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 >

February - Abilene Records and Normals
Date	Record High	Year	Record Low	Year	Normal High	Normal Low	Record Precip.	Year	Normal Daily Precip.
1	89	1911	1	1951	61	35	0.89	1975	0.04
2	82	2003	-7 *	1985	61	35	0.69	1986	0.04
3	86	2025	7	1905	61	35	1.44	1964	0.04
4	85	2008	6	1996	61	35	0.53	2020	0.04
5	83	2025	9	1989	61	36	0.76	1987	0.03
6	87	2025	9	1989	61	36	1.10	1935	0.05
7	86	2025	-2	1895	61	36	1.53	1931	0.04
8	89	2025	-5	1933	62	36	1.05	1935	0.04
9	87	1976	9	2011	62	36	1.02	1898	0.05
10	87	1996	11	2011	62	36	0.66	1911	0.05
11	91	1922	1	1899	62	37	0.77	1924	0.05
12	87	1962	-6	1899	62	37	0.99	1997	0.05
13	84	1962	3	1905	62	37	0.83	1969	0.05
14	88	1979	5	2021	63	37	0.98	1917	0.05
15	89	2000	-2	2021	63	37	1.31	2001	0.04
16	86	2006	-4	2021	63	38	1.93	1940	0.05
17	85	1897	11	1910	63	38	0.87	1911	0.04
18	85	1986	10	1936	63	38	0.88	1911	0.05
19	88	1986	5	2006	64	38	0.90	2020	0.05
20	86	1976	10	2025	64	39	1.13	2018	0.04
21	92	1996	15	1939	64	39	1.10	2018	0.05
22	93	1996	16	1894	64	39	0.83	1958	0.04
23	89	1918	13	1901	64	39	1.09	1888	0.05
24	91	1918	14	1889	65	40	1.77	1992	0.05
25	94 *	1904	9	1960	65	40	1.02	1982	0.05
26	93	2009	16	1891	65	40	1.61	1903	0.06
27	89	2011	16	2002	65	40	1.80	1944	0.05
28	88	2006	10	1922	66	41	2.14	1889	0.05
29	89	1940	20	1960	66	41	0.65	2004	0.05

Highest February Temperature: 94 on 2/25/1904

Lowest February Temperature: -7 on 2/2/1985

Normal February Precipitation: 1.29 inches

Greatest February Precipitation: 4.07 inches in 1903