Dangerous Heat Builds and Expands; Critical Fire Weather for the Southwest; Severe Thunderstorms for Plains and Midwest

Dangerous to record breaking heat will build across the center of the nation and slowly build eastward this week. Wildfire conditions remain critical for the Southwest and portions of the Great Basin through Monday. For the northern Plains and upper Midwest, severe thunderstorms with the potential for large to very large hail and severe winds are the primary hazards. Read More >

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Waco - Spring (March through May)

Temperature Extremes

Highest Average
Rank	Temperature	Year
1	72.8	1925
2 (tie)	71.2	2026
2 (tie)	71.2	1902
4	70.8	1967
5	70.6	1933
6 (tie)	70.4	2012
	70.4	2006
	70.4	1963
	70.4	1927
10	70.2	2011

Highest Maximum
Rank	Temperature	Year
1	84.2	1902
2	84.1	1925
3	82.9	2011
4	82.6	2022
5	82.0	2026
6	81.7	2006
7 (tie)	81.6	2012
7 (tie)	81.6	1963
9	81.5	2025
10	81.4	1967

Highest Minimum
Rank	Temperature	Year
1	61.5	1925
2	61.0	1927
3	60.4	2026
4 (tie)	60.2	1967
4 (tie)	60.2	1929
6	59.9	1933
7	59.5	1921
8	59.3	1908
9 (tie)	59.2	2012
9 (tie)	59.2	1963

Lowest Average
Rank	Temperature	Year
1	62.9	1983
2	63.4	1915
3 (tie)	63.5	1997
3 (tie)	63.5	1975
5	63.6	1947
6	63.7	1958
7	63.8	2014
8 (tie)	64.0	1980
8 (tie)	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
5 (tie)	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
5 (tie)	52.4	1937
7 (tie)	53.0	1997
	53.0	1917
	53.0	1913
10 (tie)	53.1	1988
10 (tie)	53.1	1952

Precipitation Extremes

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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
9 (tie)	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
3 (tie)	88.6	1934
5	88.0	2018
6 (tie)	87.7	2023
6 (tie)	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
3 (tie)	100.0	2018
5	99.5	1980
6	99.4	1998
7 (tie)	98.7	2009
7 (tie)	98.7	1934
9	98.6	1925
10 (tie)	98.5	1990
10 (tie)	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
5 (tie)	76.9	1918
7 (tie)	76.8	2022
7 (tie)	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
3 (tie)	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

20.64

1961

19.85

1919

16.19

1906

14.80

2025

14.56

1938

14.55

2021

14.49

1903

14.29

1979

14.02

1991

13.53

2004

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
9 (tie)	1.87	1918

Waco - Autumn (September through November)

Temperature Extremes

Highest Average
Rank	Temperature	Year
1	74.2	1931
2 (tie)	72.8	1933
2 (tie)	72.8	1905
4	72.7	1927
5	72.4	1977
6	72.1	2024
7 (tie)	72.0	2025
7 (tie)	72.0	2016
9	71.7	1963
10	71.4	1921

Highest Maximum
Rank	Temperature	Year
1	85.9	2024
2	85.6	1905
3	85.2	2025
4	84.2	2005
5	84.1	1977
6	83.8	1931
7	83.5	1999
8	83.3	2016
9	83.2	1963
10 (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
8 (tie)	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
8 (tie)	66.1	1974
10	66.2	1903

Lowest Maximum
Rank	Temperature	Year
1	73.9	1976
2 (tie)	74.9	1957
2 (tie)	74.9	1913
4 (tie)	75.4	1974
4 (tie)	75.4	1935
6	75.8	1936
7 (tie)	76.0	1972
7 (tie)	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
2 (tie)	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
10 (tie)	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
4 (tie)	54.4	1933-1934
6 (tie)	53.7	1970-1971
6 (tie)	53.7	1920-1921
8 (tie)	53.5	1999-2000
8 (tie)	53.5	1931-1932
10	53.3	2025-2026

Highest Maximum
Rank	Temperature	Year
1	68.9	1906-1907
2	67.4	2025-2026
3	66.6	1951-1952
4	66.0	1970-1971
5	65.6	2008-2009
6 (tie)	65.5	2021-2022
	65.5	1999-2000
	65.5	1975-1976
9	65.4	2016-2017
10	65.3	1905-1906

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
2 (tie)	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
7 (tie)	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
9 (tie)	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
6 (tie)	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