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Snow Across the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast; Unsettled Weather in the West

Light to moderate snow will continue into Saturday over the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast. This weekend into next week, a series of atmospheric rivers will bring gusty winds, periods of heavy rain, and mountain snow to northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Colder temperatures are in store for the weekend from the Great Lakes to East Coast. 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