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Critical Fire Weather Concerns; Storm Tracking Across the Plains

Combination of strong winds, dry conditions and above normal temperatures will result in elevated to critical fire weather concerns for the Southern Plains and portions of Southern California. This is part of a storm system that is tracking across the central Plains with occasional snow showers and heavier snow from the Rockies through the Central/Northern Plains. Read More >

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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