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An all-time record high temperature was set today (8/27/23) in Lafayette. According to the National Weather Service, at 2:28 p.m., the Hub City peaked at a scorching 110º.

Now that Acadiana's heat wave has broken, all eyes will be on soon to be Hurricane Idalia that is expected to become a major hurricane in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico as soon as Tuesday night.

The heat dome over Louisiana has been brutal, and some high school football teams are preparing to start their season this week.

The never-ending record smashing heat wave of 2023 is expected to continue through the weekend and into Monday, before there may be a little change in Acadiana's overall weather pattern.

The heat dome over Louisiana has been brutal, and some high school football teams are preparing to start their season this week.

Acadiana's extreme, record-breaking heat will continue into the weekend while the tropics look to get more active in the Gulf of Mexico by early next week.

The highest record-breaking heat of the summer is on the way to Acadiana into the weekend...and that says a lot with already twenty five "100 degree days" under our belt over the last two months!

It's hard to believe that it could get any hotter in the hottest summer on record for Acadiana, but that looks to happen starting Wednesday, and will continue into the weekend.

It appears that Lafayette residents hoping for some relief from the scorching summer temperatures are in for quite the disappointment.

The key to breaking the drought in South Louisiana could come down to just a few hundred miles and an area of disturbed tropical weather in the Gulf of Mexico.