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

 1    106  1952  57  1950     93 / 69      2.70  1932     .09   
 2    105  2000  55  1915     92 / 69      2.35  1935     .10   
 3    105  2023  52  1974     92 / 69      4.50  1961     .09   
 4    106  2000  51  1891     92 / 68      2.20  1961     .09   
 5    107  2023  52  1988     92 / 68      4.18  1920     .09   

 6    105  1948  53  1889     91 / 68      3.83  1932     .09   
 7    106  2023  48  1898     91 / 68      2.14  1991     .09   
 8    108* 2023  50  2004     91 / 67      3.12  1890     .09   
 9    103  2023  46  2004     91 / 67      3.80  2020     .09   
10    103  2014  49  2020     90 / 67      1.96  1969     .09   

11    105  2000  49  1959     90 / 66      2.49  1989     .10   
12    104  1893  46  1898     90 / 66      2.57  1924     .09   
13    101  1893  50  1902     89 / 66      2.28  1991     .09   
14    101  1965  47  1945     89 / 66      2.85  1996     .10   
15    104  1965  47  1993     89 / 65      3.04  1958     .09   

16    103  1965  46  1903     89 / 65      3.07  1974     .09   
17    100  1997  43  1903     88 / 65      1.77  1936     .09   
18     97  2019  48  1991     88 / 64      3.01  1974     .09   
19     99  1956  45  1991     88 / 64      1.88  1896     .09   
20    104  2021  41  1971     88 / 64      1.90  1896     .08   

21    101  1998  42  1983     87 / 63      1.72  1900     .09   
22     99  2000  44  1995     87 / 63      4.04  1900     .08   
23    101  2023  44  1989     87 / 63      1.50  1971     .09   
24     99  1979  38* 1989     86 / 62      2.51  1955     .09   
25    104  2005  40  1975     86 / 62      2.30  1893     .08   

26    105  1977  39  2000     86 / 62      1.11  1960     .09   
27    105  1953  39  1942     86 / 62      2.53  1927     .09   
28    102  2005  40  1996     85 / 61      2.64  1895     .08   
29    100  1977  42  2020     85 / 61      3.81  2012     .08   
30    103  1977  40  1984     85 / 61      2.57  1903     .08   

Highest September Temperature: 108 on 9/8/2023

Lowest September Temperature: 38 on 9/24/1989

Normal September Precipitation: 2.67 inches

Greatest September Precipitation: 11.03 inches in 1974