Lafayette climate

Lafayette Weather in August

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Lafayette 2W, 3.1 km from Lafayette

Average highs run from 90°F on August 1 to 87°F on August 31, and lows from 68°F to 64°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.23 in over about 10 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Lafayette, in °F, with the record for each date.5060708090100110151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

August at a glance

Average high
89°F
Average low
66°F
Precipitation
4.23 in
Record high
103°FAug 10, 2007
Record low
54°FAug 15, 2022
Chance of a freeze
0%
Days of 90°F or more
16.6
Daylight
13 h 45 min to 12 h 52 min
Cloud cover
53%
Humidity
71%
Dew point
68°F
Wind
3.1 mph

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Aug 190°F68°F100°F 201062°F 199733%0%
Aug 290°F68°F97°F 201066°F 201733%0%
Aug 390°F68°F95°F 201066°F 199833%0%
Aug 490°F68°F97°F 200764°F 202533%0%
Aug 590°F68°F95°F 200766°F 202533%0%
Aug 690°F68°F98°F 200868°F 202133%0%
Aug 790°F67°F96°F 200861°F 202533%0%
Aug 890°F67°F100°F 200763°F 200433%0%
Aug 990°F67°F100°F 200764°F 200233%0%
Aug 1090°F67°F103°F 200762°F 201233%0%
Aug 1189°F67°F101°F 200766°F 200233%0%
Aug 1289°F67°F97°F 199965°F 200233%0%
Aug 1389°F67°F99°F 199961°F 200433%0%
Aug 1489°F67°F100°F 199956°F 202233%0%
Aug 1589°F67°F100°F 199954°F 202233%0%
Aug 1689°F67°F100°F 200762°F 200032%0%
Aug 1789°F66°F102°F 200061°F 202232%0%
Aug 1889°F66°F103°F 200057°F 202232%0%
Aug 1989°F66°F100°F 199965°F 200432%0%
Aug 2089°F66°F101°F 202666°F 202032%0%
Aug 2189°F66°F98°F 200765°F 199631%0%
Aug 2288°F66°F100°F 200760°F 199731%0%
Aug 2388°F66°F96°F 201060°F 199731%0%
Aug 2488°F65°F96°F 200762°F 200930%0%
Aug 2588°F65°F96°F 200762°F 199730%0%
Aug 2688°F65°F98°F 201160°F 201530%0%
Aug 2788°F65°F98°F 199862°F 200929%0%
Aug 2888°F65°F97°F 199863°F 201129%0%
Aug 2988°F65°F97°F 199865°F 201429%0%
Aug 3087°F64°F99°F 199862°F 202528%0%
Aug 3187°F64°F99°F 199866°F 202528%0%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Lafayette, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CDT).

August 1
sunrise 5:55 AM, sunset 7:40 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:16 AM, sunset 7:08 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00014502 (Lafayette 2W), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00010425, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.