	5.43	51	0
1998	56.3	21	65.5	25	47	21	10.01	9	0
1997	51.2	68	59.4	92	43	51	5.93	44	0
1996	51.5	60	63.1	51	39.8	88	2.48	99	0
1995	53.5	41	62.7	55	44.4	39	5.29	54	0
1994	50.6	76	59.9	85	41.3	69	3.81	77	0
1993	53.5	41	61.7	64	45.2	33	6.83	26	0
1992	51.3	66	59.8	86	42.7	56	11.08	6	0
1991	50.3	81	57.7	107	42.9	52	14.29	1	0
1990	56	22	64.8	34	47.2	20	8.91	11	0
1989	57.7	12	66.3	21	49	8	4.58	69	0
1988	47.5	110	57.7	107	37.3	110	2.75	94	0
1987	49.3	91	58.5	99	40.1	82	6.76	29	0
1986	51.8	57	62.2	60	41.5	68	2.72	95	0
1985	45	115	55.4	117	34.7	119	3.41	86	0
1984	48.1	103	57.2	115	39	91	4.54	70	0
1983	49.2	93	57.7	107	40.8	75	5.85	46	0
1982	52.2	55	63.2	49	41.3	69	2.12	109	0
1981	47.8	108	57.7	107	37.8	105	2.06	111	0
1980	54.1	38	62.6	58	45.6	30	5.43	51	0
1979	44.3	117	53.1	123	35.6	116	4.82	64	0
1978	42.8	120	49.4	126	36.3	115	6.63	30	0
1977	43	119	51.8	124	34.3	120	4.88	63	0
1976	49.9	85	61.3	69	38.4	100	2.06	111	0
1975	56.7	18	65.6	24	47.7	15	6.06	41	0
1974	58	10	65.3	29	50.6	4	12.69	2	0
1973	48.7	98	57.5	112	40	87	4.14	73	0
1972	55.8	25	65.5	25	46.1	26	7.73	21	0
1971	55.6	26	65.1	31	46.1	26	0.78	127	0
1970	46.1	113	54.8	121	37.4	108	2.16	107	0
1969	53.9	39	62.4	59	45.5	31	1.13	124	0
1968	50.7	73	59	95	42.5	58	3.89	76	0
1967	52.5	49	62	62	42.9	52	1.70	119	0
1966	47.9	107	55.3	118	40.4	79	6.48	33	0
1965	55	30	66.2	23	43.8	44	2.49	98	0
1964	49	94	57.9	105	40.1	82	5.49	48	0
1963	45.9	114	55.2	120	36.6	113	5.07	57	0
1962	48	106	58	103	38	104	4.01	75	0
1961	46.7	111	55.3	118	38.1	103	4.39	72	0
1960	49.8	88	57.5	112	42.1	62	3.79	78	0
1959	48.3	100	58.1	101	38.6	97	4.89	62	0
1958	49.9	85	59	95	40.7	77	3.51	84	0
1957	57	15	64.8	34	49.2	6	0.96	125	0
1956	52.6	48	62.7	55	42.5	58	2.94	93	0
1955	52.5	49	61	74	43.9	42	5.74	47	0
1954	55.1	28	64.5	38	45.8	28	2.26	106	0
1953	55.9	24	66.6	18	45.2	33	1.95	114	0
1952	61.9	2	70.7	4	53	2	2.32	103	0
1951	52.7	46	64.2	42	41.2	72	7.28	24	0
1950	63.3	1	71.6	2	55	1	3.17	91	0
1949	56	22	64.8	34	47.3	19	3.62	81	0
1948	44.1	118	54.5	122	33.7	122	6.07	39	0
1947	51.5	60	59.1	93	43.9	42	6.07	39	0
1946	51.6	58	60.3	83	42.8	54	9.44	10	0
1945	51.6	58	60.5	80	42.7	56	2.61	96	0
1944	51.4	63	61.1	71	41.7	64	8.37	15	0
1943	51.4	63	61.5	68	41.2	72	4.79	65	0
1942	48.3	100	59.5	90	37.1	111	1.14	123	0
1941	54.3	36	64	45	44.6	37	3.34	89	0
1940	39.8	121	50	125	29.5	125	1.71	118	0
1939	57.2	14	66.8	17	47.5	16	3.75	79	0
1938	54.8	33	63.5	48	46.2	25	6.47	34	0
1937					50.2	5	8.06	16	6
1936	49.4	90	59.7	88	39	91	3.09	92	3
1935			67.4	14			2.37	102	12
1934	55.5	27	64.4	40	46.6	22	6.62	31	2
1933	58.3	9	67.8	12	48.6	10	1.77	117	1
1932					48.5	11	7.87	20	4
1931	50.7	73	60.7	77	41	74	7.31	23	1
1930	50.3	81	61.1	71	40.1	82	7.92	18	2
1929	54.3	36	64.5	38	44.2	40	6.52	32	0
1928	52.9	45	64.1	44	41.7	64	0.37	131	0
1927	58.7	8	68.9	9	48.5	11	2.46	100	0
1926	50.4	80	59.5	90	41.3	69	5.18	55	0
1925	51.5	60	62.7	55	40.4	79	4.67	68	0
1924	48.6	99	60.4	82	36.9	112	6.81	28	0
1923	58.9	5	70.4	5	47.4	17	4.68	67	0
1922	51.3	66	59	95	43.6	45	6.21	37	0
1921	58.9	5	69.7	7	48.2	13	2.14	108	0
1920	54.5	34	63.8	47	45.2	33	7.91	19	0
1919	49.7	89	59.6	89	39.7	90	6.31	35	0
1918			57	116	32.4	124	3.53	83	5
1917							3.50	85	31
1916							8.00	17	28
1915	49.3	91	64.8	34	33.7	122	11.10	5	0
1914	52.5	49	69.6	8	35.4	117	0.83	126	0
1913	55.1	28	67.7	13	42.2	61	0.50	128	2
1912	45	115	61.1	71	29	126	3.55	82	0
1911	58.9	5	72.8	1	45	36	4.40	71	0
1910	52.4	52	67.3	15	37.5	107	5.38	53	2
1909			70.9	3	43.1	49	2.05	113	4
1908	51.4	63	65	32	37.8	105	3.40	87	0
1907							1.20	122	31
1906	50.6	76	63.2	49	38.4	100	2.50	97	2
1905			60.6	78			5.00	59	8
1904	49.9	85	63.9	46	35.3	118	1.35	121	2
1903	49	94	59.8	86	38.8	95	4.93	60	3
1902			60.8	76	36.5	114	0.47	129	5
1901	54.4	35	65.5	25	43.2	47	3.74	80	0
1900	52.2	55	61.7	64	42.8	54	5.45	50	3
1899	50.8	72	62	62	39.8	88	12.32	3	1
1898	56.9	16	67.3	15	46.5	23	6.83	26	0
1897	50.1	84	60.1	84	40.1	82	10.05	8	0
1896	51	71	61.2	70	40.8	75	2.32	103	0
1895									8

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	63.3
1952	61.9
2017	59.5
2012	59.3
1923	58.9
1921	58.9
1911	58.9
1927	58.7
1933	58.3
1974	58

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	39.8
1978	42.8
1977	43
1948	44.1
1979	44.3
1985	45
1912	45
1963	45.9
1970	46.1
2014	46.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1991	14.29
1974	12.69
1899	12.32
2013	11.38
1915	11.10
1992	11.08
2024	10.87
1897	10.05
1998	10.01
1946	9.44

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1928	0.37
2009	0.41
1902	0.47
1913	0.50
1971	0.78
1914	0.83
1957	0.96
1969	1.13
1942	1.14
1907	1.20

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 81°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 21°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.32 in; 21 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 4.79 in of precipitation in Lake Charles, LA (1 day missing), the wettest January since 2025, tied 65th wettest of 131 (with 1943).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Lake Charles, LA: 81°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Lake Charles, LA: a low of 21°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Lake Charles, LA: 2.32 in on Wednesday 21 January 2026.