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Heavy Snow and Disruptive Ice in the Upper Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains

A late season winter storm will produce a combination of heavy snow and disruptive ice starting this evening in the Northern Plains and moving into the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes by tonight continuing through Thursday. Severe thunderstorms will likely produce severe wind gusts, large hail, a few tornadoes, and heavy rainfall across the southern and central Plains into the morning. Read More >

Top Ten Consecutive Days Trace or More Snowfall
1930-2025
Midland, Texas
  Rank   Most Days Year and Days Total Snow
 1  7  1949 -   January 24th-30th     4.4
 2  5  1961 -   January 24th - 28th     2.0
 3  5  1956 -   February 1st - 5th     1.5
 4    4 1  2011 - Jan 31st - Feb 3rd    3.0
 4    4 1  1983 -   Dec 21st - 24th      T
 4     4 1  1994 -   January 28th - 31st     5.5
 4     4 1   1997 -   January 5th - 8th     2.5
 4     4 1 1973 -   January 8th - 11th      0.6
 4    4 1 1978 -  January 18th - 21st     1.1
  4    4 1   1963 -   Dec 11th - 14th       T
 4   4 1   1960 -   Dec 7th - 10th     2.7
 4   4 1   1942 -   January 2nd - 5th     1.5

 

Footnotes:

  1. 4 days occurred 9 times and was ranked fourth most