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Above Average Temperatures for Most Today; Winter Weather Returns to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes

Well above average temperatures are forecast today into Wednesday over most of the lower 48 states away from the Gulf Coast. A storm system passing across southern Canada will bring a wintry mix to the upper Great Lakes today. A trailing cold front will then bring the wintry mix from the central Appalachians through the Northeast U.S. Wednesday and Thursday. Read More >

December - Abilene
Date
Record High Minimum
Year
Record Low Maximum
Year
1
61
2007
34
1985
2
63
2012
31
1985
3
62
2021
26
1897
4
60
2001
28
1886
5
60
1980
33
1992
6
63
1980
25
2013
7
58
2022
20
2013
8
62
1889
30
1978
9
58
2021
25
1898
10
61
1965
21
1898
11
60
1929
24
1972
12
63
1929
23
2000
13
60
2014
24
1919
14
63
1948
24
1901
15
64
2021
29
1926
16
60
1924
25
1989
17
60
1908
33
1897
18
53
1939
19
1909
19
55
1889
17
1924
20
60
1949
19
1924
21
58
1894
22
1887
22
56
1904
12
1990
23
62
2025
13
1983
24
60
1889
13
1983
25
61
2025
17
1983
26
60
2025
26
1892
27
62
2025
22
1894
28
63
1984
26
1925
29
62
1992
23
1917
30
62
1992
22
1990
31
63
1965
19
1946