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Areas of Dangerous Heat and Severe Thunderstorms

Dangerous heat will build across the Southwest U.S. through the end of the week with daytime highs of 110-115°F. Heat across the southern Plains will briefly ease to near-normal by late week before returning over much of the Plains into next week. Severe thunderstorms are expected across parts of the central and southern High Plains, central Great Lakes, and Ozarks Wednesday. Read More >

JANUARY TOP TENS
LAFAYETTE
 

10 Warmest January's
Lafayette
1893-2026

 

1 64.8 1950
2 61.9 1952
3 61.7 1907
4 61.4 1937
5 61.3 2017
6 60.0 1974
7 60.0 2023
8 59.9 1923
9 59.9 1911
10 59.4 1916

 

10 Coolest January's
Lafayette
1893-2026

 

1 40.4 1940
2 42.0 1897
3 42.1 1918
4 43.9 1977
5 44.1 1948
6 44.4 1978
7 45.0 1985
t8 45.3 1979
t8 45.3 2014
10 45.8 1966

 

10 Wettest January's
Lafayette
1893-2026
 

1 16.74 1993
2 13.96 1992
3 12.73 1998
4 11.18 2013
5 11.03 1991
6 10.44 1974
7 10.05 1916
8 9.99 1937
9 9.89 1946
10 9.80 1966

 

10 Driest January's
Lafayette
1893-2026

 

1 0.35 1928
2 0.55 1971
3 0.68 2003
4 0.73 1914
5 0.91 1927
6 1.02 1981
7 1.11 1957
t8 1.20 1902
t8 1.20 1907
10 1.36 1952

 


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