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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 >

TOP INDIVIDUAL DAYS - AUGUST
LAFAYETTE
 

Warmest August Highs
Lafayette
1893-2025

1 110 8/27/2023
t2 106 8/24/2023
t2 106 8/26/2023
t4 105 8/19/2023
t4 105 8/23/2023
6 104 8/30/2000
t7 103 many dates

 

Coolest August Lows
Lafayette
1893-2025

t1 58 8/29/1906
t1 58 8/11/1923
t1 58 8/15/2004
t4 59 8/30/1906
t4 59 8/12/1931
t4 59 8/23/1956
t7 60 many dates

 

Wettest August Days
Lafayette
1893-2025 

1 19.63 8/9/1940
2 10.40 8/13/2016
3 10.39 8/12/2016
4 6.18 8/15/1949
5 5.83 8/27/2020
6 5.60 8/4/1940
7 5.49 8/25/2022
8 5.01 8/26/1967
9 4.73 8/26/1992
10 4.32 8/28/1978

 


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