Climate averages 1991–2020
Lake Charles weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Lake Charles: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beaumont (87 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Lake Charles, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lake Charles ranks joint 69th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 369th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Lake Charles is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 133 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Beaumont in MayUnited States · 87 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in MayUnited States · 114 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Baytown in MayUnited States · 179 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in MayUnited States · 195 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 105 mm rain
- League City in MayUnited States · 198 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Pasadena (Texas), United States in MayUnited States · 202 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Pearland in MayUnited States · 213 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Houston in MayUnited States · 214 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 90 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.