La Fayette weather by month
What a typical year looks like in La Fayette, Alabama: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Lafayette 2w, 3 km from La Fayette; records cover 1944–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 56.5 in1436 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 8
- First fall freeze
- Oct 28
- Heating degree days
- 2,957
- Cooling degree days
- 1,602
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 16°−9° (heating, 99%) and 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
La Fayette in January
Highs average 56°13° and lows 30°−1°, with 5.7 in145 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1949)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 684
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Fayette in February
Highs average 60°16° and lows 34°1°, with 5.3 in135 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1949)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 508
- Cooling degree days
- 1
La Fayette in March
Highs average 68°20° and lows 39°4°, with 5.7 in145 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1974)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 363
- Cooling degree days
- 6
La Fayette in April
Highs average 75°24° and lows 46°8°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1986)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 170
- Cooling degree days
- 31
La Fayette in May
Highs average 82°28° and lows 55°13°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1951)
- Record low
- 34°1° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 40
- Cooling degree days
- 148
La Fayette in June
Highs average 87°31° and lows 64°18°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1954)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 309
La Fayette in July
Highs average 90°32° and lows 67°20°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1952)
- Record low
- 53°12° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 425
La Fayette in August
Highs average 89°32° and lows 66°19°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (2007)
- Record low
- 50°10° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 391
La Fayette in September
Highs average 84°29° and lows 61°16°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1954)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 11
- Cooling degree days
- 231
La Fayette in OctoberThis month
Highs average 75°24° and lows 49°9°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1954)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 153
- Cooling degree days
- 54
La Fayette in November
Highs average 65°19° and lows 38°3°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1987)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 411
- Cooling degree days
- 5
La Fayette in December
Highs average 58°14° and lows 33°0°, with 5.6 in142 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1970)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 616
- Cooling degree days
- 1