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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 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