All-time weather records — La Fayette, AL

Record high
107.1°F
July 23, 1952
Record low
-7.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.04 in
March 27, 2023

Climate change signal in La Fayette

13.7%

of La Fayette's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (50 of 366 records since 2015).

10.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (40 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1940s
21
4
1950s
100
40
1960s
34
63
1970s
40
30
1980s
59
60
1990s
27
39
2000s
24
67
2010s
36
41
2020s
25
22

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1945, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1944-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 12, 1949 -7.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 6.75 in — Jan 19, 1947
February 86.0°F — Feb 26, 1949 3.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 5.75 in — Feb 24, 1961
March 89.1°F — Mar 10, 1974 8.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 8.04 in — Mar 27, 2023
April 93.0°F — Apr 27, 1986 25.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 7.38 in — Apr 13, 1979
May 98.1°F — May 19, 1962 28.0°F — May 23, 1947 4.02 in — May 14, 1991
June 102.9°F — Jun 6, 1985 42.1°F — Jun 3, 1956 5.25 in — Jun 18, 1972
July 107.1°F — Jul 23, 1952 24.1°F — Jul 17, 1990 4.00 in — Jul 1, 2003
August 105.1°F — Aug 10, 2007 39.0°F — Aug 23, 1990 6.38 in — Aug 23, 2008
September 100.0°F — Sep 19, 1954 37.0°F — Sep 26, 2001 7.11 in — Sep 26, 1956
October 99.0°F — Oct 5, 1954 21.0°F — Oct 24, 1999 6.30 in — Oct 5, 2021
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 2006 6.1°F — Nov 25, 1950 5.00 in — Nov 15, 2006
December 81.0°F — Dec 3, 1970 -0.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 4.93 in — Dec 10, 1961

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in La Fayette.