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Heavy Rainfall for Portions of the West and Southern Plains; Dangerous Heat for the Northwest

Monsoonal flow coinciding with a frontal boundary will focus more showers and thunderstorms across the central Great Basin, central Rockies, Southwest into the Southern Plains. Heavy rainfall may bring about instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile, record setting heat continues for the Pacific Northwest through Monday. Heat combining with dry conditions could allow for any fires to quickly spread. Read More >

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Waco - Christmas Day Climatology

December 25

Temperature
  • Normal maximum: 59°F
  • Normal minimum: 36°F
  • Number of freezes: 48
  • Number of days with maximum:
         100°F or more: 0
         32°F or less: 1
Highest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 82 2021
2 79 2016
3
(tie)
78 1964
78 1955
78 1951

 

Lowest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 7 1983
2 16 2022
3
(tie)
20 1989
20 1981
5
(tie)
21 2009
21 1980
21 1924

 

Lowest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 23 1983
2 36 1974
3
(tie)
38 1985
38 1924
5
(tie)
40 1943
40 1918
Highest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 67 2016
2 59 2021
3
(tie)
56 1916
56 1904
5 55 1971
 
Precipitation
  • Number of occurrences with any precipitation: 32
  • Number of occurrences with measurable precipitation: 19
  • Average amount when precipitation occurred: 0.17"
  • Chance of measurable precipitation: 15%
  • Number of occurrences of:
         thunder: 3 
         snow: 1 
         sleet (ice pellets): 2 
         freezing rain/freezing drizzle (glaze): 0 
         fog: 20
Wettest
Rank Precipitation Year
1 1.40 2000
2 1.25 1987
3 0.57 1914
4 0.45 1926
5 0.40 1913
 
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