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Strong to Severe Thunderstorms in the East; Heat in the Central and Western U.S.

Strong to potentially severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts are forecast Thursday from parts of New England into the Mid Atlantic and Carolinas. Significant heat will expand across the West and Central Plains through Friday, potentially breaking daily high temperature records. Dangerous heat will then build into the Eastern U.S. this weekend through much of next week. Read More >

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Waco - Halloween Climatology

October 31

Temperature
  • Normal maximum: 75°F
  • Normal minimum: 51°F
  • Number of freezes: 3
  • Number of days with maximum:
         100°F or more: 0 
         32°F or less: 0
Highest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 90 1977
2
(tie)
89 2003
89 1938
4
(tie)
88 1982
88 1909
Lowest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 25 1993
2 29 1917
3 30 2019
4 34 1913
5
(tie)
36 1991
36 1989
36 1980

 

Lowest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 46 1991
2 51 1925
3 52 2019
4
(tie)
53 1993
53 1923
Highest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1
(tie)
72 2003
72 1982
72 1977
4 71 1946
5
(tie)
70 2000
70 1935
 
Precipitation
  • Number of occurrences with any precipitation: 30
  • Number of occurrences with measurable precipitation: 21
  • Average amount when precipitation occurred: 0.38"
  • Chance of measurable precipitation: 17%
  • Number of occurrences of:
         thunder: 10
         snow: 0 
         sleet (ice pellets): 0 
         freezing rain/freezing drizzle (glaze): 0 
         fog: 30
Wettest
Rank Precipitation Year
1 2.68 1974
2 1.52 2015
3 0.87 2004
4 0.82 1903
5 0.75 1991