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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 October Climatology
           Record Temps     Normals Temps   Record Precip  Normal Precip.
Date  High  Year  Low  Year   High / Low     Most   Year   Day   
 1    103*  1979   42  1985     84 / 60      1.74   1913   .08     
 2     99   2000   40  1975     84 / 60      1.50   1941   .08   
 3    100   1951   39  1975     84 / 60      4.99   1959   .09   
 4     98   1951   43  1902     84 / 59      2.09   1986   .08   
 5     99   1937   39  1932     83 / 59      2.60   1986   .09   

 6     97   2019   41  1991     83 / 58      2.52   2005   .09   
 7     99   1979   39  2000     83 / 58      1.57   1887   .09   
 8    102   1979   34  2012     82 / 58      1.70   1887   .09   
 9     93   2021   39  2000     82 / 57      2.71   2018   .09   
10     96   1921   36  1990     82 / 57      0.99   1938   .10   

11    100   2020   40  1946     81 / 57      1.55   2007   .09   
12     99   1979   33  1977     81 / 56      3.72   1981   .10   
13     97   1954   36  1969     81 / 56      3.83   1981   .09   
14     94   2015   38  1969     80 / 56      2.37   1923   .09   
15     97   1917   36  2018     80 / 55      2.79   1941   .10   

16     94   1917   34  2001     80 / 55      3.38   1942   .10   
17     95   2011   39  1922     79 / 54      3.42   2000   .10   
18     91   1921   32  1948     79 / 54      1.73   1965   .10   
19     93   1940   32  1989     78 / 54      2.92   1910   .10   
20     94   2019   29  1976     78 / 53      1.73   1983   .10   

21     93   2023   34  1917     78 / 53      1.93   1972   .10   
22     91   1934   32  1990     77 / 53      4.85   1908   .09   
23     91   2024   33  2008     77 / 52      2.16   2015   .10   
24     92   1933   32  1929     76 / 52      1.98   1947   .09   
25     92   2021   34  1887     76 / 51      2.71   1958   .09   

26     90   1950   29  2020     76 / 51      2.45   1899   .09   
27     90   2014   28  1997     75 / 51      1.36   1991   .09   
28     91   1950   28  1925     75 / 50      1.64   1996   .08   
29     89   1943   26  1917     71 / 50      1.37   1976   .08   
30     89   1968   23  1917     71 / 49      2.62   2015   .09   
31     91   1934   20* 2019     71 / 49      0.80   2004   .08
Highest October Temperature: 103 on 10/1/1979

Lowest October Temperature: 20 on 10/31/2019

Normal October Precipitation: 2.83 inches

Greatest October Precipitation: 12.09 inches in 2018