Abilene:
Average annual number of 100 degree days (1981-2010): 12.2 days*
*Keep in mind that 2011 is not in the time period for the official normals.
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Annual and consecutive days with high temperatures of 100 degress or greater
Period of record 1886-present
| Rank | Greatest Annual Number of Days (Year) |
Most Consecutive Days and Dates (1937 - present) |
| 1 | 81 (2011) |
30 (August 3 - September 1, 1952) |
| 2 | 46 (1934) |
21 (July 1 - July 21, 1978) |
| 3 | 44 (1943) |
21 (June 8 - June 28, 1953) |
| 4 | 43 (1952) |
19 (July 27 - August 24, 1937) |
| 5 | 42 (1980) |
18 (July 12 - July 29, 2011) |
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42 (1978) |
18 (July 30 - August 16, 1943) |
| 7 | 40 (2012) |
16 (August 16 - August 31, 2011) |
| 40 (2000) | 12 (July 31 - August 11, 2011) |
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| 9 | 37 (1998) | 12 (July 23 - August 3, 1998) |
| 37 (1953) | 12 (July 8 - July 19, 1980)# |
# Twelve consecutive days was also matched again in 1980 and 1943
Years when Maximum Temperature did not reach 100 degrees:
1890
1961
1968
1975
1992
2007