Heat in Lower St. Martin, Louisiana

A heat wave of record proportions began in late August across southwestern and central Louisiana. Record high temperatures for the month of August, and is some cases all-time, with records dating back to the late 1800s or early 1900s. In Lake Charles, the mercury soared to 107 on August 31st, beating the old all time record high of 106 set on June 27 1930. In Lafayette, the termperature topped out at 103, and in Alexandria it reached 109 on August 31st, breaking the all-time record high set the day before of 108, which before then was set on August 1 1998 and August 9 1947 with 107 degrees.