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Record Heat for the Intermountain West and Northern Plains; Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Threats

Record setting heat is expected over the next several days from the Intermountain West through the northern Plains. Furthermore, fire weather concerns increase with dry and breezy conditions. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorm threats for the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys, central Appalachians and Southeast today. The threat shifts to central Gulf Coast and across central Texas this week. 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 2025
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
(tie)
59 2021
59 2025
4
(tie)
56 1916
56 1904
 
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: 21
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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