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Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >

       Historical Monthly and Annual Rainfall Data  Abilene
YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1969 0.81 1.28 2.08 2.49 7.76 2.42 2.15 8.18 4.10 1.98 1.11 2.48 36.84
1970 0.04 1.84 2.41 2.56 3.68 1.94 Tr 1.54 2.41 1.18 0.08 0.24 17.92
1971 0.01 0.57 0.04 2.44 2.17 1.78 1.85 6.92 5.33 2.43 0.76 1.81 26.11
1972 0.29 0.11 0.23 1.04 2.47 3.67 1.22 4.92 3.15 4.49 0.37 Tr 21.96
1973 3.52 1.61 3.28 1.10 1.38 2.21 2.68 0.30 4.65 3.15 0.22 0.01 24.11
1974 0.18 0.57 0.72 3.44 0.72 1.03 2.20 5.61 11.03 5.06 1.75 1.14 33.45
1975 0.83 1.86 1.49 0.52 4.43 1.68 1.93 2.47 2.27 0.84 2.67 1.22 22.21
1976 0.02 0.08 0.25 3.70 1.04 0.68 4.27 1.47 3.97 6.24 0.63 0.18 22.53
1977 1.22 0.08 2.35 3.11 0.44 1.71 1.82 2.54 0.09 2.15 0.57 0.19 16.27
1978 0.62 1.26 0.17 1.00 1.50 1.24 0.72 6.70 2.36 1.49 0.94 0.28 18.28
1979 0.72 1.10 5.16 1.72 1.86 2.89 1.55 1.55 0.01 0.53 0.65 2.62 20.36
1980 0.77 0.72 0.69 0.17 5.00 1.14 0.24 1.62 6.30 0.71 1.62 1.69 20.67
1981 1.20 1.06 2.36 3.52 1.48 2.73 1.69 0.63 1.74 10.68 0.43 0.25 27.77
1982 1.00 1.20 0.43 0.38 6.87 3.98 1.50 1.12 1.09 0.74 1.72 1.28 21.31
1983 2.28 0.12 1.95 0.54 1.42 3.86 2.57 0.10 0.87 3.25 1.77 0.77 19.50
1984 0.98 0.46 0.47 0.20 0.42 1.70 0.97 3.24 3.55 5.15 2.11 3.08 22.33
1985 0.53 1.50 2.86 0.90 4.03 1.78 1.71 3.66 1.28 2.43 1.56 0.03 22.27
1986 0.01 1.51 0.50 0.99 4.03 4.49 3.54 2.45 1.71 7.46 3.24 2.05 31.98
1987 0.54 3.55 1.55 0.87 4.58 1.86 1.91 4.17 2.12 0.21 1.16 4.55 27.07
1988 0.05 0.37 0.54 2.09 2.93 3.75 1.76 1.18 1.74 1.01 Tr 0.80 16.22
1989 0.54 3.08 1.72 0.71 3.07 9.53 1.01 2.53 4.09 0.97 0.20 0.21 27.66
1990 1.94 2.36 2.43 4.57 5.06 0.36 4.27 0.77 4.79 1.73 2.26 0.81 31.35
1991 2.71 0.14 0.51 1.65 1.07 8.05 2.24 1.85 5.99 2.47 0.32 6.28 33.28
1992 1.87 3.60 0.83 2.02 3.51 4.81 2.70 1.99 1.79 1.19 2.57 1.00 27.88
1993 0.91 1.23 1.03 0.84 2.01 3.80 0.25 1.82 2.42 3.19 0.40 0.90 18.80
1994 1.10 0.76 0.08 3.43 9.03 Tr 0.59 2.15 3.80 3.07 3.39 1.04 28.44
1995 1.25 0.43 1.53 1.13 5.83 1.67 2.07 5.25 2.41 0.99 0.32 0.23 23.11
1996 0.70 0.04 1.26 2.56 1.93 2.61 1.92 6.92 6.02 2.56 2.44 Tr 28.96
1997 0.09 3.49 0.98 2.96 1.52 6.86 0.28 4.16 0.04 2.54 1.00 3.16 27.08
1998 1.17 0.68 3.19 0.35 0.72 1.97 1.31 0.47 0.07 1.52 1.06 1.37 13.88
1999 1.93 0.00 2.92 1.49 1.77 4.58 0.06 0.42 1.60 1.66 Tr 0.35 16.67
2000 0.17 0.44 0.88 0.64 2.60 5.48 0.01 0.00 1.08 7.01 2.92 0.92 22.15
2001 1.07 2.70 1.92 0.57 3.63 1.38 0.03 3.39 2.32 0.49 3.39 0.98 21.87
2002 0.47 1.16 4.01 0.46 3.42 0.81 8.04 1.07 2.05 4.37 0.93 1.33 27.94
2003 0.18 0.94 0.48 0.60 1.69 7.36 0.05 2.42 1.02 1.81 2.49 0.01 19.05
2004 1.65 2.90 1.29 5.03 1.73 4.04 1.55 5.02 0.20 8.11 5.12 0.73 37.37
2005 0.72 2.11 2.19 0.01 2.95 0.72 2.42 4.43 0.56 3.44 Tr 0.11 19.66
2006 0.41 1.26 2.61 3.17 3.40 2.21 0.39 1.44 3.17 1.43 0.12 1.16 20.77
2007 1.59 0.32 4.28 2.14 5.63 7.86 2.41 7.07 1.21 1.93 1.03 0.37 35.84
2008 0.08 0.77 4.06 2.44 2.40 2.52 0.01 6.31 2.51 3.15 0.11 0.01 24.37
2009 0.17 0.29 1.42 1.07 3.28 2.68 2.56 1.25 3.55 3.40 0.02 1.87 21.56
2010 3.15 2.18 1.76 1.87 3.60 3.32 6.20 0.40 2.44 1.52 0.15 1.20 27.79
2011 0.92 0.68 0.40 2.44 1.11 0.93 Tr 3.91 0.24 4.09 0.18 1.93 16.83
2012 2.77 1.70 1.21 0.87 2.31 2.11 1.49 1.20 8.48 0.73 0.29 0.04 23.20
2013 1.31 0.58  0.61  1.72 2.00 5.13 4.44 0.54 3.18 1.40 1.17  1.11  23.19 
2014 Tr 0.49  0.67  0.61  2.22  3.75  2.46  0.30 0.77  0.78  2.44  0.53  15.02 
2015 1.77 1.74  1.60  2.18  5.34  3.62  8.30  0.62  1.09  8.17  3.77  2.20  40.41 
2016 0.04  0.68  2.31  6.24  8.53  3.13  0.64 5.54 5.59 0.40 2.51 1.39 37.00
2017 1.93 1.45 0.42 1.34 2.73 1.67 1.05 3.86 4.43 0.11 0.90 1.05 20.94
2018 Tr 2.41 1.47 0.30 1.93 2.97 1.41 1.67 5.75 12.09 0.28 3.64 33.92
2019 0.86 0.24 1.29 4.73 7.22 3.92 0.54 0.18 0.83 0.35 2.01 0.98 23.15
2020 1.83 3.22 4.69 0.77 1.40 3.45 2.07 0.13 5.51 0.80 0.71 1.82 26.40
2021 1.20 0.38 1.27 4.88 8.20 2.69 0.89 0.57 2.58 1.48 0.24 0.05 24.43
2022 0.20 2.02 0.40 0.47 0.76 0.69 0.17 3.01 1.03 3.86 1.55 0.47 14.63
2023 0.73 1.36 1.05 1.38 5.36 4.05 1.80 0.46 2.43 2.97 0.13 1.44 23.16
2024 2.29 1.12 1.94 2.41 5.04 1.93 0.13 0.33 6.45 0.27 5.19
2025 0.89 0.01 0.64 5.98 2.80 2.88              

 

	JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY   JUN   JUL   AUG   SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   ANNUAL Normal         
        1.10  1.29  1.73  1.86  3.21  3.44  1.92  2.53  2.67  2.83  1.40  1.26  25.24 
* Incomplete Record
# First Order Station November 1, 1947
Normals based on the period 1981-2010, and are provided by the National Climatic Data Center