Lake Charles, LA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 66.2°F in Lake Charles, LA, the warmest March since 2020, tied 8th warmest of 124 (with 1974).

March 2026

Mean temperature: 66.2°F; Warmest since 2020; 8th warmest of 124
Precipitation: 1.43 in; Driest since 2019; 17th driest of 131

A normal March in Lake Charles, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 62.1°F, between 57.7°F and 65.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.46 in of precipitation, between 1.52 in and 6.37 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Lake Charles, LA since 1895: 66.2°F in 2026; the highest is 70.7°F, in 2020.

Normal range, 57.7 to 65.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	66.2	8	77.2	10	55.2	17	1.43	115	0
2025	64.8	21	75.8	17	53.9	33	2.24	97	0
2024	64.8	21	74.5	34	55.1	18	4.68	37	0
2023	65.6	15	74.9	26	56.3	12	1.56	112	0
2022	59.8	84	72.2	55	47.4	100	3.66	60	0
2021	65.1	19	75.2	21	55	19	6.36	17	0
2020	70.7	1	78.7	4	62.6	1	1.67	109	0
2019	61.7	60	71.3	72	52.1	52	0.70	126	0
2018	65.3	16	74.9	26	55.6	15	2.43	90	0
2017	65.7	14	75.2	21	56.2	13	4.11	45	0
2016	66.1	10	75.1	24	57.2	9	3.45	66	0
2015	63.3	34	72.6	47	54	31	6.21	20	0
2014	57.1	112	67.1	120	47.1	103	2.07	101	0
2013	58.9	95	70.6	79	47.2	101	2.17	100	0
2012	70.2	2	79.2	3	61.3	2	7.46	10	0
2011	64.8	21	75.2	21	54.4	28	5.58	23	0
2010	57.8	104	68.7	105	46.9	107	1.60	111	0
2009	62.1	52	72.1	57	52	53	6.50	16	0
2008	62.1	52	73.1	45	51.2	64	3.46	65	0
2007	63.1	38	73.4	41	52.8	43	4.39	41	0
2006	64.6	24	74.9	26	54.3	30	0.19	130	0
2005	60.2	79	69.7	92	50.7	68	2.96	78	0
2004	65.3	16	75.9	16	54.6	23	3.41	68	0
2003	60.7	72	70.2	90	51.1	66	3.71	59	0
2002	61.3	66	71.4	67	51.2	64	5.34	26	0
2001	57.2	109	67.4	117	47	105	9.24	4	0
2000	65.9	12	76.9	12	54.9	20	2.26	96	0
1999	60.7	72	70.9	76	50.5	71	3.73	58	0
1998	59.5	88	69.6	95	49.5	81	3.75	57	0
1997	65.3	16	74.1	35	56.4	11	3.43	67	0
1996	56.6	116	67.7	113	45.4	118	0.80	124	0
1995	63.1	38	71.4	67	54.9	20	6.36	17	0
1994	61.6	61	71.9	64	51.3	61	1.95	103	0
1993	59.5	88	69.2	98	49.8	77	4.69	36	0
1992	63.2	36	72.3	52	54	31	4.10	46	0
1991	62	55	70.5	82	53.5	38	2.35	95	0
1990	61.5	63	70.1	91	52.8	43	5.31	27	0
1989	61.1	68	71.4	67	50.8	67	4.98	33	0
1988	60.3	77	70.3	86	50.3	74	6.30	19	0
1987	58.6	100	70.3	86	47	105	4.49	40	0
1986	60	81	72.1	57	47.9	94	1.91	104	0
1985	64.6	24	73.9	36	55.4	16	3.56	64	0
1984	62.5	50	72.4	50	52.6	46	1.89	105	0
1983	57.8	104	68.8	102	46.8	109	2.63	86	0
1982	63.5	33	72.4	50	54.5	25	2.73	83	0
1981	59.3	91	69.6	95	49	87	1.70	108	0
1980	59.5	88	68.3	107	50.6	70	9.01	6	0
1979	61	69	70.7	78	51.3	61	6.00	21	0
1978	57.8	104	69.2	98	46.3	114	1.48	113	0
1977	62	55	71.2	73	52.9	42	2.67	85	0
1976	63	41	71.5	66	54.6	23	2.53	89	0
1975	61	69	70.8	77	51.3	61	2.41	91	0
1974	66.2	8	74.7	31	57.8	7	3.37	69	0
1973	64.4	27	72.1	57	56.7	10	7.40	11	0
1972	63.1	38	73.9	36	52.2	49	2.23	98	0
1971	59.1	92	70.5	82	47.7	98	0.27	129	0
1970	56.9	113	66.5	122	47.2	101	5.25	30	0
1969	54	123	63.4	126	44.5	122	4.27	42	0
1968	58.2	102	67.7	113	48.7	91	2.76	82	0
1967	65.9	12	77.3	9	54.5	25	1.05	121	0
1966	60	81	70.3	86	49.7	78	0.75	125	0
1965	56.8	114	67	121	46.6	110	3.34	70	0
1964	58.7	97	68.8	102	48.5	92	4.02	48	0
1963	63	41	73.4	41	52.5	47	0.55	127	0
1962	56.7	115	67.6	115	45.8	116	1.39	116	0
1961	64.3	28	72.6	47	56	14	2.58	88	0
1960	54.6	122	62.9	127	46.2	115	0.84	123	0
1959	59.1	92	69	100	49.2	85	1.97	102	0
1958	58.7	97	67.5	116	49.9	76	4.01	50	0
1957	60.3	77	68.9	101	51.7	56	7.08	13	0
1956	61.4	65	71.1	74	51.8	55	4.68	37	0
1955	63.7	32	73.5	39	53.9	33	0.12	131	0
1954	59.1	92	68.8	102	49.3	83	2.37	93	0
1953	67.4	6	76.2	14	58.6	4	1.03	122	0
1952	59.6	85	69.6	95	49.6	79	3.57	63	0
1951	61.8	58	72	61	51.6	58	7.75	8	0
1950	59.6	85	69.7	92	49.5	81	4.84	35	0
1949	60.6	75	70.5	82	50.7	68	9.67	1	0
1948	62	55	71.7	65	52.4	48	2.86	80	0
1947	55.1	119	65.2	124	45	120	6.65	15	0
1946	63.3	34	73.9	36	52.7	45	4.99	32	1
1945	67.6	5	76.7	13	58.6	4	4.10	46	0
1944	61.5	63	71.4	67	51.6	58	4.61	39	0
1943	58.4	101	67.9	110	48.9	89	8.74	7	0
1942	57.8	104	67.8	112	47.8	95	5.30	28	0
1941	54.7	121	63.8	125	45.5	117	3.99	51	0
1940	60.4	76	72.5	49	48.4	93	1.89	105	0
1939	63.2	36	73.4	41	53.1	40	1.61	110	0
1938	68.2	4	77.7	7	58.6	4	2.89	79	0
1937	57.2	109	67.4	117	46.4	112	3.76	56	2
1936	64.1	29	74.7	31	53.6	36	1.27	118	2
1935			75.7	19			6.84	14	8
1934			72	61			9.21	5	13
1933	63	41	72.3	52	53.7	35	5.55	24	0
1932					46.6	110	1.48	113	4
1931					44.6	121	3.60	62	4
1930	57.9	103	68.1	109	47.8	95	2.68	84	0
1929	64.6	24	74.8	30	54.5	25	2.38	92	0
1928	62.9	44	72.3	52	53.5	38	5.30	28	0
1927	62.1	52	72.2	55	51.9	54	5.74	22	0
1926	57.4	108	65.7	123	49.1	86	9.39	3	0
1925	64	31	75.8	17	52.2	49	1.21	119	0
1924	57.2	109	68.3	107	47.1	103	3.34	70	3
1923	58.8	96	68.6	106	49	87	7.11	12	0
1922	60.9	71	71.4	67	50.4	73	7.75	8	0
1921	69.1	3	78.5	6	59.8	3	4.13	44	0
1920	59.6	85	69.7	92	49.6	79	3.22	74	0
1919	61.6	61	72.7	46	50.5	71	3.61	61	0
1918	61.3	66	75.4	20	47.5	99	3.30	72	1
1917							2.97	76	17
1916	62.8	46	78.7	4	46.9	107	1.86	107	0
1915	52.5	124	67.9	110	37.7	125	5.14	31	2
1914	55	120	67.2	119	42.5	123	3.89	54	2
1913	56.3	117	77	11	35.7	126	2.60	87	0
1912	55.5	118	70.6	79	40.4	124	4.02	48	0
1911	62.7	48	77.7	7	47.8	95	2.85	81	0
1910	64.9	20	81.1	1	48.8	90	0.39	128	0
1909			76.1	15			1.30	117	31
1908	66.5	7	79.4	2	53.6	36	2.20	99	0
1907							1.10	120	31
1906	60.1	80	75.1	24	45.2	119	3.20	75	0
1905	64.1	29	74.9	26	53.1	40	4.91	34	2
1903	62.7	48	70.6	79	54.8	22	9.42	2	2
1902	61.8	58	72	61	51.6	58	2.37	93	0
1901	58.7	97	71	75	46.4	112	3.27	73	0
1900	59.9	83	70.4	85	50.1	75	3.93	53	2
1899	62.8	46	73.4	41	51.7	56	2.97	76	2
1898	62.4	51	70.3	86	54.4	28	3.97	52	0
1897	66	11	74.7	31	57.4	8	5.52	25	0
1896	60.7	72	72.1	57	49.3	83	4.17	43	0
1895	62.9	44	73.5	39	52.2	49	3.79	55	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2020	70.7
2012	70.2
1921	69.1
1938	68.2
1945	67.6
1953	67.4
1908	66.5
2026	66.2
1974	66.2
2016	66.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	52.5
1969	54
1960	54.6
1941	54.7
1914	55
1947	55.1
1912	55.5
1913	56.3
1996	56.6
1962	56.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1949	9.67
1903	9.42
1926	9.39
2001	9.24
1934	9.21
1980	9.01
1943	8.74
1951	7.75
1922	7.75
2012	7.46

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1955	0.12
2006	0.19
1971	0.27
1910	0.39
1963	0.55
2019	0.70
1966	0.75
1996	0.80
1960	0.84
1953	1.03

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 84°F; 31 March 2026, 6 March 2026
Coldest night: 33°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.61 in; 11 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 1.43 in of precipitation in Lake Charles, LA, the driest March since 2019, 17th driest of 131.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Lake Charles, LA: 84°F on Tuesday 31 March 2026 and Friday 6 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Lake Charles, LA: a low of 33°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Lake Charles, LA: 0.61 in on Wednesday 11 March 2026.