Rising Star Climatology

Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

Rising Star (Eastland County)

32º 05' N 98º 58' W

1633 ft

30 Year Normals (1981-2010)
Month			Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
N o r m a l	Maximum (°F)		56.7	60.3	67.8	76.6	83.4	89.3	93.5	94.1	86.9	77.9	67.1	57.4	75.9
	Minimum (°F)		30.7	34.7	41.7	49.2	59.6	66.8	69.7	69.3	62.0	51.8	41.0	32.4	50.7
	Precipitation (in.)		1.17	2.11	2.84	2.10	4.32	4.78	2.11	2.63	2.66	3.34	1.85	1.45	31.36
	Degree Days	Heating	660	491	333	132	21	1	0	0	15	103	343	623	2722
	Degree Days	Cooling	0	1	15	69	222	392	515	517	298	98	15	1	2143
Monthly Precipitation
Year			Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
2007			INACTIVE
2006			M	M	4.02	1.61	2.70
2005			1.34	4.51	4.29	0.00	5.20	0.00	0.65	7.49	0.88	M	0.00	0.00	NA
2004			0.39	3.14	2.16	3.15	1.99	4.33	2.49	7.15	0.21	3.13	6.23	0.20	34.57
2003			0.45	2.29	0.99	2.85	3.46	6.21	0.34	3.11	2.60	4.30	1.84	0.00	28.44
2002			0.39	1.59	2.63	0.49	7.95	3.60	11.12	0.53	2.05	5.98	M	1.87	NA
2001			2.38	3.00	2.13	1.02	4.17	0.68	0.00	3.36	2.70	1.16	3.20	1.23	25.03
2000			0.65	0.53	1.40	1.01	3.13	7.49	0.00	0.00	4.48	4.40	5.79	T	28.88
1999			1.54	0.00	3.80	2.87	3.56	4.68	M	0.00	0.51	1.62	0.03	1.04	NA
1998			0.79	2.55	4.98	0.43	3.50	1.16	5.25	0.43	0.14	2.34	3.28	1.19	26.04
1997			0.00	6.90	2.05	4.05	3.43	10.42	0.00	1.78	0.47	2.57	1.26	2.59	35.52
1996			0.53	0.00	1.44	2.96	3.72	3.94	2.14	9.18	4.63	1.99	4.75	0.00	35.28
1995			0.67	0.78	2.85	3.69	4.88	2.10	2.01	6.34	5.67	0.60	2.85	0.50	32.94
1994			1.79	1.13	0.37	1.98	14.31	1.25	3.76	0.71	2.76	7.64	3.93	2.16	41.79
1993			2.50	3.11	1.72	2.84	1.28	4.00	0.00	0.66	3.59	6.15	0.66	1.55	28.06
1992			2.16	5.12	1.97	2.45	3.06	8.19	2.37	0.96	5.65	1.63	2.63	1.85	38.04
1991			2.88	0.81	0.61	0.78	2.72	6.49	0.89	5.05	4.73	4.83	1.11	8.80	39.70
1990			1.52	4.33	4.20	10.54	4.33	0.75	5.36	3.65	5.41	3.01	3.39	0.82	47.31
1989			1.87	4.20	2.78	2.18	5.26	7.16	1.97	2.23	1.85	1.13	0.20	0.31	31.14
1988			0.26	0.43	0.79	1.09	2.57	5.82	2.83	0.09	1.51	0.97	0.06	1.34	17.76
1987			0.95	4.49	1.03	1.04	10.74	6.64	0.70	4.26	2.92	0.16	0.84	1.66	35.43
1986			0.00	1.88	1.12	1.73	7.48	13.02	3.16	1.22	2.76	4.36	3.58	2.48	42.79
1985			1.02	1.33	3.45	1.07	2.84	3.22	1.69	1.00	2.84	5.51	1.69	0.07	25.73
1984			0.89	1.32	2.38	0.97	0.98	6.32	1.31	0.95	1.24	7.74	1.53	5.44	31.07
1983			2.19	1.09	5.02	0.85	4.15	2.87	0.73	0.92	0.35	2.18	1.19	0.61	22.15
1982			2.12	1.50	2.02	0.95	6.73	7.30	0.87	1.15	0.19	1.74	2.30	1.53	28.40
1981			0.64	0.70	5.20	1.01	4.20	3.99	1.32	0.05	3.66	7.10	0.59	0.29	28.75
1980			1.72	1.65	1.03	0.81	8.83	3.29	0.00	0.29	6.01	0.13	2.30	2.79	28.85
1979			1.29	1.73	4.93	1.89	3.35	4.44	0.33	1.81	0.00	0.77	0.36	3.19	24.09
1978			1.20	2.00	1.42	0.85	4.73	1.43	0.94	5.75	3.07	0.12	2.44	0.02	23.97
1977			2.24	M	5.00	5.61	1.25	1.17	1.49	2.17	1.20	1.00	1.60	0.20	NA
1976			0.07	0.30	0.60	5.60	2.96	1.56	4.17	2.46	2.24	5.47	1.12	0.53	27.08
Year			Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
1975			0.82	2.02	0.57	2.74	4.50	0.92	2.90	1.31	2.73	0.60	1.94	0.90	21.95
1974			0.40	1.16	0.95	0.77	2.59	1.11	0.40	4.78	9.46	6.65	1.00	1.87	31.14
1973			3.62	2.69	2.15	4.37	0.87	2.84	3.97	0.19	4.26	6.70	0.66	0.02	32.34
1972			0.86	0.61	0.07	3.66	4.89	3.13	3.36	1.15	2.23	2.79	0.67	0.10	23.52
1971			0.10	1.23	0.01	1.72	4.52	3.02	1.59	7.36	4.70	6.67	0.77	1.99	33.68
1970			0.19	3.19	3.98	3.52	3.52	2.44	1.20	1.40	3.01	2.19	0.10	0.30	25.04
1969			0.15	1.59	3.49	6.07	2.33	4.19	1.28	3.39	4.31	6.32	1.71	3.47	38.30
1968			8.51	1.93	3.87	2.97	5.58	4.81	2.62	3.62	1.51	0.17	3.70	1.10	40.39
1967			0.00	0.26	1.46	2.09	8.26	4.25	4.56	0.00	M	M	M	1.87	NA
1966			0.80	1.78	0.76	7.18	3.11	2.03	1.15	3.91	4.32	0.86	0.00	M	NA
1965			1.77	2.19	0.15	0.67	7.84	0.92	0.00	0.40	2.35	3.84	2.84	2.15	25.12
1964			2.95	1.48	1.52	3.80	0.48	0.95	0.00	4.63	8.46	1.49	2.58	0.25	28.59
1963			0.10	0.52	0.00	2.09	8.80	2.54	0.00	0.60	1.06	1.60	4.06	0.31	21.68
1962			0.10	0.49	1.17	2.48	0.37	4.13	7.50	0.30	11.55	8.48	1.09	0.91	38.57
1961			4.63	1.33	0.95	0.00	1.54	8.57	4.99	0.17	2.92	1.85	2.43	0.96	30.34
1960			2.90	1.41	0.83	1.82	1.87	1.39	0.95	4.34	1.97	4.47	0.23	2.22	24.40
1959			0.17	0.63	0.25	1.13	3.15	7.98	8.02	2.08	2.98	5.73	1.45	1.99	35.56
1958			1.93	2.03	2.22	3.30	3.35	2.01	1.94	2.12	3.09	2.19	1.53	0.57	26.28
1957			0.31	1.00	0.97	8.08	13.94	2.26	0.27	0.10	0.86	3.84	4.23	1.21	37.07
1956			1.96	1.50	0.06	3.28	6.34	0.20	0.07	0.00	0.31	2.02	1.28	2.05	19.07
1955			1.13	1.25	0.12	1.02	5.96	3.40	1.82	1.53	1.99	2.60	0.00	0.51	21.33
1954			0.98	0.82	0.95	4.42	2.43	0.27	0.36	1.17	0.62	1.19	2.96	0.49	16.66
1953			0.12	0.34	2.44	2.06	3.11	0.96	2.12	3.85	1.77	6.10	1.29	0.24	24.40
1952			0.15	0.36	1.66	3.41	4.47	1.16	0.04	0.04	1.97	0.00	3.37	1.89	18.52
1951			0.00	1.08	1.31	0.81	2.91	6.03	1.10	0.33	0.65	1.34	0.53	0.18	16.27
Year			Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
1950			0.98	1.33	0.34	2.63	4.82	2.42	5.72	2.54	2.22	0.46	0.00	0.00	23.46
1949			4.33	2.60	2.22	3.65	4.55	4.28	0.34	2.57	1.65	4.59	0.00	3.36	34.14
1948			0.00	0.10	0.10	0.82	1.11	4.46	2.20	0.32	1.00	0.00	0.65	0.00	10.76
1947			1.83	0.25	3.27	1.65	1.84	1.14	0.00	0.70	M	0.00	2.18	3.37	NA
1946			3.82	1.23	2.06	3.25	1.00	1.63	0.10	5.42	5.04	0.92	2.07	3.19	29.73
1945			1.09	1.84	4.60	3.32	1.00	2.25	5.18	2.88	3.35	3.20	0.00	0.89	29.60
1944			5.43	3.25	0.84	1.30	6.54	M	1.05	4.42	4.23	2.11	2.49	1.50	NA
1943			M	0.49	3.24	0.97	3.03	3.47	0.00	0.00	4.38	1.21	0.59	M	NA
1942				0.31	0.42	6.25	5.58	4.95	0.16	1.40	5.52	6.81	0.47	0.98	NA
Year			Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann

Location below

Map of the Rising Star region

Map from tiger.census.gov