Lake Charles, LA: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 81.4°F in Lake Charles, LA, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2018, tied 3rd warmest of 121 (with 1941).

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 81.4°F; Warmest since 2018; 3rd warmest of 121
Precipitation: 0.22 in; Driest since 2024; 56th driest of 131

A normal 1 to 9 October in Lake Charles, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 74.9°F, between 69.1°F and 80.3°F in eight years of ten and 0.50 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 4.61 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Lake Charles, LA since 1895: 81.4°F in 2026; the highest is 81.7°F, in 1898.

Normal range, 69.1 to 80.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October 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	81.4	3	90.9	8	71.9	4	0.22	76	0
2025	79.5	13	89.9	11	69.1	18	0.37	59	0
2024	77.9	24	88.7	19	67.2	32	0.00	108	0
2023	74.3	57	84.3	70	64.3	53	0.56	51	0
2022	71.6	86	86	45	57.2	103	0.00	108	0
2021	76.9	30	85.9	50	67.9	26	0.75	47	0
2020	70.8	90	81.2	110	60.3	81	9.65	1	0
2019	81.3	5	91.3	5	71.2	7	1.30	38	0
2018	81.6	2	89.6	15	73.7	1	1.31	37	0
2017	80.3	8	89.7	13	71	8	0.69	48	0
2016	75.8	42	86.7	37	64.9	50	0.13	79	0
2015	73.3	67	84.3	70	62.3	66	0.00	108	0
2014	75.2	49	84.7	63	65.8	43	1.74	25	0
2013	74.8	54	84.2	74	65.3	47	0.26	71	0
2012	70.3	95	81.7	104	58.9	92	0.01	93	0
2011	70.2	96	84.6	65	55.9	111	0.05	86	0
2010	68.6	106	85.2	57	51.9	122	trace	95	0
2009	79.1	15	86.6	38	71.7	5	4.58	8	0
2008	72	81	84.1	76	59.9	83	0.46	55	0
2007	80.6	7	90.6	9	70.7	9	0.54	53	0
2006	76	40	88	24	64	56	trace	95	0
2005	77.9	24	87	34	68.8	24	0.27	68	0
2004	76.9	30	84.9	61	68.9	21	2.29	18	0
2003	71.4	87	82	99	60.8	77	1.59	29	0
2002	78.2	22	84.2	74	72.2	3	6.78	3	0
2001	68.7	105	79.4	119	58	99	1.20	40	0
2000	68.4	108	78.4	122	58.3	97	1.30	38	0
1999	73.6	65	85.1	60	62	69	0.66	49	0
1998	74.9	52	82.9	90	66.9	36	4.84	6	0
1997	76.6	37	86.3	42	66.9	36	0.40	57	0
1996	71.9	83	80.1	116	63.8	57	0.08	85	0
1995	73.2	68	84.3	70	62	69	2.36	17	0
1994	76.6	37	86	45	67.1	34	0.19	78	0
1993	75.5	46	86.9	35	64.1	55	0.38	58	0
1992	69.1	103	82.4	93	55.8	112	0.28	67	0
1991	69.6	99	80.8	112	58.4	95	trace	95	0
1990	78.3	17	88.1	22	68.6	25	0.26	71	0
1989	74.1	60	87.4	32	60.8	77	0.04	87	0
1988	68.3	109	79.9	118	56.8	104	1.37	35	0
1987	66.6	117	81.3	107	51.9	122	0.00	108	0
1986	78.3	17	86	45	70.7	9	0.24	73	0
1985	66.5	119	79	120	54	115	0.02	89	0
1984	69.5	100	80.6	113	58.4	95	5.60	5	0
1983	73.6	65	86	45	61.1	74	0.01	93	0
1982	78.3	17	86.4	40	70.1	14	2.68	13	0
1981	75.6	43	85.6	54	65.7	45	0.56	51	0
1980	67.8	111	81.6	106	54	115	0.00	108	0
1979	72.3	75	84	77	60.7	79	trace	95	0
1978	71.1	89	82.2	97	59.9	83	0.00	108	0
1977	73.1	70	83.3	87	62.9	62	1.59	29	0
1976	65.8	121	78.1	123	53.6	118	0.02	89	0
1975	67.8	111	81.7	104	54	115	0.00	108	0
1974	68.5	107	82.6	92	54.4	114	0.00	108	0
1973	79.2	14	87.8	27	70.7	9	0.35	61	0
1972	70.1	97	81.1	111	59.1	88	0.00	108	0
1971	77.2	27	86.6	38	67.8	27	1.55	31	0
1970	73.2	68	83.7	82	62.7	63	4.39	9	0
1969	75.5	46	86	45	65	49	1.05	42	0
1968	73.1	70	82.3	95	63.8	57	1.78	24	0
1967	72.1	79	84.7	63	59.4	85	0.30	66	0
1966	72.4	74	83.4	86	61.4	72	0.82	44	0
1965	67.7	113	76.1	125	59.3	87	0.32	63	0
1964	66.8	116	77.2	124	56.4	107	0.10	84	0
1963	73.9	63	85.7	53	62.2	68	0.00	108	0
1962	75.6	43	86.9	35	64.3	53	0.36	60	0
1961	69	104	80	117	58	99	1.65	27	0
1960	74.2	59	83.8	81	64.7	51	1.52	32	0
1959	78	23	87.1	33	68.9	21	1.06	41	0
1958	72	81	80.4	114	63.6	60	0.11	82	0
1957	71.8	84	81.8	102	61.8	71	trace	95	0
1956	75.6	43	87.6	30	63.7	59	0.33	62	0
1955	77	29	86.4	40	67.6	29	2.48	14	0
1954	79.9	11	90.2	10	69.6	16	trace	95	0
1953	74.4	55	86.1	44	62.7	63	trace	95	0
1952	66.6	117	80.2	115	53	120	trace	95	0
1951	73.1	70	83.6	83	62.7	63	0.00	108	0
1950	72.6	73	84.3	70	60.9	76	trace	95	0
1949	75.4	48	81.8	102	69	19	6.54	4	0
1948	70.8	90	85.4	55	56.2	110	0.02	89	0
1947	75.2	49	88	24	62.3	66	trace	95	0
1946	72.2	78	84	77	60.4	80	trace	95	0
1945	74.3	57	82.2	97	66.3	39	3.33	11	0
1944	76.3	39	85.2	57	67.4	31	4.75	7	0
1943	70.1	97	81.3	107	58.9	92	0.00	108	0
1942	71.8	84	84.6	65	59.1	88	0.02	89	0
1941	81.4	3	89.4	16	73.3	2	1.61	28	0
1940	70.4	93	84	77	56.8	104	0.03	88	0
1939	72.3	75	85.8	52	58.8	94	0.27	68	0
1938	77.4	26	89	18	65.8	43	0.61	50	0
1937	76.8	34	85.9	50	67.8	27	2.16	21	0
1936					61	75	1.04	43	1
1935			83.3	87			0.00	108	1
1934			82.4	93			0.31	65	2
1933			84.9	61			0.23	74	1
1932					56.4	107	0.82	44	1
1931	78.3	17	87.7	28	69	19	2.03	22	0
1930	71.4	87	83.9	80	59	90	2.29	18	0
1929	74.9	52	89.7	13	60.1	82	trace	95	0
1928	80.3	8	91.8	4	68.9	21	0.27	68	0
1927	79.9	11	89.3	17	70.6	12	0.78	46	0
1926	77.2	27	87.9	26	66.4	38	0.11	82	0
1925	81.2	6	91.9	2	70.6	12	0.12	80	0
1924					59.4	85	0.00	108	4
1923			86.2	43			0.23	74	3
1922	74.4	55	85.2	57	63.6	60	0.32	63	0
1921	69.3	102	82	99	56.6	106	0.41	56	0
1920	67.3	114	81.9	101	52.8	121	0.00	108	0
1919	75.9	41	84.6	65	67.2	32	8.22	2	0
1918	76.8	34	87.6	30	66.1	40	0.54	53	0
1917	68	110	84.4	68	51.6	124	0.00	108	0
1916	73.8	64	88.6	20	59	90	0.00	108	0
1915	70.8	90	83.6	83	58	99	2.20	20	0
1914	75	51	85.4	55	64.6	52	0.00	108	0
1912	74	62	89.8	12	58.2	98	0.00	108	0
1911	78.3	17	91.2	7	65.3	47	0.00	108	0
1910							3.33	11	9
1909	72.3	75	91.3	5	53.3	119	2.37	16	0
1908	65.9	120	82.7	91	49.1	125	0.00	108	0
1907	78.8	16	88.4	21	69.2	17	1.95	23	0
1906	70.4	93	84.4	68	56.4	107	4.00	10	0
1905	76.7	36	83.6	83	69.8	15	0.00	108	0
1904	80	10	92.4	1	67.6	29	0.20	77	0
1903	76.9	30	87.7	28	66.1	40	1.44	33	0
1902	69.4	101	81.3	107	57.4	102	1.74	25	0
1901	72.1	79	83	89	61.2	73	1.37	35	0
1900					67.1	34	2.45	15	1
1899							0.00	108	2
1898	81.7	1	91.9	2	71.6	6	0.12	80	0
1897	76.9	30	88.1	22	65.7	45	0.00	108	0
1896	74.1	60	82.3	95	65.9	42	trace	95	0
1895	67.2	115	78.7	121	55.7	113	1.38	34	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1898	81.7
2018	81.6
2026	81.4
1941	81.4
2019	81.3
1925	81.2
2007	80.6
2017	80.3
1928	80.3
1904	80

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1976	65.8
1908	65.9
1985	66.5
1987	66.6
1952	66.6
1964	66.8
1895	67.2
1920	67.3
1965	67.7
1980	67.8
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2020	9.65
1919	8.22
2002	6.78
1949	6.54
1984	5.60
1998	4.84
1944	4.75
2009	4.58
1970	4.39
1906	4.00

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2024	0.00
2022	0.00
2015	0.00
1987	0.00
1980	0.00
1978	0.00
1975	0.00
1974	0.00
1972	0.00
1963	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 2 October 2026
Coldest night: 66°F; 9 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.14 in; 3 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.22 in of precipitation in Lake Charles, LA, the driest 1 to 9 October since 2024, 56th driest of 131.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Lake Charles, LA: 95°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Lake Charles, LA: a low of 66°F on Friday 9 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Lake Charles, LA: 0.14 in on Saturday 3 October 2026.