Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Westlake, LA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Moss Bluff 2 NNW, LA, 7 miles northeast of Westlake at 25 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 73°F; January is the coolest, at 63°F and 40°F. August is the wettest at 7.5 inches of precipitation on average and March the driest at 4.1 inches; the year adds up to 69.3 inches over 74 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 54% of the year's precipitation (37.5 of 69.3 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 44 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (19); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 6.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 93 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 25 nights a year. That 69.3 inches is more than at 79 of the 81 Louisiana stations used on this site (98%). Lake Charles, 5 miles southeast, has its own station (Lake Charles, LA): 59.8 inches a year, 9.5 less than here, and the same July average high, 92°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Lake Charles, LA, 4 miles southeast, averaged 89°F in August and 59°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from May to September.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 273 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Westlake: 187 thunderstorm wind reports, 59 flash floods, 11 heavy rain events, 8 floods and 8 lightning strikes. They killed 5 people and injured 16, and the NWS estimated $533.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on May 26, 2010. May has had the most flash floods, 14 of 59. Of the 239 Louisiana cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 207 have had fewer than Westlake.

Flood insurance policyholders in Westlake's ZIP code 70669 have filed 534 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $13.3 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1989: 137 claims (26% of all) and $1.9 million, then Hurricane Rita in 2005 with 80 and Hurricane Ike in 2008 with 79. The year with the most claims was 2008, with 87. 70% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 219 Louisiana cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 146 have fewer than Westlake.