Climate averages 1991–2020
Lake Charles weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Lake Charles: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beaumont (87 km away). In March its highs average 21.2°C, about as warm as Lake Charles, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lake Charles ranks joint 74th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 377th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Lake Charles is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Beaumont in MarchUnited States · 87 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in MarchUnited States · 114 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Baytown in MarchUnited States · 179 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 99 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in MarchUnited States · 195 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.7°C · 118 mm rain
- League City in MarchUnited States · 198 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Pasadena (Texas), United States in MarchUnited States · 202 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Pearland in MarchUnited States · 213 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Houston in MarchUnited States · 214 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 94 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.