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Hurricane Milton to Bring Damaging Winds, Life-Threatening Storm Surge, and Heavy Rainfall to Florida

Milton has intensified into a major hurricane and is expected to make landfall along the West Coast of the Florida Peninsula early Thursday morning. Hurricane, Tropical Storm and Storm Surge warnings have been issued. Heavy rainfall from Milton will result in widespread flash flooding Wednesday across central Florida, with life-threatening and catastrophic flooding probable. Read More >

Waco - Spring (March through May)

Temperature Extremes

Highest Average
Rank Temperature Year
1 72.8 1925
2 71.2 1902
3 70.8 1967
4 70.6 1933
5
(tie)
70.4 2012
70.4 2006
70.4 1963
70.4 1927
9 70.2 2011
10 69.8 1929
Highest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 84.2 1902
2 84.1 1925
3 82.9 2011
4 82.6 2022
5 81.7 2006
6
(tie)
81.6 2012
81.6 1963
8 81.4 1967
9 81.2 1904
10 81.1 1933
Highest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 61.5 1925
2 61.0 1927
3
(tie)
60.2 1967
60.2 1929
5 59.9 1933
6 59.5 1921
7 59.3 1908
8
(tie)
59.2 2012
59.2 1963
10
(tie)
59.1 2006
59.1 1974

Lowest Average
Rank Temperature Year
1 62.9 1983
2 63.4 1915
3
(tie)
63.5 1997
63.5 1975
5 63.6 1947
6 63.7 1958
7 63.8 2014
8
(tie)
64.0 1980
64.0 1917
10 64.1 1914
Lowest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 72.1 1915
2 73.1 1914
3 73.5 1975
4 73.7 1958
5
(tie)
73.8 1968
73.8 1957
7
(tie)
73.9 1997
73.9 1947
73.9 1926
10 74.1 1941
Lowest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 51.1 1983
2 51.4 2014
3 51.8 2013
4 52.1 1980
5
(tie)
52.4 1987
52.4 1937
7
(tie)
53.0 1997
53.0 1917
53.0 1913
10
(tie)
53.1 1988
53.1 1952

Precipitation Extremes

class="even"
Wettest
Rank Precipitation Year
1 29.78 1905
2 26.55 1957
3 24.91 2007
4 22.55 1908
5 22.45 2024
6 21.60 1922
7 20.19 2016
8 19.48 1965
9 18.88 1975
10 18.69 1995
Driest
Rank Precipitation Year
1 3.48 1925
2 4.08 1972
3 4.15 1961
4 4.16 2011
5 4.18 1971
6 4.25 1998
7 4.74 1960
8 4.86 1996
9
(tie)
4.92 1959
4.92 1937
 

Waco - Summer (June through August)

Temperature Extremes

Highest Average
Rank Temperature Year
1 90.5 2011
2 88.7 1925
3
(tie)
88.6 2022
88.6 1934
5 88.0 2018
6
(tie)
87.7 2023
87.7 1918
8 87.6 1998
9 87.3 1980
10 87.2 1977
Highest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 102.6 2011
2 100.3 2022
3
(tie)
100.0 2023
100.0 2018
5 99.5 1980
6 99.4 1998
7
(tie)
98.7 2009
98.7 1934
9 98.6 1925
10
(tie)
98.5 1990
98.5 1918
Highest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 78.8 1925
2 78.4 1934
3 78.2 2011
4 77.0 1923
5
(tie)
76.9 1924
76.9 1918
7
(tie)
76.8 2022
76.8 1914
9 76.6 2010
10 76.3 1932

Lowest Average
Rank Temperature Year
1 80.7 1961
2 80.9 1979
3 81.2 2004
4 81.6 1940
5 81.8 1973
6 81.9 1938
7 82.0 1995
8
(tie)
82.1 1975
82.1 1955
82.1 1903
Lowest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 90.5 1961
2 90.6 1979
3 91.0 2004
4 91.3 1919
5 91.6 1920
6 91.7 2007
7 91.8 1973
8 92.1 1945
9 92.2 1968
10 92.4 1975
Lowest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 70.3 1940
2 70.8 1961
3
(tie)
71.0 1995
71.0 1939
5 71.1 1938
6 71.2 1989
7
(tie)
71.3 2004
71.3 1992
71.3 1979
71.3 1936

Precipitation Extremes

Wettest
Rank Precipitation Year
1 20.64 1961
2 19.85 1919
3 16.19 1906
4 14.56 1938
5 14.55 2021
6 14.49 1903
7 14.29 1979
8 14.02 1991
9 13.53 2004
10 12.42 1927
Driest
Rank Precipitation Year
1 0.51 1980
2 0.74 2023
3 0.85 1956
4 0.93 1924
5 1.24 2018
6 1.33 1954
7 1.43 2011
8 1.58 1965
9
(tie)
1.87 1952
1.87 1918
 

Waco - Autumn (September through November)

Temperature Extremes

Highest Average
Rank Temperature Year
1 74.2 1931
2
(tie)
72.8 1933
72.8 1905
4 72.7 1927
5 72.4 1977
6 72.0 2016
7 71.7 1963
8 71.4 1921
9 71.2 1934
10
(tie)
71.0 2015
71.0 2005
Highest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 85.6 1905
2 84.2 2005
3 84.1 1977
4 83.8 1931
5 83.5 1999
6 83.3 2016
7 83.2 1963
8
(tie)
83.1 1927
83.1 1909
83.1 1904
Highest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 64.7 1931
2 63.1 1933
3 62.3 1927
4 61.7 1998
5 61.2 1973
6 61.1 1926
7 61.0 1919
8
(tie)
60.7 2016
60.7 1977
10 60.6 1934

Lowest Average
Rank Temperature Year
1 62.8 1976
2 64.7 1993
3 65.0 1936
4 65.1 1957
5 65.4 1917
6 65.6 1932
7 65.7 1959
8
(tie)
66.1 1979
66.1 1974
10 66.2 1903
Lowest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 73.9 1976
2
(tie)
74.9 1957
74.9 1913
4
(tie)
75.4 1974
75.4 1935
6 75.8 1936
7
(tie)
76.0 1972
76.0 1907
9 76.3 1993
10 76.4 1929
Lowest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 51.7 1976
2
(tie)
53.0 1993
53.0 1938
4 53.1 1917
5 53.3 1979
6 53.6 1995
7 53.8 2008
8 54.0 1952
9 54.1 1903
10
(tie)
54.2 1937
54.2 1936

Precipitation Extremes

Wettest
Rank Precipitation Year
1 21.95 2015
2 20.86 2004
3 20.65 2018
4 20.01 1913
5 19.99 1902
6 19.64 2009
7 16.85 1942
8 16.67 1935
9 16.35 1919
10 16.18 1936
Driest
Rank Precipitation Year
1 1.50 1989
2 1.72 1910
3 1.97 2005
4 2.16 1921
5 2.26 1938
6 2.30 1931
7 2.71 1999
8 2.90 1917
9 2.95 2017
10 3.42 1956
 

Waco - Winter (December through February)

Temperature Extremes

Highest Average
Rank Temperature Year
1 56.3 1906-1907
2 54.7 1951-1952
3 54.6 1922-1923
4
(tie)
54.4 2016-2017
54.4 1933-1934
6
(tie)
53.7 1970-1971
53.7 1920-1921
8
(tie)
53.5 1999-2000
53.5 1931-1932
10 53.1 1910-1911
Highest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 68.9 1906-1907
2 66.6 1951-1952
3 66.0 1970-1971
4 65.6 2008-2009
5
(tie)
65.5 2021-2022
65.5 1999-2000
65.5 1975-1976
8 65.4 2016-2017
9 65.3 1905-1906
10 65.0 2005-2006
Highest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 45.0 1931-1932
2 44.7 1922-1923
3 44.3 1933-1934
4 43.7 1906-1907
5 43.3 2016-2017
6 43.2 1921-1922
7 43.1 1920-1921
8
(tie)
43.0 1930-1931
43.0 1926-1927
43.0 1902-1903

Lowest Average
Rank Temperature Year
1 42.4 1978-1979
2
(tie)
43.8 1983-1984
43.8 1977-1978
4 44.0 2009-2010
5 44.2 1909-1910
6 44.4 1917-1918
7
(tie)
44.5 1972-1973
44.5 1963-1964
9 44.6 1935-1936
10 45.0 1939-1940
Lowest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 51.6 1978-1979
2 53.6 1977-1978
3 53.9 1972-1973
4 54.3 2009-2010
5 54.8 1914-1915
6 55.2 1917-1918
7 55.6 1983-1984
8 55.7 1963-1964
9
(tie)
55.9 1967-1968
55.9 1909-1910
Lowest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 32.1 1983-1984
2 32.3 1939-1940
3 32.5 1909-1910
4 32.7 2013-2014
5 33.1 1976-1977
6
(tie)
33.2 1963-1964
33.2 1935-1936
8 33.3 1978-1979
9 33.6 1917-1918
10 33.7 2009-2010

Precipitation Extremes

Wettest
Rank Precipitation Year
1 19.96 1997-1998
2 19.22 1991-1992
3 16.72 1960-1961
4 14.98 1931-1932
5 13.95 1923-1924
6 13.62 1913-1914
7 12.94 1996-1997
8 12.45 1940-1941
9 12.01 2011-2012
10 11.83 1937-1938
Driest
Rank Precipitation Year
1 0.85 1916-1917
2 1.22 1917-1918
3 1.59 1966-1967
4 2.07 1995-1996
5 2.08 2021-2022
6 2.10 2013-2014
7 2.19 1970-1971
8 2.22 1924-1925
9 2.28 1983-1984
10 2.34 1962-1963