National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Showers and Storms continue across the East; Heat, Critical Fire Weather, Drought, and Poor Air Quality continues in the West

A series of fronts will focus locally heavy showers and storms across portions of the central and eastern U.S. through the end of the workweek. Dangerous to extreme heat continues across the Southwest U.S., eventually spreading eastward over the weekend into early next week. Elevated fire weather conditions continue across the Great Basin, with degraded air quality lingering across the Northwest. 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