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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 >

DECEMBER TOP TENS
LAFAYETTE
 

10 Warmest December's
Lafayette
1893-2025

 

1 65.1 2021
2 64.5 1971
3 63.5 1984
4 63.4 1933
5 62.8 1922
6 61.8 2015
7 60.2 1923
8 60.0 1956
9 59.7 1931
10 59.7 1921

 

10 Coolest December's
Lafayette
1893-2025

 

1 44.4 1989
2 44.9 1963
3 46.6 2000
4 47.0 1983
5 47.0 1905
6 47.4 1909
t7 48.5 1903
t7 48.5 1914
9 48.5 1895
10 48.7 1917

 

10 Wettest December's
Lafayette
1893-2025
 

1 15.74 1912
2 14.68 1982
3 12.82 1922
4 12.21 1971
5 11.83 1911
6 11.39 1920
7 10.80 2009
8 10.65 1967
9 10.27 1933
10 10.20 1995

 

10 Driest December's
Lafayette
1893-2025

 

1 0.89 1980
2 1.64 1896
3 1.75 1966
4 1.90 2011
t5 2.17 1894
t5 2.17 1958
7 2.31 1998
8 2.32 1979
9 2.33 1906
10 2.43 2001

 


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