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Heavy Rain Across the Southern US; Unsettled Pattern in the Pacific Northwest

A storm system will bring heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and flooding threats to portions of the Southern Plains Friday, the Lower Mississippi Valley Saturday, and the Southeast into the Mid-Atlantic on Sunday. High elevation snow and mixed precipitation and rain in the lower elevations will impact the Pacific Northwest this weekend before a stronger system moves in early next week. Read More >

Midland August Monthly Precipitation
1930-2024
   Average = 1.72 in

Year Pcpn Year Pcpn Year Pcpn
1930 2.60 1931 1.04 1932 2.45
1933 1.56 1934 5.34 1935 0.08
1936 0.00 1937 1.21 1938 0.28
1939 1.26 1940 2.35 1941 2.48
1942 3.76 1943 0.09 1944 1.67
1945 0.45 1946 1.81 1947 0.50
1948 0.27 1949 2.18 1950 1.11
1951 1.26 1952 1.07 1953 0.18
1954 1.26 1955 0.46 1956 1.73
1957 1.19 1958 3.84 1959 0.90
1960 2.59 1961 0.21 1962 2.66
1963 1.24 1964 0.58 1965 3.23
1966 3.37 1967 0.17 1968 2.10
1969 0.32 1970 0.87 1971 3.27
1972 3.80 1973 0.25 1974 4.43
1975 1.68 1976 0.84 1977 0.37
1978 1.01 1979 2.17 1980 0.93
1981 3.33 1982 0.67 1983 0.43
1984 2.45 1985 0.81 1986 3.94
1987 0.51 1988 1.66 1989 1.19
1990 2.15 1991 1.58 1992 2.75
1993 4.37 1994 1.75 1995 0.34
1996 2.94 1997 2.41 1998 0.92
1999 0.05 2000 0.06 2001 3.44
 2002 0.17 2003 1.91 2004 0.77
 2005 2.61 2006 5.92 2007 3.17
 2008 2.42 2009 0.03 2010 0.44
 2011 0.45 2012 0.75 2013 1.18
 2014 0.77 2015 1.01 2016 3.20
 2017 2.52 2018 3.24 2019 0.32
 2020 0.20 2021 0.84 2022 4.06
 2023 T 2024 0.56