Lake Charles Regional Airport

KLCH · Louisiana, United States

Climate Lake Charles Regional Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lake Charles Regional Airport (KLCH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.9 68 56 76 70 57
February 52.6 70 46 57 54 58
March 67.6 65 62 68 72 58
April 71.3 70 68 67 73 75
May 79.2 76 78 71 89
June 87.8 90 90 87 91
July 91.7 95 89 93 87
August 90.7 97 82 93 91
September 85.6 95 95 80 55
October 81.1 81 87 85 71
November 75.6 65 73 82 80
December 68.7 77 57 67 74
Average 76.0 68.0 75.8 77.2 77.6 75.0

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.1 81 76 95 88 79
February 76.8 92 75 79 76 74
March 88.1 87 89 86 88 84
April 91.4 95 90 92 90 92
May 94.1 92 93 90 97
June 96.5 98 95 97 96
July 97.3 98 95 97 98
August 94.9 99 89 97 95
September 90.6 97 98 88 68
October 89.8 90 93 90 84
November 87.1 77 85 90 92
December 82.8 87 69 79 92
Average 89.7 88.9 89.2 89.8 89.7 88.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.4 16 19 17 17 19
February 19.9 21 20 18 17 20
March 23.4 23 24 22 24 26
April 25.4 26 24 26 25 26
May 29.1 29 31 28 28
June 31.6 32 33 31 31
July 32.7 35 32 32 32
August 33.2 37 32 33 33
September 30.1 34 31 30 20
October 27.3 28 27 28 26
November 21.6 21 21 21 24
December 19.3 19 21 23 17
Average 25.4 21.6 26.8 26.0 25.8 24.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.3 5 10 5 7 10
February 10.1 11 11 6 6 10
March 13.3 14 14 9 13 17
April 15.6 17 15 16 16 15
May 19.6 19 21 19 19
June 22.4 23 21 24 23
July 23.9 26 23 25 25
August 23.6 25 23 24 21
September 20.0 22 21 21 12
October 16.3 17 13 19 16
November 10.7 11 10 9 12
December 9.2 8 11 14 7
Average 15.5 11.7 16.7 14.9 16.4 15.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.3 7 8 2 1 4
February 5.0 5 7 1 5 6
March 2.8 2 3 3 1 1
April 2.1 1 3 1 3 2
May 2.7 2 2 5 1
June 4.2 1 2 4 2
July 3.7 1 6 4 3
August 4.9 1 5 2 2
September 4.8 1 2 10 2
October 3.5 3 4 1 1
November 4.7 8 9 2 3
December 5.0 6 7 1 3
Average 3.9 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.1 2.5

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.4 10 10 10 10 9
February 9.4 10 10 9 9 9
March 9.5 9 10 11 10 9
April 9.6 10 10 12 9 9
May 8.2 7 9 9 8
June 7.1 8 7 8 7
July 6.0 7 7 5 7
August 6.3 8 6 6 6
September 6.4 6 6 7 8
October 7.8 9 8 7 8
November 7.8 8 9 7 9
December 8.3 8 8 9 9
Average 8.2 9.8 8.4 8.5 7.9 8.0

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 043° 148° 016° 356° 094°
February 215° 192° 058° 048° 052°
March 127° 153° 162° 128° 154°
April 165° 103° 155° 108° 110°
May 139° 184° 128° 148°
June 209° 200° 149° 133°
July 220° 193° 196° 163°
August 213° 172° 151° 026°
September 114° 054° 085° 056°
October 090° 106° 120° 063°
November 056° 067° 063° 063°
December 067° 118° 177° 122°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.