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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 >

OCTOBER TOP TENS
LAFAYETTE
 

10 Warmest October's
Lafayette
1893-2025

 

1 77.4 1919
2 76.3 2004
3 74.6 1984
4 74.5 1941
5 74.3 1971
6 74.2 2021
7 74.1 2018
8 73.7 1947
9 73.7 2016
10 73.2 1926

 

10 Coolest October's
Lafayette
1893-2025

 

1 61.7 1952
2 62.5 1976
3 62.8 1917
4 64.1 1908
5 64.3 1906
6 64.5 1895
7 64.7 1987
8 65.4 1980
9 65.6 1903
10 65.7 1964

 

10 Wettest October's
Lafayette
1893-2025
 

1 18.27 2002
2 15.65 1985
3 13.70 1949
4 12.79 1984
5 12.52 2009
6 12.16 1925
7 12.02 1918
8 11.40 2004
9 10.57 1964
10 10.32 1996

 

10 Driest October's
Lafayette
1893-2025

 

t1 0.00 1924
t1 0.00 1963
3 0.10 1952
4 0.14 1940
5 0.23 2011
6 0.30 1978
7 0.34 2012
8 0.41 1917
9 0.43 2022
10 0.44 1904

 


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