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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 >

October 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 .05 0.44 1941 0.0 2023
2 .06 2.84 1986 0.0 2023
3 .05 1.83 1953 0.0 2023
4 .05 1.36 1986 0.0 2023
5 .04 1.16 2005 0.0 2023
6 .05 1.88 1981 0.0 2023
7 .05 0.78 1954 0.0 2023
8 .05 1.31 2011 0.0 2023
9 .04 2.04 1985 0.0 2023
10 .05 0.98 1940 0.0 2023
11 .04 1.80 1940 0.0 2023
12 .05  0.81 1937 0.0 2023
13 .04  1.63 1974 0.0 2023
14 .04  1.59 1974 0.0 2023
15 .03  1.16 1981 0.0 2023
16 .04  0.65 1970 0.0 2023
17 .04  3.59 1985 0.0 2023
18 .04  1.16 2002 0.0 2023
19 .04  2.77 1983 0.0 2023
20 .04  1.18 1957 0.0 2023
21 .03  0.66 1998 0.0 2023
22 .04  2.21 2015 0.0 2023
23 .03  2.46 2023 0.0 2023
24 .03  2.35 1941 0.0 2023
25 .03  0.80 1986 0.0 2023
26 .03  0.43 1984 0.0 2023
27 .03  0.75 1974     0.2 3 2020
28 .03  0.69 1976  T  1980
29 .02  0.85 1958    T 1 1993
30 .02 0.34 1974   0.6  1993
31 .03 0.43 1998  0.1 1991
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Footnotes:

  1. Also in previous years
  2. Earliest Snowfall Midland
  3. Earliest Measurable Snowfall ever Midland