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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 >

December Normal Daily Precipitation (1991-2020)
Daily Precipitation records (1930-2023)
 Daily Snowfall Records (1931-2023)
Day Normal Precipitation Record Precip

 Record Precip Year

Record  Snowfall Record  Snowfall Year
1 .02 0.33 2009 T 2009
2 .02 0.21 1936 T 1 2009
3 .02 0.84 2002   0.1 1 2009
4 .01 0.52 1930   1.0 1 2011
5 .02 0.47 1943 1.5 2011
6 .02 0.51 1942 0.5 1969
7 .02 0.50 1980 T 1960
8 .02 0.65 1980 1.5 1988
9 .03 0.88 1960 1.9 1932
10 .02 0.45 1986 4.3 1986
11 .02 1.24 1979   9.8 2 1998
12 .02  0.34 1979 0.5 1985
13 .02  0.58 1979 2.1 1979
14 .01  0.40 1959 3.2 1992
15 .02  0.56 1990 1.3 1932
16 .02  0.24 1959  2.0 1983
17 .02  0.93 1986  T 1996
18 .02  0.57 1952     T 1 1995
19 .02  0.39 1991   T 1983
20 .02  1.05 2013  0.3 1999
21 .02  0.77 1942     T 1 1998
22 .02  1.05 1986    3.7 1986
23 .01  0.99 1932    1.4 1943
24 .02    0.49 1 2011    5.8 2011
25 .02  0.53 1939    1.7 1939
26 .02  0.39 1982     3.5 1982
27 .02  0.36 1994     T 2017
28 .02  0.36 1937    1.2 1954
29 .01  0.68 1932      T 1 1982
30 .02  0.50 1946   5.0 1946
31 .02  0.24 1959   3.5 2020
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Footnotes:

  1. Also in previous years
  2. Second greatest one day snowfall ever