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Heat the Southwest; Fire Weather in the Central U.S.; Kona Low Impacting Hawaii

A rare March heat wave is ongoing with much above-normal temperatures over the Southwest U.S. through this weekend. Periods of critical fire weather will persist from the central Rockies to the central and southern Plains through the weekend as gusty winds and low relative humidity continue. A Kona low will continue to bring several rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall to Hawaii through Sunday. 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