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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 - 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