Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >
The weather on Thanksgiving can be highly variable - typical of the weather in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. Extreme temperatures, winter weather, and rain have all occurred on Thanksgiving Day in the past. On average, the high temperature is 56° F and the low temperature is 30° F. However, temperatures have been as cold as 6° F and as warm as 81° F. Most Thanksgivings are also dry, despite an average rainfall of 0.02". The most rainfall ever observed on Thanksgiving is 0.59" in 2015. View the data record for Thanksgiving Day at Amarillo from 1892-2020
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