Lafayette climate

Lafayette Weather in August

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Lafayette Purdue Univ AP, 5.3 km from Lafayette

Average highs run from 83°F on August 1 to 81°F on August 31, and lows from 63°F to 59°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.12 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.20406080100120151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

August at a glance

Average high
83°F
Average low
62°F
Precipitation
3.12 in
Record high
100°FAug 20, 1983
Record low
37°FAug 29, 1965
Chance of a freeze
0%
Days of 90°F or more
5.2
Daylight
14 h 17 min to 13 h 07 min
Cloud cover
50%
Humidity
75%
Dew point
63°F
Wind
7.4 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 183°F63°F95°F 194449°F 199237%0%
Aug 283°F63°F98°F 196450°F 196537%0%
Aug 383°F63°F99°F 196448°F 196537%0%
Aug 483°F63°F98°F 201248°F 196637%0%
Aug 583°F63°F96°F 198350°F 196636%0%
Aug 683°F63°F94°F 200748°F 199736%0%
Aug 783°F63°F98°F 200749°F 200436%0%
Aug 883°F63°F97°F 198350°F 201736%0%
Aug 983°F63°F95°F 194450°F 197236%0%
Aug 1083°F63°F97°F 194444°F 197236%0%
Aug 1183°F63°F95°F 194447°F 196536%0%
Aug 1283°F62°F98°F 200746°F 196735%0%
Aug 1383°F62°F97°F 199542°F 196435%0%
Aug 1483°F62°F96°F 199540°F 196435%0%
Aug 1583°F62°F97°F 198843°F 196435%0%
Aug 1683°F62°F97°F 198846°F 197935%0%
Aug 1783°F62°F98°F 198851°F 197635%0%
Aug 1883°F62°F97°F 198849°F 201235%0%
Aug 1983°F62°F99°F 198349°F 194434%0%
Aug 2083°F62°F100°F 198349°F 199234%0%
Aug 2183°F61°F98°F 198350°F 201534%0%
Aug 2283°F61°F94°F 200747°F 202434%0%
Aug 2382°F61°F94°F 200748°F 199734%0%
Aug 2482°F61°F95°F 202046°F 196633%0%
Aug 2582°F61°F95°F 198347°F 196633%0%
Aug 2682°F60°F95°F 200348°F 194533%0%
Aug 2782°F60°F96°F 202444°F 196833%0%
Aug 2882°F60°F94°F 197343°F 196533%0%
Aug 2982°F60°F95°F 199537°F 196533%0%
Aug 3082°F59°F94°F 194542°F 198633%0%
Aug 3181°F59°F94°F 199545°F 200932%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 (EDT).

August 1
sunrise 6:45 AM, sunset 9:02 PM
August 31
sunrise 7:14 AM, sunset 8:21 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00014835 (Lafayette Purdue Univ AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014835, 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.