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 December Climatology
Record Temps Normals Temps Record Precip Normal Precip. Date High Year Low Year High / Low Most Year Day 1 82 1950 17 1896 63 / 38 0.73 2009 .04 2 84 2021 15 1985 62 / 38 0.78 2016 .03 3 87 2021 16 1897 62 / 38 1.43 1947 .04 4 89 1954 15 1897 62 / 37 1.86 1930 .04 5 83 2019 9 1886 61 / 37 0.66 1943 .04 6 82 1966 10 1950 61 / 37 4.04 1926 .04 7 83 1966 14 2013 61 / 37 0.67 1980 .04 8 81 2019 10 2005 61 / 36 1.35 1899 .04 9 83 2021 11 1898 60 / 36 3.80 1911 .04 10 84 2021 1 1898 60 / 36 1.83 1946 .05 11 83 2015 18 1932 60 / 36 1.58 1991 .04 12 81 1973 12 1989 60 / 36 0.88 1892 .04 13 82 1995 10 1917 60 / 35 1.21 2018 .05 14 80 1995 9 1901 59 / 35 0.83 1967 .04 15 83 2010 10 1901 59 / 35 1.17 1967 .04 16 83 1908 9 1989 59 / 35 0.98 2001 .05 17 78 1962 16 2016 59 / 35 0.92 1898 .04 18 78 1980 10 2016 59 / 35 0.84 1952 .04 19 80 1978 5 1924 59 / 34 1.70 1991 .04 20 84 2010 3 1909 58 / 34 2.06 1926 .04 21 85 2010 8 1983 58 / 34 0.93 1907 .05 22 79 1964 -2 1989 58 / 34 1.45 1932 .04 23 87 1955 -7* 1989 58 / 34 1.58 1932 .04 24 89 1955 4 1983 58 / 34 1.36 1895 .04 25 81 2021 6 1983 58 / 34 2.17 1987 .04 26 90* 2021 16 1983 58 / 34 0.93 2018 .04 27 81 2021 10 1886 58 / 34 1.65 2015 .04 28 81 1921 6 1894 58 / 34 1.23 1969 .03 29 78 1951 5 1983 58 / 34 1.42 1933 .04 30 82 1951 10 1983 58 / 33 1.90 1896 .04 31 85 1951 9 1958 58 / 33 0.96 1984 .04
Highest December Temperature: 90 on 12/26/2021
Lowest December Temperature: -7 on 12/23/1989
Normal December Precipitation: 1.26 inches
Greatest December Precipitation: 6.69 inches in 1926