Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and hail are forecast across the Northeast U.S. and North Dakota today. Heavy to excessive rainfall is possible over eastern New Mexico into western Texas and over the western Florida peninsula today. Critical fire weather conditions will persist today over parts of the interior Northwest and Great Basin. 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