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Powerful Storms to Impact the Western U.S. and Northern Plains

A strong, long-duration atmospheric river will bring excessive rainfall, flash flooding, and very strong winds to southwest Oregon and northwest California through Thursday. A High Risk (level 4 of 4) of Excessive Rainfall has been issued. A storm system over the northern Plains will produce locally heavy snow in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. Read More >

Abilene April Climatology
         Record Temps     Normals Temps   Record Precip   Normal Precip.
Date  High Year  Low Year   High / Low     Most  Year     Day   

 1     98  1946  27  1899     76 / 50      2.03  1916     .05    
 2     93  1903  28  1896     76 / 50      1.17  2017     .05    
 3     97  2011  29  1987     77 / 59      1.92  1922     .04    
 4     94  1939  26  1920     77 / 50      0.68  1995     .05    
 5     97  1893  25* 1886     77 / 50      1.66  1996     .05    
 6     96  2000  29  1994     77 / 51      1.07  1942     .05    
 7     97  1893  28  2018     78 / 51      1.18  1942     .05    
 8     98  1963  27  1938     78 / 51      1.82  1922     .05    
 9     99  2011  25* 1973     78 / 51      1.66  1926     .06    
10     99  1963  26  1973     78 / 51      1.01  2013     .05    
11     94  1899  32  1995     78 / 52      1.55  1923     .06    
12     98  1972  28  1997     79 / 52      1.85  1954     .06    
13     98  1972  27  1997     79 / 52      1.75  1927     .05    
14     96  1982  32  1997     79 / 52      1.15  1981     .06    
15     97  2006  28  2014     79 / 53      1.58  1936     .06    
16     97  1967  34  1905     79 / 53      1.73  1971     .06    
17     98  2006  30  1947     80 / 53      1.89  2016     .06    
18    102  1925  35  1921     80 / 53      2.95  1908     .06    
19     98  2011  34  2013     80 / 54      1.75  2006     .06    
20     97  2022  38  1953     80 / 54      1.47  2024     .06    
21     98  1940  32  2021     80 / 54      1.90  1974     .07    
22     97  2009  33  1927     81 / 54      1.33  1915     .07    
23     95  2011  37  1907     81 / 55      2.40  2004     .07    
24     96  1961  33  2013     81 / 55      2.82  1890     .07    
25    104* 2012  38  1913     81 / 55      2.50  1922     .08    
26     96  2012  37  1907     81 / 55      3.39  1914     .08    
27     96  2012  36  1920     82 / 56      1.99  1900     .08    
28     99  1902  39  1997     82 / 56      3.29  2021     .08    
29     99  1928  37  1908     82 / 56      1.53  1954     .08    
30     99  1948  34  1903     82 / 57      0.90  1974     .09    

Highest April Temperature: 104 on 4/25/2012

Lowest April Temperature: 25 on 4/5/1886 and 4/9/1973

Normal April Precipitation: 1.86 inches

Greatest April Precipitation: 9.80 inches in 1890