Heavy Rain From the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Wave Begins This Weekend

Strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rain will impact portions of the central Plains into the Upper Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic through the weekend. A stretch of unusually hot and humid weather is expected across portions of the central U.S. and the Southeast beginning this weekend and continuing through next week. The heat may reach dangerous levels, particularly mid to late next week. Read More >

With the attention given to the number of 100 degree days this year, we have compiled a list that includes both automated sites as well as cooperative observation data provided by NWS volunteers. The official (and automated) sites of San Angelo, Abilene and Junction have complete records while some of the cooperative records contain sporadic missing data. The missing data may or may not have impacted the numer of 100 degree days at these coop sites.

Below is the compiled list from January 1 through December 31.

Automated Sites:

Location	100 Degree Days (2011)	Previous Record
San Angelo	100	60 (1969)
Abilene	81	46 (1934)
Junction	79	N/A

Cooperative Observations (number of missing days):

Location	100 Degree Days (2011)	Previous Record**	# Missing Days
Brownwood	109	83 (1918)	1
Ballinger	101	83 (1918)	3
Paint Rock	96	69 (1980)	10
Stamford	93	70 (2000)	3
Coleman	91	82 (1918)	0
Putnam	89	56 (2000)	0
Rotan	88	67 (1998)	7
Haskell	84	83 (1910)	0
Menard	79	66 (1927)	11
Roscoe	78	46 (1953)	3
Mason	77	40 (1962)	3
San Saba	77	40 (2006)	13
Winters	72	55 (2000)	0
Brady	69	48 (1980)	4
Sonora	52	52 (1980)	0
Sterling City	51	51 (1998)	0
Ozona	34	52 (1953)	5
**Records Unofficial. Dates of observation are highly variable among sites and data may be incomplete or missing during long periods of time at cooperative observation stations.