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Record Heat for the Intermountain West and Northern Plains; Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Threats

Record setting heat is expected over the next several days from the Intermountain West through the northern Plains. Furthermore, fire weather concerns increase with dry and breezy conditions. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorm threats for the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys, central Appalachians and Southeast today. The threat shifts to central Gulf Coast and across central Texas this week. Read More >

MARCH TOP TENS
LAFAYETTE
 

10 Warmest March's
Lafayette
1893-2026

 

1 70.2 1907
2 70.0 1921
3 70.0 2020
4 69.1 2012
5 68.9 1938
6 68.8 1897
7 68.1 2017
8 67.8 1908
9 67.5 1911
10 67.5 1974

 

10 Coolest March's
Lafayette
1893-2026

 

1 52.5 1915
2 54.3 1969
3 54.9 1947
4 55.0 1941
5 55.3 1914
6 55.6 1931
7 56.0 1960
t8 56.8 1926
t8 56.8 1965
10 56.8 1924

 

10 Wettest March's
Lafayette
1893-2026
 

1 13.42 1947
2 12.38 1926
3 11.62 1973
4 10.86 1949
5 10.65 2001
6 10.50 1995
7 8.88 1922
8 8.77 1976
9 8.65 1903
10 8.02 1923

 

10 Driest March's
Lafayette
1893-2026

 

1 Trace 1955
2 0.15 2006
3 0.19 1916
4 0.37 2019
5 0.39 1907
6 0.55 1966
7 0.73 1984
8 0.88 1963
9 1.08 2004
10 1.12 1936

 


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