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 >

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

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