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Fire Weather Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads

The Plains to the mid-Mississippi Valley continue with warm and dry conditions. Any fires that initiate could spread quickly. The warm temperatures will expand across the Southern Plains into the Southwest where numerous records are expected through the weekend. Meanwhile, a cold front will move southward across the northern Plains and Great Lakes region where some snow will develop this weekend. Read More >

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FEBRUARY NORMALS & EXTREMES
PLUS SUNRISE/SUNSET & CIVIL TWILIGHT TIMES

LAFAYETTE

  TEMP NORMALS WARMEST COOLEST COOLEST WARMEST NORM RECORD NORMS
 DAY MAX MIN MEAN MAX/YR MAX/YR MIN/YR MIN/YR RAIN RAIN/YR HDD CDD
 1 64 45 54 83/1957 30/1951 19/1951 69/1975 0.16 2.02/1988 12 1
CT STARTS 0634 CST    SUNRISE 0659 CST    SUNSET 1745 CST    CT ENDS 1810 CST
 2 64 45 54 81/1927 26/1951 14/1951 67/1923 0.16 3.96/1959 11 1
CT STARTS 0633 CST    SUNRISE 0658 CST    SUNSET 1745 CST    CT ENDS 1810 CST
 3 64 45 54 83/1927 32/1996* 13/1951 66/2012* 0.16 2.06/1956 11 1
CT STARTS 0632 CST    SUNRISE 0657 CST    SUNSET 1746 CST    CT ENDS 1811 CST
 4 64 45 55 85/1957 33/1996 18/1996 68/2008 0.14 3.12/1992 11 1
CT STARTS 0632 CST    SUNRISE 0657 CST    SUNSET 1747 CST    CT ENDS 1812 CST
 5 64 45 55 81/2025 35/1912 16/1996 71/2008 0.15 4.91/1955 11 1
CT STARTS 0631 CST    SUNRISE 0656 CST    SUNSET 1748 CST    CT ENDS 1813 CST
 6 64 46 55 82/2025 34/1989 23/1917* 68/2019 0.14 3.18/1974 11 1
CT STARTS 0631 CST    SUNRISE 0655 CST    SUNSET 1749 CST    CT ENDS 1814 CST
 7 65 46 55 87/1957 23/1895 18/1895 70/1921 0.15 1.96/1896 11 1
CT STARTS 0630 CST    SUNRISE 0655 CST    SUNSET 1750 CST    CT ENDS 1814 CST
 8 65 46 55 84/1957 30/1899 13/1895 68/1999* 0.14 2.78/1905 10 1
CT STARTS 0629 CST    SUNRISE 0654 CST    SUNSET 1750 CST    CT ENDS 1815 CST
 9 65 46 56 83/1911 35/1973 19/1933* 67/1999 0.15 1.28/1984 10 1
CT STARTS 0629 CST    SUNRISE 0653 CST    SUNSET 1751 CST    CT ENDS 1816 CST
 10 65 46 56 84/1898 41/2011 21/1947 68/1999 0.14 3.85/1904 10 1
CT STARTS 0628 CST    SUNRISE 0652 CST    SUNSET 1752 CST    CT ENDS 1817 CST
 11 65 47 56 81/1932 37/1986 25/1973 70/2017 0.15 2.60/1935 10 1
CT STARTS 0627 CST    SUNRISE 0652 CST    SUNSET 1753 CST    CT ENDS 1818CST
 12 66 47 56 83/2017 34/1899 12/1899 69/2017 0.14 7.52/1905 10 1
CT STARTS 0626 CST    SUNRISE 0651 CST    SUNSET 1754 CST    CT ENDS 1818 CST
 13 66 47 56 81/1938* 17/1899 6/1899 68/1923 0.14 3.20/1914 10 1
CT STARTS 0625 CST    SUNRISE 0650 CST    SUNSET 1755 CST    CT ENDS 1819 CST
 14 66 47 57 80/1989* 25/1905 14/1905 69/1893 0.14 1.93/1953 9 1
CT STARTS 0625 CST    SUNRISE 0649 CST    SUNSET 1755 CST    CT ENDS 1820 CST
 15 66 48 57 85/1911 31/2021 22/2021 69/1990* 0.15 3.82/1982 9 1
CT STARTS 0624 CST    SUNRISE 0648 CST    SUNSET 1756 CST    CT ENDS 1821 CST
 16 66 48 57 84/1911 32/1909 16/2021 69/1932 0.14 1.81/1965 9 1
CT STARTS 0623 CST    SUNRISE 0647 CST    SUNSET 1757 CST    CT ENDS 1821 CST
 17 67 48 57 83/1911 37/2021 18/1895 67/1976* 0.15 2.15/1940 9 1
CT STARTS 0622 CST    SUNRISE 0647 CST    SUNSET 1758 CST    CT ENDS 1822 CST
 18 67 48 57 82/1956 31/1900 20/1900 69/2000 0.14 3.92/1988 8 1
CT STARTS 0621 CST    SUNRISE 0646 CST    SUNSET 1758 CST    CT ENDS 1823 CST
 19 67 48 58 83/1956 42/2006* 25/1910 67/2018 0.14 1.73/1991 8 1
CT STARTS 0620 CST    SUNRISE 0645 CST    SUNSET 1759 CST    CT ENDS 1824 CST
 20 67 49 58 84/1917* 40/2025 25/2021 70/2018 0.14 1.79/1919 8 1
CT STARTS 0619 CST    SUNRISE 0644 CST    SUNSET 1800 CST    CT ENDS 1824 CST
 21 67 49 58 81/1917 44/2025* 26/2025 70/2018 0.14 2.65/1894 8 1
CT STARTS 0618 CST    SUNRISE 0643 CST    SUNSET 1801 CST    CT ENDS 1825 CST
 22 68 49 58 84/1898 37/1968 26/1978 71/2018 0.14 2.77/1952 8 1
CT STARTS 0617 CST    SUNRISE 0642 CST    SUNSET 1802 CST    CT ENDS 1826 CST
 23 68 49 59 87/1910 36/1968 25/1911 71/2018 0.15 2.41/2004 8 1
CT STARTS 0616 CST    SUNRISE 0641 CST    SUNSET 1802 CST    CT ENDS 1826 CST
 24 68 50 59 82/2023 37/1894 26/1901 73/2018 0.14 2.72/1959 7 1
CT STARTS 0615 CST    SUNRISE 0640 CST    SUNSET 1803 CST    CT ENDS 1827 CST
 25 68 50 59 83/2023 34/1914 26/1914 69/1944 0.15 1.91/1993 7 1
CT STARTS 0614 CST    SUNRISE 0639 CST    SUNSET 1804 CST    CT ENDS 1828 CST
 26 69 50 59 82/1962 44/1914 24/1914 68/2023* 0.14 1.89/1966 7 1
CT STARTS 0613 CST    SUNRISE 0638 CST    SUNSET 1804 CST    CT ENDS 1829 CST
 27 69 50 60 83/1962 44/1982 25/1914 71/2011 0.15 2.98/1923 7 1
CT STARTS 0612 CST    SUNRISE 0637 CST    SUNSET 1805 CST    CT ENDS 1829 CST
 28 69 50 60 85/2011* 47/1937 24/2002 73/2017 0.14 2.10/1996 7 1
CT STARTS 0611 CST    SUNRISE 0635 CST    SUNSET 1806 CST    CT ENDS 1830 CST
 29 69 51 60 82/1948 44/1968 31/1984 68/2012 --- 1.63/1920 7 2
CT STARTS 0610 CST    SUNRISE 0634 CST    SUNSET 1807 CST    CT ENDS 1831 CST
 MON 66.1 47.4 56.8         4.07   256 25

                                                       

OTHER MONTHLY MEANS
# DAYS WITH  MAX >=90F MAX <=32F MIN <=32F MIN <=0F
  0 0 2 0
# DAYS PRECIP >=0.01" >=0.10" >=0.50" >=1.00"
  9 6 3 1

 

Note: Daily sums/averages will not equal monthly sums/averages due to rounding - click here for more info
 

 Normals are for the 30-year period from 1991-2020

Extremes (or records) are for the period of record (1893-2025) 

 

 Bold colored records indicate extreme for the month

Italicized bold colored records indicate most recent of multiple monthly extreme occurrences 

 
* Asterisks indicate records which tied previous records; asterisked value was the last year record occurred
 
 All times are approximate and in Central Standard Time - add one hour during Daylight Saving Time

CT stands for Civil Twilight, essentially times of dawn & dusk - see definitions here 
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