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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 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