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

 1    100  2002  36  1909     82 / 57      1.56  1944     .09    
 2    100  1927  37  1967     83 / 57      4.72  1990     .10    
 3     99  1920  37  2011     83 / 58      2.80  1913     .09    
 4    101  1947  33* 1907     83 / 58      2.36  1969     .09    
 5    100  1927  41  1979     83 / 58      1.97  1963     .09    

 6    106  2000  41  1999     84 / 59      4.22  1932     .10    
 7    107  2022  37  1906     84 / 59      1.74  1920     .09    
 8    107  2022  39  1917     84 / 59      1.68  1892     .09    
 9    103  2022  44  1969     84 / 60      1.79  1920     .09    
10    107  1967  44  1997     85 / 60      4.15  1994     .09    

11    103  1886  41  1952     85 / 60      6.54  1928     .09    
12    105  1886  36  1979     85 / 61      2.43  2016     .09    
13    100  2022  37  1971     85 / 61      1.31  2010     .10    
14    105  1960  43  1953     86 / 61      2.53  1933     .10    
15    106  2022  42  1973     86 / 62      1.48  1920     .11    

16    106  2000  43  1916     86 / 62      2.01  2009     .10    
17    103  2022  45  1945     87 / 62      2.29  1935     .11    
18    106  2022  47  1968     87 / 63      3.53  1942     .10    
19    107  2022  47  2002     87 / 63      2.19  2000     .11    
20    105  2022  47  1919     87 / 63      1.92  1941     .11    

21    101  1953  47  1911     88 / 64      4.25  1938     .11    
22    104  1953  43  2001     88 / 64      4.45  1908     .11    
23    106  2000  45  1893     88 / 64      2.46  1908     .12    
24    109* 2000  48  2017     89 / 65      3.25  1933     .11    
25    102  1989  46  1947     89 / 65      1.58  2021     .12    

26    102  2018  48  1901     89 / 65      2.07  1914     .11    
27    107  2011  47  1901     89 / 66      1.75  1980     .12    
28    109* 2011  49  1976     90 / 66      1.72  1987     .12    
29    103  2022  44  1947     90 / 66      1.93  2016     .11    
30    105  1896  47  1947     90 / 66      2.72  2024     .12    
31    103  1998  50  1983     90 / 67      2.24  1894     .12    

Highest May Temperature: 109 on 5/24/2000 and 5/28/2011

Lowest May Temperature: 33 on 5/4/1907

Normal May Precipitation: 3.21 inches

Greatest May Precipitation: 13.19 inches in 1957