Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and Southwest; Heavy rains in the Desert Southwest and Central Plains

Sweltering heat remains across the South-Central Plains, Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley, and the Southwest this week with limited nighttime relief. Thunderstorms will bring heavy rainfall leading to localized flash flooding in portions of the Desert Southwest and central Plains. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of the central Plains into the Northeast. Read More >

TOP INDIVIDUAL DAYS - APRIL
LAFAYETTE

Warmest April Highs
Lafayette
1893-2026

t1	93	4/8/1910
t1	93	4/28/1933
t1	93	4/21/1987
t1	93	4/28/1987
t1	93	4/17/2006
t6	92	multiple dates

Coolest April Lows
Lafayette
1893-2026

1	32	4/13/1940
t2	33	4/3/1915
t2	33	4/4/1915
t2	33	4/5/1920
t2	33	4/8/1939
t2	33	4/5/1987
t7	34	4/3/1936
t7	34	4/10/1938
t7	34	4/4/1987
t10	35	multiple dates

Wettest April Days
Lafayette
1893-2026

1	7.84	4/21/1979
2	6.34	4/24/2025
3	5.83	4/7/1942
4	5.14	4/7/1993
5	5.07	4/25/1905
6	4.97	4/10/1955
7	4.58	4/18/1918
8	4.40	4/21/1977
9	4.36	4/29/1960
10	4.30	4/2/2017

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

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Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and Southwest; Heavy rains in the Desert Southwest and Central Plains

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