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Storm Moving from Western into Central U.S. through Wednesday

A storm system moving over the Rockies Wednesday will bring marginal risks for excessive rainfall and severe thunderstorms from parts of New Mexico into western South Dakota. Moderate snow is expected from northwestern Wyoming into southern Montana. Read More >

We've seen some wild swings in weather this year, but it may be surprising to see that most of us our sitting pretty near normal for our annual precipitation so far this year. It was a wet start to the year, however a dry early to mid Summer stretch helped offset the abundant early year rainfall. Check out the graphs below that compare each region's current annual precipitation to normal, the wettest, and the driest year so far through September.