Climate averages 1991–2020
Lake Charles weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Lake Charles: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beaumont (87 km away). In August its highs average 32.4°C, about as warm as Lake Charles, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lake Charles ranks joint 123rd of 498 for the warmest August highs and 444th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Lake Charles is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Beaumont in AugustUnited States · 87 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in AugustUnited States · 114 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Baytown in AugustUnited States · 179 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in AugustUnited States · 195 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 133 mm rain
- League City in AugustUnited States · 198 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Pasadena (Texas), United States in AugustUnited States · 202 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Pearland in AugustUnited States · 213 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Houston in AugustUnited States · 214 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 98 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.