Lake Charles, LA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 56.5°F in Lake Charles, LA, the warmest winter since 2023, 17th warmest of 112.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 56.5°F; Warmest since 2023; 17th warmest of 112

A normal winter in Lake Charles, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 54.7°F, between 51.4°F and 57.3°F in eight years of ten and 14.82 in of precipitation, between 8.35 in and 20.87 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Lake Charles, LA since 1896: 56.5°F in 2026; the highest is 60.4°F, in 2017.

Normal range, 51.4 to 57.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	56.5	17	67.2	14	45.8	29	9.25	106	0
2025	54.7	39	64.7	46	44.8	44	15.51	48	1
2024	55.5	27	65.8	29	45.1	39	15.67	46	0
2023	57.4	12	66.4	24	48.3	11	16.66	34	0
2022	56.1	20	67.2	14	45	41	5.03	129	0
2021	52.5	72	62.2	84	42.8	74	9.64	102	0
2020	57.8	9	67.6	11	47.9	12	10.10	98	0
2019	56.2	19	65.5	33	47	17	14.96	51	0
2018	55	37	63.9	58	46	26	17.49	30	0
2017	60.4	1	69.2	7	51.7	1	19.00	22	1
2016	56	23	66.4	24	45.5	33	8.41	115	0
2015	52.1	80	61.7	92	42.4	83	10.51	93	0
2014	49.9	103	60	112	39.8	104	8.84	108	0
2013	57.1	14	67.1	17	47.1	15	21.41	7	0
2012	58.1	7	67.4	12	48.8	7	21.51	6	0
2011	52.1	80	62.7	75	41.5	94	9.94	100	0
2010	49.4	106	58.7	118	40.1	103	16.69	33	0
2009	55.4	30	66.5	22	44.3	49	5.41	128	0
2008	55.8	25	66.4	24	45.3	36	11.59	85	0
2007	52.2	77	61.4	95	43.1	68	15.51	48	2
2006	54.3	48	65.4	36	43.2	67	8.57	110	0
2005	55.5	27	64.7	46	46.4	22	15.04	50	0
2004	52.8	68	63	69	42.7	77	20.23	14	0
2003	51.5	87	60.8	100	42.3	84	15.95	42	0
2002	53.6	55	64.1	55	43.1	68	10.77	91	0
2001	50.9	95	60.4	103	41.3	95	8.48	112	0
2000	56.1	20	67.4	12	44.8	44	6.80	125	0
1999	57.2	13	67.1	17	47.3	14	10.37	96	0
1998	53.9	52	63.8	61	44.1	53	20.86	11	0
1997	54.3	48	62.5	77	46	26	15.94	43	0
1996	53.6	55	63.7	63	43.5	58	10.58	92	0
1995	56.1	20	65.5	33	46.6	20	14.71	55	0
1994	53.1	65	62.8	73	43.4	62	7.80	117	0
1993	55	37	63.9	58	46	26	14.93	52	0
1992	55.5	27	64	57	47.1	15	17.11	32	0
1991	53.9	52	63	69	44.7	46	20.94	10	0
1990	53.3	61	62.3	83	44.2	51	16.19	39	0
1989	55.3	33	64.5	49	46.2	24	10.00	99	0
1988	52.5	72	61.9	88	43.1	68	13.19	71	0
1987	51.9	85	60.3	104	43.5	58	22.35	5	0
1986	52.8	68	62.9	71	42.6	79	7.40	123	0
1985	52.5	72	61.6	93	43.4	62	14.28	60	0
1984	50.6	99	60.2	107	41	99	12.99	74	0
1983	53	66	61.9	88	44.1	53	20.97	9	0
1982	52.2	77	62.4	80	42	90	7.04	124	0
1981	50.8	97	60.9	98	40.6	101	7.52	120	0
1980	52.7	70	62.4	80	43.1	68	10.86	90	0
1979	49.3	107	58.5	119	40.2	102	13.66	66	0
1978	47.3	112	55.8	121	38.8	109	11.92	82	0
1977	49.3	107	59.2	115	39.4	107	13.12	73	0
1976	53.7	54	64.4	51	43	73	5.65	127	0
1975	56	23	65.6	31	46.3	23	14.91	53	0
1974	55.3	33	65.1	40	45.6	32	21.38	8	0
1973	51.1	92	60.3	104	41.8	91	12.55	79	0
1972	58	8	67.1	17	48.8	7	19.87	18	0
1971	56.9	15	67.1	17	46.7	18	8.33	116	0
1970	50.2	102	60.5	102	39.8	104	10.41	95	0
1969	53.3	61	62.5	77	44.1	53	12.61	77	0
1968	50.9	95	59.6	113	42.1	88	19.84	19	0
1967	53.5	58	63.5	65	43.4	62	7.74	118	0
1966	52	84	60.9	98	43.1	68	17.65	26	0
1965	54.5	44	64.5	49	44.6	47	12.19	81	0
1964	47.7	111	57	120	38.5	110	11.90	83	0
1963	49.1	109	58.8	117	39.4	107	13.21	70	0
1962	54.4	45	64.3	53	44.5	48	8.84	108	0
1961	51.3	90	60.1	111	42.5	82	19.97	16	0
1960	50.5	100	59	116	42.1	88	13.69	65	0
1959	51	93	60.2	107	41.8	91	18.78	23	0
1958	51.9	85	61	97	42.8	74	11.43	86	0
1957	59.6	4	67.9	10	51.2	2	13.52	68	0
1956	55.8	25	65	44	46.7	18	11.39	88	0
1955	54.4	45	63.8	61	45	41	15.97	41	0
1954	55.3	33	65.1	40	45.5	33	8.44	114	0
1953	54.6	40	63.9	58	45.3	36	15.77	45	0
1952	59.3	5	68.3	9	50.2	6	16.36	36	0
1951	53.5	58	64.3	53	42.6	79	13.65	67	0
1950	60.3	2	69.4	5	51.1	3	14.16	64	0
1949	57.5	10	66.5	22	48.6	9	14.17	62	0
1948	51	93	60.8	100	41.2	98	17.49	30	0
1947	52.3	76	61.8	90	42.7	77	11.60	84	1
1946	52.1	80	62	87	42.3	84	20.62	12	0
1945	53.6	55	62.9	71	44.2	51	11.40	87	0
1944	54.6	40	63.7	63	45.4	35	17.62	29	2
1943	54.1	51	64.6	48	43.5	58	19.18	21	0
1942	51.4	89	61.6	93	41.3	95	16.52	35	0
1941	54.2	50	63.5	65	45	41	14.27	61	0
1940	48.6	110	59.5	114	37.7	113	8.56	111	0
1939	56.7	16	66.9	21	46.5	21	9.06	107	0
1938	56.4	18	65.1	40	47.6	13	10.47	94	0
1937					46.2	24	14.17	62	20
1936			60.2	107			14.87	54	15
1935			66.2	27			8.48	112	23
1934			68.7	8			16.31	38	19
1933					45.7	31	19.94	17	13
1932					50.3	4	23.14	4	10
1931	52.2	77	61.8	90	42.8	74	18.44	25	3
1930	54.6	40	65.6	31	43.8	56	14.63	56	2
1929	53.2	64	64.1	55	42.3	84	20.01	15	0
1928	53.3	61	63.4	67	43.3	66	15.93	44	0
1927	60.2	3	70.1	3	50.3	4	14.40	58	0
1926	52.6	71	62.8	73	42.3	84	9.52	104	6
1925	54.6	40	65.4	36	43.8	56	10.34	97	0
1924	54.4	45	64.4	51	44.3	49	25.64	2	0
1923	58.9	6	69.3	6	48.5	10	17.63	28	2
1922			65.8	29			15.61	47	20
1921					45.8	29	12.70	76	28
1920	55.4	30	66	28	45.1	39	13.13	72	3
1919									28
1918			62.4	80			9.57	103	15
1917							9.90	101	69
1916							16.35	37	60
1915	50.3	101	65.1	40	35.6	117	26.62	1	0
1914	51.2	91	67.2	14	35.3	118	6.00	126	0
1913	55.2	36	73.2	1	37	115	13.41	69	2
1912							24.23	3	31
1911	57.5	10	71	2	43.5	58	7.50	121	6
1910	50.7	98	65.4	36	36	116	12.36	80	4
1909			69.8	4	39.7	106	7.42	122	10
1908			65.2	39			12.80	75	31
1907							7.65	119	90
1906	49.9	103	62.1	85	37.9	111	12.60	78	4
1905			60.3	104			16.07	40	41
1904									24
1903	51.5	87	62.1	85	41.3	95	20.42	13	8
1902			61.4	95	37.8	112	9.38	105	10
1901	52.1	80	62.6	76	41.8	91	14.31	59	4
1900	52.5	72	62.5	77	42.6	79	17.65	26	6
1899	49.5	105	60.2	107	37.7	113	18.59	24	6
1898	55.4	30	65.5	33	45.2	38	19.57	20	0
1897	53.4	60	63.4	67	43.4	62	14.41	57	3
1896	53	66	64.9	45	40.9	100	10.92	89	2
1895									67

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2017	60.4
1950	60.3
1927	60.2
1957	59.6
1952	59.3
1923	58.9
2012	58.1
1972	58
2020	57.8
1949	57.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	47.3
1964	47.7
1940	48.6
1963	49.1
1979	49.3
1977	49.3
2010	49.4
1899	49.5
2014	49.9
1906	49.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1915	26.62
1924	25.64
1912	24.23
1932	23.14
1987	22.35
2012	21.51
2013	21.41
1974	21.38
1983	20.97
1991	20.94

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	5.03
2009	5.41
1976	5.65
1914	6.00
2000	6.80
1982	7.04
1986	7.40
1909	7.42
1911	7.50
1981	7.52

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 84°F; 27 February 2026, 21 February 2026
Coldest night: 21°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.32 in; 21 January 2026

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The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Lake Charles, LA: 84°F on Friday 27 February 2026 and Saturday 21 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Lake Charles, LA: a low of 21°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Lake Charles, LA: 2.32 in on Wednesday 21 January 2026.