Storm Surge Flooding Continues in the Outer Banks; Dangerous Heat in the West

Storm surge flooding will continue through tonight in the Outer Banks in North Carolina as Hurricane Erin continues to move away from the U.S. Wind gusts up to tropical storm force are possible along the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England coasts through Friday. A dangerous, record heat wave will continue across the Desert Southwest and the Central Valley of California through Saturday. Read More >

                            Abilene December Climatology

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

 1     82   1950   17  1896     63 / 38      0.73   2009   .04   	
 2     84   2021   15  1985     62 / 38      0.78   2016   .03   
 3     87   2021   16  1897     62 / 38      1.43   1947   .04   
 4     89   1954   15  1897     62 / 37      1.86   1930   .04   
 5     83   2019    9  1886     61 / 37      0.66   1943   .04   

 6     82   1966   10  1950     61 / 37      4.04   1926   .04   
 7     83   1966   14  2013     61 / 37      0.67   1980   .04   
 8     81   2019   10  2005     61 / 36      1.35   1899   .04   
 9     83   2021   11  1898     60 / 36      3.80   1911   .04   
10     84   2021    1  1898     60 / 36      1.83   1946   .05   

11     83   2015   18  1932     60 / 36      1.58   1991   .04   
12     81   1973   12  1989     60 / 36      0.88   1892   .04   
13     82   1995   10  1917     60 / 35      1.21   2018   .05   
14     80   1995    9  1901     59 / 35      0.83   1967   .04   
15     83   2010   10  1901     59 / 35      1.17   1967   .04   

16     83   1908    9  1989     59 / 35      0.98   2001   .05   
17     78   1962   16  2016     59 / 35      0.92   1898   .04   
18     78   1980   10  2016     59 / 35      0.84   1952   .04   
19     80   1978    5  1924     59 / 34      1.70   1991   .04   
20     84   2010    3  1909     58 / 34      2.06   1926   .04   

21     85   2010    8  1983     58 / 34      0.93   1907   .05   
22     79   1964   -2  1989     58 / 34      1.45   1932   .04   
23     87   1955   -7* 1989     58 / 34      1.58   1932   .04   
24     89   1955    4  1983     58 / 34      1.36   1895   .04   
25     81   2021    6  1983     58 / 34      2.17   1987   .04   

26     90*  2021   16  1983     58 / 34      0.93   2018   .04   
27     81   2021   10  1886     58 / 34      1.65   2015   .04   
28     81   1921    6  1894     58 / 34      1.23   1969   .03   
29     78   1951    5  1983     58 / 34      1.42   1933   .04   
30     82   1951   10  1983     58 / 33      1.90   1896   .04   
31     85   1951    9  1958     58 / 33      0.96   1984   .04

Highest December Temperature: 90 on 12/26/2021

Lowest December Temperature: -7 on 12/23/1989

Normal December Precipitation: 1.26 inches

Greatest December Precipitation: 6.69 inches in 1926