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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 August Climatology

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

1     107   2012   60  1936  98  / 74       4.79 1995      .06 
2     109   1943   56  1925  98  / 74       2.21 1950      .06 
3     111   1943   61  1949  98  / 74       6.30 1978      .07 
4     107   1943   62  1975  98  / 74       1.14 1955      .07 
5     108   2023   62  1975  98  / 74       1.92 1893      .07 

6     108   2023   61  1894  98  / 74       1.32 1898      .08 
7     108   2024   62  1997  98  / 74       1.13 1966      .08 
8     108   2023   57  1989  97  / 74       1.57 1949      .08 
9     109   2023   56  1989  97  / 74       0.96 1960      .09 
10    110   2023   62  1959  97  / 74       2.25 1914      .08 

11    110   1936   58  1915  97  / 73       2.43 1906      .07 
12    110   1936   57  1904  97  / 73       0.85 1984      .08 
13    107   2023   58  1967  97  / 73       3.67 1914      .08 
14    108   2020   58  2004  97  / 73       3.37 1985      .07 
15    106   2020   62  1992  97  / 73       1.83 1920      .08 

16    109   1943   62  2004  96  / 73       3.08 1920      .08 
17    111   2023   61  2004  96  / 73       3.94 2007      .08 
18    109   2023   62  1967  96  / 72       1.00 1910      .08 
19    106   2024   60  1950  96  / 72       1.75 1910      .08 
20    109   2024   57  1940  96  / 72       2.99 2004      .08 

21    113** 2024   57  1956  95  / 72       2.20 1937      .09 
22    111   2024   58  1891  95  / 72       2.51 1941      .09 
23    112   2024   55  1891  95  / 71       2.17 1969      .08 
24    103   2006   55  1961  95  / 71       2.37 1888      .09 
25    105   2023   58  1926  95  / 71       0.74 1911      .09 

26    109   2019   54  1926  94  / 71       2.28 1914      .10 
27    103   1999   59  1906  94  / 71       1.18 1923      .10 
28    107   2020   50  1992  94  / 70       2.89 1974      .09 
29    105   2020   58  1917  93  / 70       1.84 2022      .09 
30    105   1959   53  1917  93  / 70       2.87 1963      .09 
31    107   1952   48* 1915  93  / 70       1.71 1994      .10
** Highest August Temperature: 113 on 8/21/2024
** This is also the highest temperature ever recorded in Abilene
* Lowest August Temperature: 48 on 8/31/1915
Normal August Precipitation: 2.53 inches 
Greatest August Precipitation: 15.70 inches in 1914