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 - MAY
LAFAYETTE

Warmest May Highs
Lafayette
1893-2025

t1	98	5/29/1896
t1	98	5/23/1902
t1	98	5/31/1977
t1	98	5/30/1998
t1	98	5/31/1998
t6	97	5/24/19896
t6	97	5/26/1901
t6	97	5/31/1951
t6	97	5/22/2005
t10	96	many times

Coolest May Lows
Lafayette
1893-2025

t1	42	5/1/1925
t1	42	5/3/1929
t3	44	5/13/1895
t3	44	5/7/1898
t3	44	5/10/1906
t3	44	5/4/1921
t3	44	5/12/1924
t3	44	5/4/1954
t3	44	5/5/1954
t3	44	5/4/2013

Wettest May Days
Lafayette
1893-2025

1	10.38	5/16/1980
2	9.09	5/8/1907
3	6.87	5/28/2014
4	6.86	5/12/2004
5	6.41	5/3/2017
6	6.37	5/17/2021
7	6.07	5/23/1927
8	5.15	5/6/1935
9	5.07	5/22/2008
10	4.99	5/31/1999

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

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