WACO TEMPERATURE DATA

AVERAGE ANNUAL HIGH TEMPERATURE..... 78.4 +0.7 DEGREES
AVERAGE ANNUAL LOW TEMPERATURE...... 57.1 +1.5 DEGREES
AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE................ 67.8 +1.1 DEGREES

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 57.9 DEGREES MADE FEBRUARY 2000 THE 6TH WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD.

THE FIRST "100" DEGREE DAY OF THE SUMMER & THE MONTH OF JULY OCCURRED ON THE 12TH. THERE WAS A STRING OF ( 10 ) CONSECUTIVE " 100 " DEGREE DAYS...WHICH SET A NEW JULY RECORD...PAST RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF JULY WAS ( 8 ) CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

A NEW RECORD ALL-TIME HIGH ( 111 DEGREES ) FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WAS SET ON THE 4TH... OLD RECORD ( 106 DEGREES ) ...PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1998.

THE 6 "TRIPLE DIGIT DAYS " IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TIED FOR 5TH IN THE RECORD BOOKS.

THE FIRST OFFICIAL FREEZE OF THE ( 2000-2001 ) WINTER OCCURRED ON THE 14TH OF NOVEMBER ... 30 DEGREES.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMP OF 41.8 DEGREES MADE DECEMBER THE 5TH COOLEST DECEMBER ON RECORD.

THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR WAS 20 DEGREES ...ON THE 22ND OF DECEMBER.

THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR WAS 111 DEGREES ...ON THE 4TH OF SEPTEMBER.

RECORD HIGHS ESTABLISHED

NEW 82 JAN 18TH OLD RECORD 80 1951
NEW 94 APR 23RD OLD RECORD 91 1943
TIED 104 JUL 20TH OLD RECORD 104 1969
TIED 106 SEP 1ST OLD RECORD 106 1985
NEW 107 SEP 2ND OLD RECORD 104 1951
NEW 108 SEP 3RD OLD RECORD 106 1985
NEW 111 SEP 4TH OLD RECORD 106 1998
NEW 108 SEP 5TH OLD RECORD 103 1990
TIED 100 SEP 11TH OLD RECORD 100 1988
NEW 99 SEP 23RD OLD RECORD 98 1977

RECORD LOWS ESTABLISHED

TIED 57 JUN 7TH OLD RECORD 57 1970
NEW 44 SEP 26TH OLD RECORD 46 1942

HIGHEST LOWS/LOWEST HIGHS SET OR TIED

THE LOWEST HIGH WAS TIED ON THE 17TH OF MARCH ... 48 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1941

THE HIGHEST LOW WAS TIED ON THE 18TH OF MAY ...75 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1974.

THE HIGHEST LOW WAS TIED ON THE 25TH OF MAY ...77 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1915.

THE HIGHEST LOW WAS TIED ON THE 26TH OF MAY ...77 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1996.

THE HIGHEST LOW WAS TIED ON THE 28TH OF AUGUST ...79 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1964.

THE HIGHEST LOW WAS TIED ON THE 11TH OF SEPTEMBER ... 79 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1977.

SET NEW RECORD HIGHEST LOW ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER ...81 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD ...77 DEGREES ... PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1977.

SET NEW RECORD LOWEST HIGH ON THE 7TH OF OCTOBER ... 61 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD ... 64 DEGREES ...PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1986.

SET NEW RECORD LOWEST HIGH ON THE 8TH OF OCTOBER ...57 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD ... 61 DEGREES ...PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1981.

SET NEW RECORD LOWEST HIGH ON THE 9TH OF OCTOBER ... 57 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD ...61 DEGREES ...PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1925.

SET NEW RECORD HIGHEST LOW ON THE 28TH OF OCTOBER ...69 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD ... 68 DEGREES ... PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1961.

THE LOWEST HIGH WAS TIED ON THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER ...54 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1933.

THE LOWEST HIGH WAS TIED ON THE 8TH OF NOVEMBER ...47 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1991.

SET NEW RECORD LOWEST HIGH ON THE 18TH OF NOVEMBER ...43 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD ...46 DEGREES ... PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1965.

SET NEW RECORD LOWEST HIGH ON THE 2ND OF DECEMBER ...44 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD ...47 DEGREES ...PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1991.

SET NEW RECORD LOWEST HIGH ON THE 12TH OF DECEMBER ...28 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD ...34 DEGREES... PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1985.

SET NEW RECORD LOWEST HIGH ON THE 27TH OF DECEMBER ...33 DEGREES ...OLD RECORD ... 35 DEGREES ...PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1983.

PRECIPITATION DATA

AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL 33.70
TOTAL RAINFALL 2000 40.55 / + 8.59
WETTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR 7.78 INCHES IN NOVEMBER
DRIEST MONTH OF THE YEAR 0.05 INCHES IN AUGUST

24-HOUR RECORD RAINFALL ESTABLISHED

NEW 2.00 25TH FEBRUARY... OLD RECORD... 1.00 ... PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1993.
NEW 2.12 4TH JUNE... OLD RECORD ... 1.36 ... PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1996.
NEW 2.99 3RD NOVEMBER ...OLD RECORD ...2.88 ... PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1965.
NEW 0.66 23RD NOVEMBER ... OLD RECORD ...0.61 ... PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1940.
NEW 1.40 25TH DECEMBER ...OLD RECORD ...1.25 ...PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1987.

AUGUST OF 1902 IS THE DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD...WITH NO RAINFALL RECORDED. THERE HAVE BEEN 5 TIMES SINCE 1900 THAT ONLY A "TRACE" OF RAIN WAS RECORDED IN AUGUST. NEXT IN THE RECORD BOOKS IS AUGUST OF 1936...WITH ONLY 0.03 INCHES ... THEN AUGUST OF 2000...WITH ONLY 0.05 INCHES
RECORDED.


THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 7.78 INCHES FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER MAKES YEAR 2000 THE 3RD WETTEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD.

THE ANNUAL TOTAL OF 40.55 INCHES MAKES THE YEAR 2000 THE 16TH WETTEST ON RECORD.