Temperatures finally rose above freezing in Abilene on Friday afternoon for the first time in 10.5 days.
Abilene endured 252 hours with temperatures continuously at or below freezing. That is a new record.
Temperatures fell to freezing just before 1 a.m. Feb. 9 and stayed at or below freezing until a little before 1 p.m. Feb. 19.
The National Weather Service in San Angelo said the previous record for continuous hours with temperatures at or below freezing was 202 hours.
That occurred from December 15-26 in 1983 .
San Angelo also set a new record for most continuous hours at or below freezing with 164 hours.
Temperatures dropped to freezing just before 5 p.m. Feb. 10 and stayed at or below freezing until a little before 1 p.m. on Feb. 17.
The previous record was 144 hours from December 31, 1946 to January 5, 1947.
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