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