Climate averages 1991–2020
Lake Charles weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Lake Charles: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beaumont (87 km away). In April its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Lake Charles, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lake Charles ranks joint 82nd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 455th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Lake Charles is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lake Charles climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.0°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 129 | 9.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 96 | 9.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 104 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 24.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 118 | 9.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 101 | 10.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 31.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 133 | 14.8 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 114 | 16.3 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 117 | 15.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 30.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 121 | 11.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 95 | 8.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 20.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 107 | 8.7 | 10.711 h |
| December | 17.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 123 | 9.6 | 10.210 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Beaumont in AprilUnited States · 87 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in AprilUnited States · 114 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Baytown in AprilUnited States · 179 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in AprilUnited States · 195 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 115 mm rain
- League City in AprilUnited States · 198 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 93 mm rain
- Pasadena (Texas), United States in AprilUnited States · 202 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Pearland in AprilUnited States · 213 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Houston in AprilUnited States · 214 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 96 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lake Charles) is explained once on the Lake Charles year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.