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Significant Coastal Impacts to the Eastern Seaboard; Hurricane Nolo to Impact Hawaii

A Nor'easter will bring significant coastal impacts to the Mid-Atlantic and New England through the weekend. Moderate to major coastal flooding, heavy rain, strong winds and high surf expected. Hurricane Nolo is expected to stay just south of the Big Island of Hawaii. However, strong winds and heavy rainfall may bring life-threatening, catastrophic flooding and mudslides through the weekend. Read More >

                    Abilene August Climatology

      Record Temps          Normals Temps   Record Precip  Normal Precip.
Date  High  Year   Low Year  High/ Low      Most Year      Day 

1     107   2012   60  1936  98  / 74       4.79 1995      .06 
2     109   1943   56  1925  98  / 74       2.21 1950      .06 
3     111   1943   61  1949  98  / 74       6.30 1978      .07 
4     107   1943   62  1975  98  / 74       1.14 1955      .07 
5     108   2023   62  1975  98  / 74       1.92 1893      .07 

6     108   2023   61  1894  98  / 74       1.32 1898      .08 
7     108   2024   62  1997  98  / 74       1.13 1966      .08 
8     108   2023   57  1989  97  / 74       1.57 1949      .08 
9     109   2023   56  1989  97  / 74       0.96 1960      .09 
10    110   2023   62  1959  97  / 74       2.25 1914      .08 

11    110   1936   58  1915  97  / 73       2.43 1906      .07 
12    110   1936   57  1904  97  / 73       0.85 1984      .08 
13    107   2023   58  1967  97  / 73       3.67 1914      .08 
14    108   2020   58  2004  97  / 73       3.37 1985      .07 
15    106   2020   62  1992  97  / 73       1.83 1920      .08 

16    109   1943   62  2004  96  / 73       3.08 1920      .08 
17    111   2023   61  2004  96  / 73       3.94 2007      .08 
18    109   2023   62  1967  96  / 72       1.00 1910      .08 
19    106   2024   60  1950  96  / 72       1.75 1910      .08 
20    109   2024   57  1940  96  / 72       2.99 2004      .08 

21    113** 2024   57  1956  95  / 72       2.20 1937      .09 
22    111   2024   58  1891  95  / 72       2.51 1941      .09 
23    112   2024   55  1891  95  / 71       2.17 1969      .08 
24    108   2026   55  1961  95  / 71       2.37 1888      .09 
25    107   2026   58  1926  95  / 71       0.74 1911      .09 

26    109   2019   54  1926  94  / 71       2.28 1914      .10 
27    103   1999   59  1906  94  / 71       1.18 1923      .10 
28    107   2020   50  1992  94  / 70       2.89 1974      .09 
29    105   2020   58  1917  93  / 70       1.84 2022      .09 
30    105   1959   53  1917  93  / 70       2.87 1963      .09 
31    107   1952   48* 1915  93  / 70       1.71 1994      .10
** Highest August Temperature: 113 on 8/21/2024
** This is also the highest temperature ever recorded in Abilene
* Lowest August Temperature: 48 on 8/31/1915
Normal August Precipitation: 2.53 inches 
Greatest August Precipitation: 15.70 inches in 1914