Local radar
Lake Charles, LA (KLCH) Radar
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Nearby radars to KLCH
Every other catalog site within 200 miles, nearest first. These approximate distances are between radar sites; they are not coverage ranges.
- Fort Polk, Louisiana (KPOE)73 miles
- Houston, Texas (KHGX)120 miles
- Shreveport, Louisiana (KSHV)165 miles
- Hammond, Louisiana (KHDC)170 miles
About KLCH
KLCH is the ICAO code for the radar cataloged at Lake Charles, Louisiana.
- ICAO station code
- KLCH
- Catalog location
- Lake Charles
- State / territory
- Louisiana
- County / area in catalog
- Calcasieu
- Latitude
- 30.1253°
- Longitude
- -93.21588°
- Catalog elevation
- 137 feet (42 meters)
- NCDC identifier
- 30001876
- WBAN identifier
- 03937
Station listings and coordinates come from the NWS radar catalog (downloaded ). County/area names, identifiers, and elevations come from NOAA’s station metadata (downloaded ). These catalog snapshots do not report current radar availability. Catalog elevation includes the ground, tower, and feed horn.
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