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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Central Plains; Dry Thunderstorms and Critical Fire Weather in the West

Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain may produce large to very-large hail, severe winds, tornadoes and numerous instances of flash flooding across portions of the central Plains. Scattered slow-moving storms will continue to bring a flash flooding threat to the central Gulf Coast. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions are expected across much of the western U.S.. Read More >

Top Ten Consecutive Days Trace or More Precipitation
1930-2020
Midland, Texas

 

  Rank   Most Days Year and Days
 1   14 1    1995 -   September 8th - 21st 
 1   14 1    1986 -   August 26th - Sept 8th 
 3   12 2    1945 -   Sept 28th - Oct 9th 
 3    12 2     1992 -   May 22nd - Jun 2nd 
 5      11 3      1963 -   December 10th - 22nd
 5      11 3      1973 -   Jan 1st - 11th 
 5    11 3      1963 -   May 15th - 25th 
 5      11 3      1974 -   September 15th- 25th  
 9      10 4      1949 -   Feb 20th - Mar 1st 
 9      10 4      1949 -   January 8th - 17th
 9     10 4      1960 -   Feb 28th - Mar 8th 
 9     10 4      1976 -   July 9th - July 18th 
 9    10 4     2004 -   Sept 19th - 28th 
 9    10 4     2004 -   Sept 30th - October 9th

 

Footnotes:

  1. 14 days occurred twice (tied) and ranked first
  2. 12 days occurred twice (tied) and ranked third most days
  3. 11 days occurred four times and ranked fifth most days
  4. 10 days occurred six times and ranked ninth most days