Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast and Northern Plains; Critical Fire Weather in the West

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 >

With the attention given to the number of 100 degree days this year, we have compiled a list that includes both automated sites as well as cooperative observation data provided by NWS volunteers. The official (and automated) sites of San Angelo, Abilene and Junction have complete records while some of the cooperative records contain sporadic missing data. The missing data may or may not have impacted the numer of 100 degree days at these coop sites.

Below is the compiled list from January 1 through December 31.

Automated Sites:

Location	100 Degree Days (2011)	Previous Record
San Angelo	100	60 (1969)
Abilene	81	46 (1934)
Junction	79	N/A

Cooperative Observations (number of missing days):

Location	100 Degree Days (2011)	Previous Record**	# Missing Days
Brownwood	109	83 (1918)	1
Ballinger	101	83 (1918)	3
Paint Rock	96	69 (1980)	10
Stamford	93	70 (2000)	3
Coleman	91	82 (1918)	0
Putnam	89	56 (2000)	0
Rotan	88	67 (1998)	7
Haskell	84	83 (1910)	0
Menard	79	66 (1927)	11
Roscoe	78	46 (1953)	3
Mason	77	40 (1962)	3
San Saba	77	40 (2006)	13
Winters	72	55 (2000)	0
Brady	69	48 (1980)	4
Sonora	52	52 (1980)	0
Sterling City	51	51 (1998)	0
Ozona	34	52 (1953)	5
**Records Unofficial. Dates of observation are highly variable among sites and data may be incomplete or missing during long periods of time at cooperative observation stations.