Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafayette (Indiana), United States weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Lafayette (Indiana), United States: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 45 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carmel (81 km away). In July its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Lafayette (Indiana), United States, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lafayette (Indiana), United States ranks joint 354th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 330th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Lafayette (Indiana), United States is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lafayette (Indiana), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 70 | 9.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 3.7°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 59 | 8.2 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 84 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.4°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 109 | 11.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 109 | 13.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 110 | 12.8 | 15.015 h |
| July, selected | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 92 | 11.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 82 | 9.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 68 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 79 | 9.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.0°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 78 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.7°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 64 | 9.2 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Carmel in JulyUnited States · 81 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Fishers in JulyUnited States · 89 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Indianapolis in JulyUnited States · 94 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Champaign in JulyUnited States · 121 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Muncie in JulyUnited States · 129 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Gary in JulyUnited States · 137 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Hammond in JulyUnited States · 140 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in JulyUnited States · 142 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 88 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lafayette) is explained once on the Lafayette (Indiana), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.