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Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.; Fire Weather Concerns for the Western U.S.

Severe weather and flooding threats will continue for portions of the central U.S. through Thursday, focused from the central High Plains to the Mid-Mississippi Valley. Hot and dry conditions will fuel fire weather concerns for the Intermountain West, and dry thunderstorms may spark additional wildfires. Dangerous heat will build across the southern U.S. Friday into the 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