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Fire Weather Concerns and Severe Thunderstorms through the Weekend

Dry and windy conditions, and some dry thunderstorms and lightning, may support hazardous fire activity in the northern Plains, high southern Plains and the Southwest this weekend. An active severe weather pattern is forecast for portions of the central and southern High Plains into the Upper Midwest through early the part of next week. Damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes are possible. 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