Extreme Heat and Tropical Storm Bertha Impacts

Dangerous heat will expand from the Gulf Coast into the Southern Plains and Desert Southwest through week's end. Additional extreme heat impacting the Pacific Northwest will shift to the northern Plains by the weekend. Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to continue to impact portions of the northern Gulf Coast from the western Florida Panhandle to southeastern Louisiana through tonight. Read More >

TOP 50 DRY PERIODS WITH UNDER 1/10" AT LUBBOCK* (LBB)

CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHOUT A TENTH OF AN INCH (1/10") OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT LUBBOCK SINCE 1911*

Updated 9/22/2022

Rank	Total # of Days	Year	Start Date	End Date	# of Days with Trace	# of days with precip under a 1/10"	Total Precip during stretch (inches)
1	182	1966-1967	18 Sep 1966	18 Mar 1967	13	9	0.28
2	156	1953-1954	6 Nov 1953	10 Apr 1954	13	6	0.21
3	144	1958-1959	11 Nov 1958	6 Apr 1959	25	9	0.19
4	138	2005-2006	10 Oct 2005	24 Feb 2006	14	7	0.29
5	133	2017-2018	7 Oct 2017	16 Feb 2018	16	4	0.14
6	132	1973-1974	28 Oct 1973	8 Mar 1974	26	2	0.09
7	128	1996	2 Jan 1996	8 May 1996	4	9	0.30
8	125	1970-1971	18 Oct 1970	19 Feb 1971	4	3	0.14
9	119	2022	2 Jan 2022	30 Apr 2022	12	6	0.21
10	117	1989-1990	23 Sep 1989	17 Jan 1990	7	8	0.32
11	106	2010-2011	23 Oct 2010	5 Feb 2011	6	6	0.21
12	105	1955	15 Jan 1955	29 Apr 1955	11	2	0.10
13	104	2008-2009	15 Oct 2008	26 Jan 2009	7	5	0.19
14	100	1933-1934	21 Nov 1933	28 Feb 1934	3	7	0.18
-	100	1921-1922	26 Sep 1921	3 Jan 1922	7	1	0.02
16	97	2011	12 May 2011	16 Aug 2011	8	4	0.10
17	95	1952	4 Jan 1952	7 Apr 1952	8	5	0.09
18	94	1917-1918	9 Oct 1917	10 Jan 1918	4	2	0.08
19	93	2002-2003	24 Dec 2002	26 Mar 2003	14	5	0.19
20	92	1950-1951	2 Oct 1950	1 Jan 1951	6	2	0.06
21	86	1955-1956	8 Nov 1955	1 Feb 1956	7	1	0.01
-	86	1925	27 Jan 1925	22 Apr 1925	2	2	0.07
23	85	2000	24 Jul 2000	16 Oct 2000	10	5	0.18
-	85	1923-1924	19 Dec 1923	12 Mar 1924	6	9	0.26
25	82	1933	27 Feb 1933	19 May 1933	5	5	0.30
26	81	1947	25 Jul 1947	13 Oct 1947	6	3	0.14
-	81	1943	6 Sep 1943	25 Nov 1943	9	6	0.22
28	76	1972	12 Feb 1972	27 Apr 1972	6	0	T
-	76	1930	10 Jan 1930	26 Mar 1930	8	3	0.06
30	75	2022	4 Jun 2022	17 Aug 2022	9	7	0.31
-	75	2018-2019	27 Dec 2018	11 Mar 2019	14	5	0.13
-	75	1995	3 Oct 1995	16 Dec 1995	6	0	T
33	74	1994-1995	5 Nov 1994	17 Jan 1995	14	11	0.33
-	74	1975-1976	25 Dec 1975	7 Mar 1976	7	3	0.06
-	74	1942-1943	28 Dec 1942	11 Mar 1943	6	3	0.06
36	73	2020-2021	29 Oct 2020	9 Jan 2021	7	5	0.22
-	73	2013	26 Feb 2013	9 May 2013	5	3	0.14
-	73	1976-1977	29 Nov 1976	9 Feb 1977	11	7	0.26
39	72	1999-2000	21 Dec 1999	1 Mar 2000	7	2	0.05
-	72	1991	19 Feb 1991	1 May 1991	4	6	0.24
41	70	1977	23 Oct 1977	31 Dec 1977	5	3	0.03
-	70	1963-1964	20 Nov 1963	28 Jan 1964	9	6	0.22
43	69	1948-1949	1 Nov 1948	8 Jan 1949	8	3	0.16
44	68	1962	26 Jan 1962	3 Apr 1962	5	4	0.12
-	68	1956	10 Feb 1956	17 Apr 1956	6	1	0.01
46	67	2011	5 Mar 2011	10 May 2011	2	4	0.11
-	67	1971-1972	6 Dec 1971	10 Feb 1972	3	6	0.25
-	67	1967	8 Oct 1967	13 Dec 1967	7	5	0.16
-	67	1911-1912	20 Dec 1911	24 Feb 1912	5	4	0.10
50	66	2007-2008	12 Dec 2007	15 Feb 2008	10	3	0.14

NOTES:

* - The location of Lubbock's rainfall observations has changed several times since 1911.

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