Lafayette Weather in 1940

Historical record of Lafayette, Louisiana weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Lafayette Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 28
Lowest temperature	14 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 22
Lowest daily high	31 °F	January 19
Most daily precipitation	5.6 inches	August 4
Most daily snow	2.5 inches	January 22
Total annual precipitation	79.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	2.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Lafayette in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1940 was 97 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Lafayette in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 28
1	97 °F	Jul 27
3	96 °F	Sep 1
3	96 °F	Aug 31
3	96 °F	Aug 30
3	96 °F	Jul 22
7	95 °F	Jul 26
7	95 °F	Jul 24
7	95 °F	Jul 23
7	95 °F	Jul 20
7	95 °F	Jul 19
7	95 °F	Jul 16

What was the coldest temperature in Lafayette in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1940 was 14 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Lafayette in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	14 °F	January 19
2	16 °F	January 27
3	17 °F	January 20
4	18 °F	January 26
5	19 °F	January 21
6	20 °F	January 28
6	20 °F	January 24
8	24 °F	January 29
8	24 °F	January 25
8	24 °F	January 23
8	24 °F	January 16

January 1940 Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	62	43	0.00	0.0
January 2	57	31	0.00	0.0
January 3	53	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	51	39	0.13	0.0
January 5	51	37	0.01	0.0
January 6	49	30	0.00	0.0
January 7	51	35	0.50	0.0
January 8	46	28	0.00	0.0
January 9	54	25	0.00	0.0
January 10	61	36	0.00	0.0
January 11	70	55	0.00	0.0
January 12	74	63	0.32	0.0
January 13	70	48	0.02	0.0
January 14	69	36	0.10	0.0
January 15	50	30	0.00	0.0
January 16	56	24	0.00	0.0
January 17	56	27	0.00	0.0
January 18	63	29	0.06	0.0
January 19	31	14	0.02	0.0
January 20	32	17	0.00	0.0
January 21	43	19	0.05	0.0
January 22	41	28	0.07	2.5
January 23	34	24	0.80	0.0
January 24	36	20	0.00	0.0
January 25	34	24	0.00	0.0
January 26	32	18	0.00	0.0
January 27	41	16	0.00	0.0
January 28	41	20	0.00	0.0
January 29	61	24	0.00	0.0
January 30	61	31	0.00	0.0
January 31	56	25	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	65	31	0.00
February 2	65	34	0.00
February 3	60	40	0.00
February 4	63	47	0.36
February 5	61	57	1.25
February 6	60	50	0.18
February 7	57	39	0.06
February 8	66	44	0.00
February 9	65	44	0.62
February 10	51	34	0.00
February 11	65	32	0.00
February 12	70	45	0.00
February 13	67	50	0.00
February 14	55	33	0.00
February 15	51	41	0.15
February 16	58	47	0.42
February 17	56	48	2.15
February 18	51	42	0.00
February 19	60	36	0.00
February 20	55	38	0.00
February 21	53	34	0.00
February 22	55	28	0.00
February 23	61	36	0.00
February 24	68	52	1.50
February 25	58	45	0.00
February 26	63	36	0.00
February 27	72	54	0.01
February 28	75	57	0.00
February 29	74	60	0.00

March 1940 Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	77	54	0.00
March 2	79	63	0.00
March 3	71	48	0.00
March 4	71	44	0.00
March 5	65	50	0.00
March 6	74	41	0.00
March 7	67	50	0.00
March 8	63	38	0.00
March 9	65	35	0.00
March 10	69	46	0.00
March 11	78	60	0.00
March 12	84	65	0.01
March 13	75	50	0.42
March 14	57	38	0.13
March 15	60	33	0.00
March 16	66	37	0.00
March 17	72	45	0.00
March 18	72	52	0.00
March 19	76	52	0.00
March 20	74	53	0.00
March 21	77	52	0.00
March 22	79	50	0.00
March 23	82	51	0.00
March 24	83	61	0.41
March 25	70	38	0.00
March 26	75	49	0.00
March 27	78	58	0.00
March 28	81	61	0.00
March 29	75	60	1.30
March 30	77	57	0.00
March 31	81	51	0.00

April 1940 Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	82	55	0.00
April 2	84	65	0.00
April 3	86	69	0.00
April 4	85	71	0.00
April 5	84	69	0.00
April 6	85	65	0.00
April 7	79	55	0.85
April 8	74	49	0.00
April 9	77	47	0.00
April 10	81	53	0.00
April 11	78	64	0.00
April 12	67	43	1.13
April 13	62	32	0.00
April 14	71	41	0.00
April 15	77	52	0.00
April 16	78	66	0.00
April 17	77	67	0.00
April 18	72	55	1.25
April 19	61	48	0.07
April 20	72	47	0.00
April 21	76	49	0.00
April 22	79	53	0.00
April 23	82	61	0.00
April 24	74	58	0.00
April 25	70	57	0.49
April 26	82	58	0.35
April 27	82	61	0.00
April 28	76	63	0.00
April 29	72	58	1.70
April 30	83	60	3.78

May 1940 Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	78	63	0.06	n/a
May 2	81	50	0.00	n/a
May 3	86	55	0.00	n/a
May 4	87	60	0.00	n/a
May 5	86	59	0.00	n/a
May 6	84	63	0.00	n/a
May 7	85	60	0.00	n/a
May 8	85	60	0.00	n/a
May 9	83	60	0.00	n/a
May 10	79	63	0.05	n/a
May 11	82	55	0.00	n/a
May 12	83	55	0.00	n/a
May 13	84	53	0.00	n/a
May 14	84	56	0.00	n/a
May 15	86	62	0.34	n/a
May 16	90	56	0.00	n/a
May 17	88	60	0.00	n/a
May 18	88	64	0.00	n/a
May 19	89	64	0.00	n/a
May 20	88	60	0.00	n/a
May 21	90	68	0.00	n/a
May 22	86	67	0.00	n/a
May 23	85	70	0.05	n/a
May 24	79	58	0.12	n/a
May 25	85	52	0.00	n/a
May 26	86	56	0.00	n/a
May 27	88	59	0.00	n/a
May 28	90	66	0.00	n/a
May 29	82	63	0.30	n/a
May 30	82	61	0.00	n/a
May 31	88	58	0.00	n/a

June 1940 Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	69	0.00
June 2	92	64	0.00
June 3	91	63	0.00
June 4	91	67	0.00
June 5	91	70	0.00
June 6	92	72	0.22
June 7	85	72	0.28
June 8	86	72	0.08
June 9	88	71	1.35
June 10	86	67	1.81
June 11	89	68	1.31
June 12	84	69	0.00
June 13	79	68	0.35
June 14	80	66	0.44
June 15	83	69	1.09
June 16	89	72	0.05
June 17	83	71	1.12
June 18	88	72	1.50
June 19	90	70	0.09
June 20	92	72	0.00
June 21	92	73	0.00
June 22	92	72	0.28
June 23	89	71	0.00
June 24	89	74	0.10
June 25	86	72	0.05
June 26	89	62	0.00
June 27	91	73	0.00
June 28	90	74	0.04
June 29	90	74	0.15
June 30	91	73	1.35

July 1940 Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	91	75	0.01
July 2	89	73	0.00
July 3	84	70	0.31
July 4	83	70	0.57
July 5	85	69	0.18
July 6	88	69	0.00
July 7	89	71	0.14
July 8	87	70	0.00
July 9	92	69	0.62
July 10	92	73	0.00
July 11	85	72	0.00
July 12	85	69	0.22
July 13	88	70	0.42
July 14	89	69	0.12
July 15	93	69	0.58
July 16	95	69	0.18
July 17	94	72	0.00
July 18	94	73	0.05
July 19	95	71	0.00
July 20	95	73	0.74
July 21	93	72	0.44
July 22	96	76	0.09
July 23	95	72	0.05
July 24	95	73	0.00
July 25	94	73	0.00
July 26	95	73	0.00
July 27	97	74	0.05
July 28	97	75	0.00
July 29	90	73	0.00
July 30	93	73	0.32
July 31	n/a	71	0.22

August 1940 Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	74	2.62
August 2	94	72	0.14
August 3	92	67	0.00
August 4	85	67	5.60
August 5	91	66	0.03
August 6	82	65	2.02
August 7	77	63	1.62
August 8	78	65	4.06
August 9	86	68	n/a
August 10	88	72	1.64
August 11	86	74	0.00
August 12	85	75	0.00
August 13	94	75	0.00
August 14	94	73	0.00
August 15	94	73	0.00
August 16	93	74	0.00
August 17	94	74	0.01
August 18	92	73	0.44
August 19	84	66	0.00
August 20	83	61	0.00
August 21	86	61	0.00
August 22	88	64	0.00
August 23	90	64	0.00
August 24	88	n/a	0.00
August 25	93	73	0.00
August 26	93	73	0.00
August 27	93	71	0.07
August 28	86	66	0.02
August 29	93	70	0.09
August 30	96	71	0.00
August 31	96	72	0.00

September 1940 Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	96	72	0.00
September 2	94	72	0.00
September 3	94	71	0.28
September 4	94	71	0.00
September 5	93	71	0.00
September 6	87	71	0.00
September 7	91	71	0.00
September 8	88	71	0.00
September 9	94	65	0.00
September 10	n/a	68	0.00
September 11	n/a	64	0.00
September 12	n/a	50	0.00
September 13	76	n/a	0.00
September 14	n/a	50	0.00
September 15	86	62	0.00
September 16	88	62	0.00
September 17	89	60	0.00
September 18	90	65	0.00
September 19	90	66	0.00
September 20	90	71	0.00
September 21	79	69	0.00
September 22	82	71	0.00
September 23	85	73	0.23
September 24	85	72	2.06
September 25	85	70	0.01
September 26	89	51	0.00
September 27	73	54	0.00
September 28	73	54	0.00
September 29	78	58	0.00
September 30	80	57	0.00

October 1940 Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	84	56	0.00
October 2	82	55	0.00
October 3	87	57	0.00
October 4	85	55	0.00
October 5	86	61	0.00
October 6	87	61	0.00
October 7	88	62	0.00
October 8	78	59	0.14
October 9	80	47	0.00
October 10	82	49	0.00
October 11	83	53	0.00
October 12	85	57	0.00
October 13	85	56	0.00
October 14	86	57	0.00
October 15	87	58	0.00
October 16	68	45	0.00
October 17	72	49	0.00
October 18	75	43	0.00
October 19	85	51	0.00
October 20	86	56	0.00
October 21	88	57	0.00
October 22	87	54	0.00
October 23	88	59	0.00
October 24	82	57	0.00
October 25	82	61	0.00
October 26	79	64	0.00
October 27	81	65	0.00
October 28	88	63	0.00
October 29	81	66	0.00
October 30	81	59	0.00
October 31	90	62	0.00

November 1940 Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	78	57	1.55
November 2	70	51	0.00
November 3	80	48	0.00
November 4	82	n/a	0.00
November 5	78	62	0.00
November 6	68	60	0.28
November 7	n/a	50	0.00
November 8	66	50	0.00
November 9	76	51	0.00
November 10	73	52	3.75
November 11	67	n/a	2.41
November 12	64	41	0.00
November 13	n/a	40	0.00
November 14	49	31	0.00
November 15	49	30	0.00
November 16	67	30	0.00
November 17	73	n/a	0.00
November 18	77	n/a	0.00
November 19	71	n/a	0.00
November 20	78	n/a	0.00
November 21	73	n/a	0.00
November 22	82	64	2.58
November 23	79	66	0.01
November 24	75	65	0.03
November 25	n/a	65	1.00
November 26	n/a	47	1.46
November 27	n/a	41	0.00
November 28	52	39	0.00
November 29	67	42	0.00
November 30	71	n/a	0.00

December 1940 Lafayette Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	71	n/a	0.45
December 2	n/a	42	0.52
December 3	61	36	0.00
December 4	69	36	0.00
December 5	69	n/a	0.04
December 6	68	55	0.12
December 7	69	55	0.82
December 8	68	40	0.10
December 9	72	40	0.00
December 10	77	41	0.00
December 11	71	56	0.02
December 12	78	59	0.15
December 13	78	63	1.58
December 14	n/a	57	0.50
December 15	68	55	0.03
December 16	n/a	41	0.89
December 17	60	37	0.00
December 18	68	41	0.00
December 19	69	46	0.00
December 20	69	54	0.02
December 21	69	50	0.00
December 22	64	47	0.00
December 23	63	47	0.00
December 24	62	47	0.88
December 25	68	49	0.17
December 26	60	54	0.02
December 27	61	52	0.02
December 28	63	47	0.05
December 29	60	41	0.00
December 30	64	41	0.00
December 31	n/a	47	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1893–2024	Lafayette Regional Airport	location