Critical Fire Weather and Severe Thunderstorm Threats This Week

Gusty winds and low relative humidity will contribute to critical fire weather Monday over parts of the central and southern High Plains. Scattered to widespread severe thunderstorms may bring damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes Monday through Thursday over the lower Mississippi River Valley and southern Plains into the Midwest and Ohio Valley. Read More >

EXTREME WEATHER STREAKS
LAFAYETTE

Most Consecutive Days with High Temps >=100°F
Lafayette
1893-2025

	# Days	Dates	High Temp	Avg Temp
1	17	7/30-8/15, 2023	103	101.8
2	11	8/17-27, 2023	110	103.7
3	7	8/30-9/5, 2000	104	102.0
t4	5	8/20-24, 1921	101	100.6
t4	5	7/20-24, 1924	103	101.0
t4	5	8/8-12, 1962	103	101.0
t7	4	6/30-7/3, 1894	104	102.0
t7	4	7/31-8/3, 1899	103	101.3
t7	4	6/16-19, 1901	103	101.3
t7	4	8/13-16, 1951	101	100.5

Most Consecutive Days with High Temps >=90°F
Lafayette
1893-2025

	# Days	Dates	High Temp	Avg Temp
1	99	6/7-9/13, 2023	110	97.8
2	58	7/2-8/28, 1962	103	95.5
3	56	7/7-8/31, 1924	103	97.3
4	50	6/13-8/1, 1960	100	94.9
5	46	7/19-9/2, 1952	98	93.5
t6	44	7/16-8/28, 2005	98	94.7
t6	44	7/5-8/17, 2015	102	95.9
8	42	7/21-8/31, 1999	100	95.1
9	40	7/20-8/28, 1921	101	95.4
t10	39	8/17-9/24, 1972	96	93.0
t10	39	8/14-9/21, 1995	99	94.6

Most Consecutive Days with Low Temps <=28°F
Lafayette
1893-2025

	# Days	Dates	Low Temp	Avg Temp
1	11	1/19-29, 1940	14	20.4
t2	8	12/15-22, 1901	12	19.6
t2	8	1/10-17, 1982	10	21.1
4	7	1/18-24, 1918	22	25.4
t5	6	1/25-30, 1897	17	21.2
t5	6	12/30/2000-1/4/2001	23	25.3
t7	5	Numerous times	--	--

Most Consecutive Days with Low Temps <=32°F
Lafayette
1893-2025

	# Days	Dates	Low Temp	Avg Temp
1	18	1/15-2/1, 1940	14	23.4
2	14	1/12-25, 1918	10	24.6
3	12	2/7-18, 1895	13	23.2
4	11	1/23-2/2, 1904	22	28.8
5	10	1/8-17, 1982	10	23.0
t6	9	12/8-16, 1917	16	25.9
t6	9	1/5-13, 2010	20	26.2
t8	8	12/15-22, 1901	12	19.6
t8	8	1/5-12, 1942	21	27.4
t8	8	12/20-27, 1989	9	22.1
t8	8	1/12-19, 2018	16	25.1
t8	8	2/13-20, 2021	16	25.8

Most Consecutive Days with Rain Totals >=1.00"
Lafayette
1893-2025

	# Days	Dates	High Amt	Avg Amt
t1	5	6/22-26, 1905	5.50	3.22
t1	5	11/11-15, 1929	3.46	2.28
t1	5	8/6-10, 1940	19.63	5.79
t1	5	6/5-9, 2001	6.42	3.02
5	4	7/12-15, 1949	1.99	1.64
t6	3	Numerous times	--	--

Most Consecutive Days with Rain Totals >=.01"
Lafayette
1893-2025

	# Days	Dates	High Amt	Avg Amt
1	19	7/6-24, 2012	1.76	0.51
2	17	7/14-30, 2011	1.03	0.27
t3	14	6/23-7/6, 1910	2.00	0.76
t3	14	8/11-24, 2002	2.52	0.70
5	13	7/15-27, 2024	2.13	0.66
6	12	7/29-8/9, 1923	1.60	0.47
t7	11	10/8-18, 1918	2.10	0.81
t7	11	7/14-24, 1920	1.95	0.59
t7	11	1/16-26, 1922	0.72	0.23
t7	11	7/17-27, 1929	0.82	0.25
t7	11	7/9-19, 1999	0.69	0.21

Most Consecutive Days without Measurable Rainfall (<.01")
Lafayette
1893-2025

	# Days	Dates
1	53	9/23-11/14, 1924
2	51*	9/5-10/25, 1953
3	44	10/10-11/22, 1936
t4	38	9/19-10/26, 1929
t4	38	2/22-3/31, 1955
6	37	9/19-10/25, 1917
7	36	9/25-10/30, 2024
8	35	9/8-10/12, 2022
9	33	9/29-10/31, 1963
10	32	6/5-7/6, 1979

* streak does not include one or more missing days
Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit
Precipitation in inches
'High Temp'/'Low Temp' denotes highest/lowest temperature recorded during the streak
'High Amt' denotes highest rainfall recorded during the streak
'Avg Temp/Amt' denotes the average high/low/rain amount during the streak

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