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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 >

TOP INDIVIDUAL DAYS - MARCH
LAFAYETTE
 

Warmest March Highs
Lafayette
1893-2025

t1 93 3/5/1910
t1 93 3/12/1911
t3 91 3/9/1911
t3 91 3/11/1911
t5 90 3/13/1911
t5 90 3/30/1946
t7 89 3/25/1899
t7 89 3/29/1909
t7 89 3/16/1955
t7 89 3/25/2023

 

Coolest March Lows
Lafayette
1893-2025

1 22 3/3/1980
t2 24 3/5/1917
t2 24 3/20/1923
t2 24 3/3/1943
t5 25 3/2/1980
t5 25 3/9/1996
t7 26 multiple dates

 

Wettest March Days
Lafayette
1893-2025 

1 4.15 3/2/1979
2 4.09 3/13/1995
3 4.07 3/12/1947
4 4.04 3/24/1976
5 4.01 3/13/1947
6 3.79 3/19/1905
7 3.71 3/24/1973
8 3.69 3/1/2002
9 3.62 3/21/1949
10 3.14 3/6/1933

 


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