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Areas of Extreme Heat and Fire Weather in the West; Refreshingly Cooler Further East

Extreme heat will continue across the Pacific Northwest into midweek before finally waning. Hot temperatures, low relative humidity, gusty winds, and isolated dry thunderstorms will bring critical fire weather into Tuesday. A refreshingly cool air mass has settled into much of the eastern two-thirds of the Rockies through the week. Read More >

August Top Ten Precipitation Records
1930-2024
Midland, Texas
Average Monthly Precipitation = 1.72 in
Rank Wettest Year Rank Driest Year
1  5.92 2006 1  0.00 1936
2  5.34 1934 2  0.03 2009
3  4.43 1974 3  0.05 1999
4  4.37 1993 4  0.06 2000
5  4.06 2022 5  0.08 1935
6  3.94 1986 6  0.09 1943
 7  3.84  1958 7    0.17 1  1967
 8  3.80  1972 7    0.17 1  2002
 9  3.76  1942 9  0.18   1953
  10  3.44  2001 10    0.20     2020

Footnotes:

  1. 0.17 occurred two times and ranked seventh  driest