Lake Charles, LA: September

30 September 2026: September 2026 averaged 83.3°F in Lake Charles, LA (1 day missing), the warmest September since 2019, 2nd warmest of 130.

September 2026

Mean temperature: 83.3°F; Warmest since 2019; 2nd warmest of 130

A normal September in Lake Charles, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 79.6°F, between 77.3°F and 81.9°F in eight years of ten and 4.59 in of precipitation, between 1.90 in and 9.69 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every September in Lake Charles, LA since 1895: 83.3°F in 2026; the highest is 83.8°F, in 2019.

Normal range, 77.3 to 81.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every September 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	83.3	2	92.7	8	73.8	3	3.33	89	1
2025	80.3	30	90.5	33	70.1	39	2.30	105	0
2024	80.9	19	90.3	38	71.5	19	1.09	123	0
2023	83	3	94.3	2	71.8	15	2.82	96	0
2022	78.6	73	88.7	60	68.4	73	1.66	112	0
2021	78.4	77	86.8	102	69.9	41	8.56	16	0
2020	79	58	86.8	102	71.2	29	3.02	94	0
2019	83.8	1	92.9	6	74.7	2	3.79	72	0
2018	81.9	8	88.3	71	75.5	1	10.32	7	0
2017	79.7	41	89.5	46	69.8	44	0.63	130	0
2016	81.8	9	90.4	34	73.2	7	3.44	86	0
2015	79.6	42	88.7	60	70.5	34	5.69	38	0
2014	79.8	39	88	79	71.7	17	4.97	50	0
2013	81.6	11	90.7	31	72.4	11	9.69	10	0
2012	79.6	42	88.8	57	70.3	38	7.11	23	0
2011	77.8	91	88.1	76	67.4	95	5.45	41	0
2010	81.6	11	92.2	12	71	31	0.92	125	0
2009	78.8	65	86.5	110	71.2	29	5.26	48	0
2008	77.1	108	86	115	68.1	83	4.38	60	0
2007	80.3	30	89.1	53	71.4	23	5.72	37	0
2006	77.9	87	87.7	86	68.2	78	2.81	97	0
2005	82.7	5	92.7	8	72.7	8	8.74	14	0
2004	80.5	25	91.3	25	69.7	45	2.00	109	0
2003	77.2	104	86.5	110	67.8	87	8.48	18	0
2002	79.5	47	87.1	93	71.9	14	4.42	58	0
2001	76.6	112	85	126	68.2	78	9.70	9	0
2000	78.9	63	90	41	67.9	85	3.13	92	0
1999	77.7	92	89.1	53	66.2	113	1.97	110	0
1998	82.1	6	90.4	34	73.8	3	12.58	4	0
1997	79.5	47	89.3	48	69.7	45	7.22	22	0
1996	77.4	96	86.1	114	68.7	67	7.38	21	0
1995	81	18	92	15	69.9	41	4.75	52	0
1994	78.2	81	88.1	76	68.2	78	3.46	85	0
1993	79.6	42	90.4	34	68.8	66	1.27	118	0
1992	78.4	77	87.1	93	69.7	45	3.56	82	0
1991	77.3	100	86.3	112	68.2	78	3.65	77	0
1990	78.7	69	88	79	69.4	53	9.55	11	0
1989	77.1	108	86.9	101	67.2	98	0.43	131	0
1988	78.9	63	88	79	69.7	45	7.76	20	0
1987	78	86	88.8	57	67.2	98	3.80	71	0
1986	81.7	10	90.8	28	72.6	9	6.22	31	0
1985	77.4	96	87.1	93	67.8	87	2.09	108	0
1984	75.9	121	85.5	122	66.3	112	6.81	25	0
1983	76.9	110	86	115	67.8	87	8.64	15	0
1982	76.3	114	86.3	112	66.4	109	8.51	17	0
1981	76.5	113	87	99	66	116	2.56	102	0
1980	80.9	19	89.2	52	72.6	9	5.76	36	0
1979	76	120	84.8	128	67.1	101	14.10	3	0
1978	78.3	80	86	115	70.7	32	6.04	34	0
1977	80	37	88.4	67	71.5	19	3.95	70	0
1976	77.5	94	88.3	71	66.6	105	3.26	90	0
1975	75.1	128	85.2	124	65	123	5.37	46	0
1974	75.2	127	83.6	131	66.7	103	3.60	79	0
1973	78.7	69	85.8	119	71.5	19	19.96	1	0
1972	79.5	47	87.7	86	71.4	23	5.82	35	0
1971	80.1	35	88.5	65	71.6	18	5.38	45	0
1970	80.2	33	88.5	65	71.8	15	4.13	64	0
1969	77.2	104	88.4	67	66	116	3.23	91	0
1968	75.6	125	85.4	123	65.7	119	3.11	93	0
1967	76.1	118	85.1	125	67.1	101	4.21	62	0
1966	79	58	88.3	71	69.6	50	3.54	83	0
1965	78.1	84	87.1	93	69	61	3.43	87	0
1964	78.2	81	87	99	69.3	55	6.14	32	0
1963	78.7	69	87.6	90	69.7	45	8.78	13	0
1962	79.3	52	87.8	83	70.7	32	1.01	124	0
1961	78.2	81	86.7	104	69.6	50	3.48	84	0
1960	79	58	89	56	68.9	65	2.58	100	0
1959	79.2	55	87.9	82	70.4	37	1.21	120	0
1958	80.5	25	87.5	91	73.5	5	10.04	8	0
1957	76.7	111	84.3	129	69	61	6.35	30	0
1956	78.8	65	89.6	45	68	84	0.07	132	0
1955	80.9	19	89.3	48	72.4	11	1.57	113	0
1954	80.4	29	91.4	23	69.3	55	0.70	128	0
1953	79.3	52	91.4	23	67.2	98	0.65	129	0
1952	77.2	104	88.1	76	66.4	109	1.77	111	0
1951	77.9	87	86.7	104	69	61	4.63	54	0
1950	78.1	84	87.8	83	68.3	74	5.45	41	0
1949	78.6	73	87.8	83	69.4	53	3.64	78	0
1948	76.3	114	86	115	66.6	105	3.71	74	0
1947	79.6	42	90.6	32	68.6	71	1.19	121	0
1946	77.9	87	86.7	104	69.2	58	6.63	27	1
1945	79.9	38	89.7	43	70.1	39	3.67	75	0
1944	79.4	50	89.3	48	69.5	52	5.17	49	0
1943	75.8	123	84.9	127	66.6	105	11.83	5	0
1942	75.9	121	85.6	121	66.2	113	4.02	68	0
1941	80.1	35	88.6	62	71.5	19	8.09	19	0
1940	75.8	123	87.7	86	64	127	2.44	104	0
1939	79.8	39	92.2	12	67.4	95	3.34	88	0
1938	77.6	93	88.6	62	66.6	105	3.98	69	0
1937	78.7	69	89.7	43	67.6	92	4.03	67	0
1936	80.9	19	90.2	39	71.4	23	4.73	53	2
1935	77.5	94	86.7	104	68.3	74	2.87	95	0
1934	77.3	100	87.1	93	67.6	92	6.44	29	2
1933	83	3	92.6	10	73.4	6	0.83	126	0
1932	78.8	65	88.3	71	69.3	55	5.45	41	0
1931	81.5	13	91.7	17	71.3	27	3.59	80	0
1930	77.3	100	88.3	71	66.4	109	4.61	55	0
1929	80.5	25	93.1	5	67.9	85	1.30	116	0
1928	77.4	96	87.4	92	67.5	94	6.07	33	0
1927	80.2	33	91.6	19	68.7	67	2.11	107	0
1926	82	7	92.5	11	71.4	23	4.61	55	0
1925	81.5	13	91.6	19	71.3	27	10.37	6	0
1924	78.8	65	91.6	19	65.9	118	1.30	116	0
1923	80.3	30	90	41	70.5	34	6.50	28	0
1922	79.1	57	89.5	46	68.6	71	4.16	63	0
1921	81.3	17	90.4	34	72.1	13	3.67	75	0
1920	80.5	25	91.1	26	69.9	41	3.57	81	0
1919	78.6	73	88.4	67	68.7	67	1.18	122	0
1918	74.2	130	84.2	130	64.1	126	4.94	51	0
1917	75.5	126	88.8	57	62.2	130	4.61	55	0
1916	78.6	73	91	27	66.1	115	5.60	39	0
1915	80.6	24	92.9	6	68.3	74	2.62	99	0
1914	79.2	55	90.8	28	67.7	91	4.11	65	0
1913	74.3	129	85.8	119	62.7	129	17.22	2	0
1912	79	58	92.2	12	65.7	119	2.57	101	0
1911	81.5	13	93.9	3	69.1	59	4.39	59	0
1910			94.6	1			2.54	103	11
1909	77.9	87	91.7	17	64.2	125	4.23	61	0
1908	76.2	116	88.4	67	64	127	7.10	24	0
1907	79.3	52	91.8	16	66.7	103	5.40	44	0
1906	81.5	13	93.8	4	69.1	59	1.25	119	0
1905	79.6	42	90.1	40	69	61	8.80	12	0
1904	79.4	50	91.5	22	67.3	97	6.81	25	0
1903	76.2	116	87.7	86	64.6	124	0.72	127	0
1902	78.4	77	88.6	62	68.2	78	5.48	40	0
1901	77.2	104	86.6	108	67.8	87	4.04	66	0
1900							1.45	114	4
1899	76.1	118	87.1	93	65.2	122	3.79	72	1
1898	79	58	89.3	48	68.7	67	5.29	47	0
1897	77.3	100	89.1	53	65.5	121	2.28	106	0
1896	77.4	96	86.6	108	68.3	74	2.71	98	0
1895	80.7	23	90.8	28	70.5	34	1.34	115	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	83.8
2026	83.3
2023	83
1933	83
2005	82.7
1998	82.1
1926	82
2018	81.9
2016	81.8
1986	81.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	74.2
1913	74.3
1975	75.1
1974	75.2
1917	75.5
1968	75.6
1943	75.8
1940	75.8
1984	75.9
1942	75.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1973	19.96
1913	17.22
1979	14.10
1998	12.58
1943	11.83
1925	10.37
2018	10.32
1958	10.04
2001	9.70
2013	9.69

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1956	0.07
1989	0.43
2017	0.63
1953	0.65
1954	0.70
1903	0.72
1933	0.83
2010	0.92
1962	1.01
2024	1.09

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 23 September 2026
Coldest night: 67°F; 25 September 2026
Wettest day: 1.91 in; 5 September 2026

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The hottest day of September 2026 in Lake Charles, LA: 97°F on Wednesday 23 September 2026.
The coldest night of September 2026 in Lake Charles, LA: a low of 67°F on Friday 25 September 2026.
The wettest day of September 2026 in Lake Charles, LA: 1.91 in on Saturday 5 September 2026.