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Dangerous Heat in the Southwest; Severe Thunderstorms from the Central Plains into the Ohio Valley

Dangerous heat will build across the Southwest U.S. through the end of the week with daytime highs of 110-115°F. Isolated to widely scattered severe storms are expected across parts of the central and southern High Plains, Great Lakes into the Ohio Valley, and parts of the Ozarks to Lower Mississippi Valley today. Read More >

TOP INDIVIDUAL DAYS - JANUARY
LAFAYETTE
 

Warmest January Highs
Lafayette
1893-2026

1 87 1/20/1916
t2 83 1/30/1927
t2 83 1/23/1933
t2 83 1/31/1957
t2 83 1/1/2022
t6 82 multiple dates

 

Coolest January Lows
Lafayette
1893-2026

1 4 1/22/2025
2 8 1/21/2025
t3 10 1/12/1918
t3 10 1/12/1918
5 11 1/13/1918
6 12 1/11/1962
t7 13 1/12/1962
t7 13 1/21/1985
t9 14 1/19/1940
t9 14 1/24/1948
t9 14 1/10/1962

 

Wettest January Days
Lafayette
1893-2026

1 9.99 1/20/1993
2 5.80 1/28/1916
3 4.66 1/10/1991
4 4.15 1/4/1931
5 3.75 1/23/1932
6 3.74 1/18/1992
7 3.71 1/2/1911
8 3.62 1/7/1993
9 3.25 1/9/2012
10 3.24 1/4/1926

 


Warmest & Coolest is temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Wettest is rainfall in inches