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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 >

SEPTEMBER TOP TENS
LAFAYETTE
 

10 Warmest September's
Lafayette
1893-2025

 

1 83.4 2023
2 83.2 2005
3 82.8 1933
4 82.5 2019
5 82.3 1921
6 82.2 2016
7 82.1 1972
8 81.9 1925
9 81.8 1900
10 81.7 2018

 

10 Coolest September's
Lafayette
1893-2025

 

1 72.3 1918
2 74.6 1967
3 74.7 1903
4 74.8 1917
5 74.8 1899
6 75.0 1983
7 75.1 1975
t8 75.3 1942
t8 75.3 1948
10 75.6 1943

 

10 Wettest September's
Lafayette
1893-2025
 

1 16.15 1973
2 14.46 1913
3 12.20 1898
4 11.04 2021
5 11.02 1943
6 10.68 1971
7 10.10 2008
8 10.08 2018
9 9.77 1998
10 9.75 2001

 

10 Driest September's
Lafayette
1893-2025

 

1 0.33 2017
2 0.38 1914
3 0.67 1924
4 0.77 1981
5 0.80 1903
6 0.85 1910
7 1.19 1896
8 1.22 1950
9 1.26 2022
10 1.45 1900

 


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