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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 >

AUGUST TOP TENS
LAFAYETTE
 

10 Warmest August's
Lafayette
1893-2025

 

1 90.3 2023
2 87.1 2011
3 86.6 2024
4 86.0 1999
5 85.3 1951
6 85.2 2007
7 85.2 2010
8 85.0 2005
9 84.8 1995
10 84.5 1902

 

10 Coolest August's
Lafayette
1893-2025

 

1 78.8 1966
2 79.2 1967
3 79.2 1940
4 79.4 1931
5 79.6 1965
6 79.6 1904
7 79.8 1992
8 80.0 1894
9 80.0 1973
10 80.1 1945

 

10 Wettest August's
Lafayette
1893-2025
 

1 37.99 1940
2 24.74 2016
3 15.98 2022
4 14.27 2017
5 11.67 2020
6 10.99 1898
7 10.45 1967
8 10.39 1992
9 9.81 2002
10 9.60 1897

 

10 Driest August's
Lafayette
1893-2025

 

1 1.10 2023
2 1.23 1999
3 1.34 1943
4 1.38 1946
5 1.44 1925
6 1.62 1929
7 1.75 1933
8 1.81 1921
9 1.95 1896
10 1.96 1951

 


Warmest & Coolest represents temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Temperature ties, if possible, have been broken by going to ten thousandths of a degree
Wettest & Driest represents rainfall in inches