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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 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