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Strong to Severe Thunderstorms from the Southern Plains to the Ohio Valley; Heavy Rain and Flooding in the Southern Plains

Severe thunderstorms are expected from central Texas to middle Tennessee and Kentucky this afternoon into tonight. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats. Heavy to excessive rainfall may produce areas of flooding today and tonight from central Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley. Read More >

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Waco - New Year's Eve Climatology

December 31

Temperature
  • Normal maximum: 58°F
  • Normal minimum: 36°F
  • Number of freezes: 42
  • Number of days with maximum:
         100°F or more: 0
         32°F or less: 2
Highest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 83 1951
2 81 1964
3
(tie)
77 2022
77 2021
77 2004
77 1981

 

Lowest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 14 1976
2 17 1990
3 19 1917
4 20 1927
5
(tie)
21 1983
21 1911

 

Lowest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 30 1946
2 31 1978
3 33 1976
4
(tie)
35 1968
35 1911
Highest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 65 1951
2 63 1965
3 60 2004
4 57 2021
5
(tie)
55 1964
55 1949
55 1941
55 1937
55 1920
55 1919
 
Precipitation
  • Number of occurrences with any precipitation: 39
  • Number of occurrences with measurable precipitation: 27
  • Average amount when precipitation occurred: 0.23"
  • Chance of measurable precipitation: 22%
  • Number of occurrences of:
         thunder: 5 
         snow: 4 
         sleet (ice pellets): 4 
         freezing rain/freezing drizzle (glaze): 2 
         fog: 31
Wettest
Rank Precipitation Year
1 1.96 2020
2 1.69 1978
3 1.10 1959
4 0.99 1984
5 0.66 1944