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 >

January - Abilene Records and Normals
Date	Record High	Year	Record Low	Year	Normal High	Normal Low	Record Precip.	Year	Daily Normal Precip.
1	82	2006	9	2018	58	33	1.07	1944	0.04
2	82	1997	7	1979	58	33	0.71	1973	0.03
3	86	2006	0	1947	58	33	0.46	1952	0.04
4	79	1921	-9**	1947	58	33	0.69	1932	0.03
5	85	1927	3	1947	58	33	1.04	1960	0.04
6	83	1927	6	1912	58	33	0.72	1961	0.03
7	78	2006	3	1912	58	33	1.92	1961	0.03
8	88	1969	-3	1886	58	33	0.97	1981	0.04
9	84	1957	6	1887	58	33	1.25	1991	0.03
10	77	1995	6	1918	58	33	0.74	2021	0.03
11	82	1907	1	1918	58	33	0.83	1939	0.03
12	82	2000	-1	1973	58	33	0.60	1960	0.03
13	78	1971	8	1963	58	33	0.44	1982	0.03
14	82	1928	-2	1888	58	33	1.21	1889	0.03
15	81	1901	-5	1888	59	34	1.00	2017	0.04
16	84	1938	3	1888	59	34	1.19	2019	0.03
17	80	1974	-1	1930	59	34	0.94	1928	0.04
18	81	1964	-2	1930	59	34	1.19	1968	0.03
19	87	2000	2	1892	59	34	0.83	1968	0.04
20	82	1999	10	1985	59	34	1.35	1968	0.03
21	83	1974	4	1888	59	34	1.02	1904	0.04
22	85	2010	6	1930	59	34	0.83	1919	0.04
23	89	1943	8	1963	60	34	0.56	1889	0.04
24	83	1950	4	1894	60	34	1.07	1961	0.04
25	84	1950	8	1897	60	34	1.25	1973	0.04
26	86	1953	10	1897	60	34	0.69	1992	0.03
27	84	1975	5	1897	60	34	0.66	1895	0.04
28	82	2014	10	2014	60	34	2.64	2010	0.04
29	84	1967	8	1966	60	35	1.82	1999	0.04
30	82	1967	5	1895	60	35	0.92	1964	0.04
31	90*	1911	8	1899	61	35	1.31	1923	0.04