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

 1     95  2006  10  1962     66 / 41      1.43  1934     .05    
 2     93  1974  10  1980     66 / 41      1.16  1886     .06    
 3     90  1974  11  2014     67 / 42      1.42  1981     .05    
 4     89  1955  16  1917     67 / 42      2.55  2020     .06    
 5     93  1991  16  1989     67 / 42      0.76  1892     .06    

 6     90  1929  16  1920     68 / 42      0.70  1970     .06    
 7     88  1918  17  1943     68 / 43      1.41  2024     .06    
 8     93  1918  17  1996     68 / 43      1.49  2016     .06    
 9     94  1911  19  1996     69 / 43      1.09  1903     .05    
10     94  1911  12  1948     69 / 44      0.76  1973     .06    

11     92  2014   9* 1948     69 / 44      2.19  1902     .04    
12     93  1989  12  1948     70 / 44      1.37  1929     .06    
13     95  1916  20  1951     70 / 45      0.73  1924     .05    
14     91  1908  18  1988     70 / 45      0.80  1945     .06    
15     88  1961  22  1962     71 / 45      1.32  1998     .05    

16     91  1908  20  1895     71 / 45      1.13  1897     .06    
17     95  1908  18  1892     71 / 46      0.73  2008     .06    
18     95  1908  18  1923     72 / 46      1.61  2006     .05    
19     93  1907  14  1923     72 / 46      1.65  2002     .06    
20     94  1916  15  1965     72 / 47      1.03  1968     .05    

21     98* 1916  25  1913     73 / 47      0.77  1948     .06    
22     92  1934  23  1989     73 / 47      0.80  1979     .06    
23     87  1998  23  1952     73 / 47      1.80  1973     .06    
24     93  1988  26  2006     74 / 48      2.75  1943     .06    
25     93  1899  22  1955     74 / 48      1.07  1934     .05    

26     92  1890  19  1955     74 / 48      2.30  1938     .06    
27     94  2022  19  1931     75 / 48      1.50  1923     .05    
28     96  1928  23  1931     75 / 49      1.77  1897     .05    
29     96  1967  24  1987     75 / 49      1.35  1979     .06    
30     93  1974  22  1987     76 / 49      1.49  2007     .06    
31     97  1974  27  1926     76 / 49      0.93  1916     .05    

Highest March Temperature: 98 on 3/21/1916

Lowest March Temperature: 9 on 3/11/1948 

Normal March Precipitation: 1.73 inches

Greatest March Precipitation: 5.16 inches in 1979