All-time weather records — Lafayette, TN

Record high
108.0°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-20.0°F
January 24, 1963
Wettest day
6.80 in
June 23, 1969

Climate change signal in Lafayette

5.5%

of Lafayette's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (20 of 366 records since 2015).

0.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (1 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 #
1950s
6
17
1960s
75
167
1970s
29
72
1980s
64
59
1990s
53
25
2000s
65
16
2010s
74
10

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 1958, the latest in 2019. Period of observation: 1955-2019.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 21, 1986 -20.0°F — Jan 24, 1963 4.89 in — Jan 30, 1956
February 79.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -2.9°F — Feb 2, 1965 3.68 in — Feb 27, 1962
March 86.0°F — Mar 26, 2007 -0.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.20 in — Mar 18, 2002
April 91.0°F — Apr 10, 2011 19.9°F — Apr 7, 2007 3.80 in — Apr 25, 2010
May 96.1°F — May 18, 1962 28.9°F — May 1, 1963 5.00 in — May 2, 2010
June 108.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 37.9°F — Jun 1, 1966 6.80 in — Jun 23, 1969
July 105.1°F — Jul 6, 2012 45.0°F — Jul 5, 1968 3.32 in — Jul 28, 2007
August 105.1°F — Aug 17, 2007 45.0°F — Aug 13, 1964 5.40 in — Aug 18, 2010
September 100.9°F — Sep 3, 2011 30.9°F — Sep 29, 1967 5.41 in — Sep 14, 1979
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 26, 1962 5.20 in — Oct 16, 1971
November 82.9°F — Nov 6, 2005 6.1°F — Nov 30, 1976 3.40 in — Nov 9, 1986
December 77.0°F — Dec 15, 1984 -13.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.50 in — Dec 4, 1978

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