Climate averages 1991–2020
Lake Charles weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Lake Charles: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beaumont (87 km away). In October its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Lake Charles, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lake Charles ranks joint 87th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 367th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Lake Charles is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 107 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Beaumont in OctoberUnited States · 87 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in OctoberUnited States · 114 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Baytown in OctoberUnited States · 179 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in OctoberUnited States · 195 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 86 mm rain
- League City in OctoberUnited States · 198 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 112 mm rain
- Pasadena (Texas), United States in OctoberUnited States · 202 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Pearland in OctoberUnited States · 213 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Houston in OctoberUnited States · 214 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 105 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.