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Dangerous Heat in the Central and Eastern U.S.; Severe Thunderstorms in the Central U.S. and Northeast; Critical Fire Weather in the Four Corners

Dangerous, record-breaking heat will intensify across most of the central and eastern U.S this week. Heat indices will likely exceed 100 degrees. Severe thunderstorms are forecast from parts of the central High Plains into the Upper Midwest, and across parts of the Northeast. Critical fire weather conditions will continue across portions of the Four Corners and Great Basin. Read More >

MARCH TOP TENS
LAFAYETTE
 

10 Warmest March's
Lafayette
1893-2026

 

1 70.2 1907
2 70.0 1921
3 70.0 2020
4 69.1 2012
5 68.9 1938
6 68.8 1897
7 68.1 2017
8 67.8 1908
9 67.5 1911
10 67.5 1974

 

10 Coolest March's
Lafayette
1893-2026

 

1 52.5 1915
2 54.3 1969
3 54.9 1947
4 55.0 1941
5 55.3 1914
6 55.6 1931
7 56.0 1960
t8 56.8 1926
t8 56.8 1965
10 56.8 1924

 

10 Wettest March's
Lafayette
1893-2026
 

1 13.42 1947
2 12.38 1926
3 11.62 1973
4 10.86 1949
5 10.65 2001
6 10.50 1995
7 8.88 1922
8 8.77 1976
9 8.65 1903
10 8.02 1923

 

10 Driest March's
Lafayette
1893-2026

 

1 Trace 1955
2 0.15 2006
3 0.19 1916
4 0.37 2019
5 0.39 1907
6 0.55 1966
7 0.73 1984
8 0.88 1963
9 1.08 2004
10 1.12 1936

 


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