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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Southern Plains; Fire Weather Threat in the Southwest U.S.

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Waco - Halloween Climatology

October 31

Temperature
  • Normal maximum: 75°F
  • Normal minimum: 51°F
  • Number of freezes: 3
  • Number of days with maximum:
         100°F or more: 0 
         32°F or less: 0
Highest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 90 1977
2
(tie)
89 2003
89 1938
4
(tie)
88 1982
88 1909
Lowest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 25 1993
2 29 1917
3 30 2019
4 34 1913
5
(tie)
36 1991
36 1989
36 1980

 

Lowest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 46 1991
2 51 1925
3 52 2019
4
(tie)
53 1993
53 1923
Highest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1
(tie)
72 2003
72 1982
72 1977
4 71 1946
5
(tie)
70 2000
70 1935
 
Precipitation
  • Number of occurrences with any precipitation: 30
  • Number of occurrences with measurable precipitation: 21
  • Average amount when precipitation occurred: 0.38"
  • Chance of measurable precipitation: 17%
  • Number of occurrences of:
         thunder: 10
         snow: 0 
         sleet (ice pellets): 0 
         freezing rain/freezing drizzle (glaze): 0 
         fog: 30
Wettest
Rank Precipitation Year
1 2.68 1974
2 1.52 2015
3 0.87 2004
4 0.82 1903
5 0.75 1991