Records for Lake Charles Area, Louisiana (LCHthr) on 05-17
  Record Highs
  
    - 
      1:  94°F (2018)
    
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      2:  94°F (1933)
    
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      3:  92°F (1988)
    
 
  Record Lows
  
    - 
      1:  46°F (1912)
    
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      2:  47°F (1917)
    
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      3:  51°F (1945)
    
 
  Lowest Highs
  
    - 
      1:  78°F (2015)
    
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      2:  77°F (1995)
    
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      3:  77°F (1989)
    
 
  Highest Lows
  
    - 
      1:  72°F (2009)
    
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      2:  74°F (2008)
    
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      3:  75°F (2021)
    
 
  Highest May temperature:
  
  100°F on 05-22-1915.
  Lowest May temperature:
  
  40°F on 05-01-1908.
  Average temperature is 76.7°F
  Average high is 85.7°F
  Average low is 67.7°F
 
  Temperature data from 1895 to 2022.
  Record Precipitation
  
    - 
      1:  12.49" (2021)
    
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      2:  1.62" (2004)
    
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      3:  1.16" (2010)
    
 
  Precipitation data from 1895 to 2022.