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Winter Returns Across the Northern Tier; Record Warmth for the Southwest

A large high pressure system will usher in cold air for this first day of March across the northern Plains, Great Lakes, Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Some wintry precipitation may evolve across the mid-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic through Monday. Meanwhile, record warmth will spread across the Southwest, southern Plains through early this week. Read More >

TOP INDIVIDUAL DAYS - JANUARY
LAFAYETTE
 

Warmest January Highs
Lafayette
1893-2026

1 87 1/20/1916
t2 83 1/30/1927
t2 83 1/23/1933
t2 83 1/31/1957
t2 83 1/1/2022
t6 82 multiple dates

 

Coolest January Lows
Lafayette
1893-2026

1 4 1/22/2025
2 8 1/21/2025
t3 10 1/12/1918
t3 10 1/12/1918
5 11 1/13/1918
6 12 1/11/1962
t7 13 1/12/1962
t7 13 1/21/1985
t9 14 1/19/1940
t9 14 1/24/1948
t9 14 1/10/1962

 

Wettest January Days
Lafayette
1893-2026

1 9.99 1/20/1993
2 5.80 1/28/1916
3 4.66 1/10/1991
4 4.15 1/4/1931
5 3.75 1/23/1932
6 3.74 1/18/1992
7 3.71 1/2/1911
8 3.62 1/7/1993
9 3.25 1/9/2012
10 3.24 1/4/1926

 


Warmest & Coolest is temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Wettest is rainfall in inches