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Critical Fire Weather Persists in the Southern Plains; Severe Weather and Heavy Rain Expected Over the Weekend

High winds and very dry conditions will continue to produce elevated to critical fire weather conditions over portions of New Mexico and far western Texas through Saturday. Heavy snow will continue in the Central Rockies Heavy rain, flooding, and severe thunderstorm risks increase from the Southern Plains into the Lower Missouri Valley this weekend. Read More >

Waco - Christmas Day Climatology

December 25

Temperature
Normal maximum: 59°F Normal minimum: 36°F Number of freezes: 48 Number of days with maximum: 100°F or more: 0 32°F or less: 1

Rank	Temperature	Year
Highest Maximum
1	82	2021
2	79	2016
3 (tie)	78	1964
	78	1955
	78	1951

Rank	Temperature	Year
Lowest Minimum
1	7	1983
2	16	2022
3 (tie)	20	1989
3 (tie)	20	1981
5 (tie)	21	2009
	21	1980
	21	1924

Rank	Temperature	Year
Lowest Maximum
1	23	1983
2	36	1974
3 (tie)	38	1985
3 (tie)	38	1924
5 (tie)	40	1943
	40	1918

Rank	Temperature	Year
Highest Minimum
1	67	2016
2	59	2021
3 (tie)	56	1916
3 (tie)	56	1904
5	55	1971

Precipitation

Number of occurrences with any precipitation: 32
Number of occurrences with measurable precipitation: 19
Average amount when precipitation occurred: 0.17"
Chance of measurable precipitation: 15%
Number of occurrences of:
   thunder: 3
     snow: 1
     sleet (ice pellets): 2
     freezing rain/freezing drizzle (glaze): 0
     fog: 20

Rank	Precipitation	Year
Wettest
1	1.40	2000
2	1.25	1987
3	0.57	1914
4	0.45	1926
5	0.40	1913

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