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Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heavy Rain & Isolated Severe Thunderstorms in Southern California

Snow squalls are likely to cross the Lower Great Lakes this evening and the Ohio Valley through the interior Northeast/northern Mid-Atlantic overnight, before potentially reaching the I-95 corridor from D.C. to New York City early New Year’s Day morning. Heavy rain and isolated severe thunderstorms will impact coastal southern California including Los Angeles tonight into early on New Year's Day. Read More >

February Top Ten Precipitation Records
1931-2024
Midland, Texas
Average Monthly Precipitation = 0.58 in
Rank Wettest Year Rank Driest Year Rank Most
Snow
Year
1  3.53 1932 1    0.00 1 1999 1  7.9  2020
2  2.55 1992 1    0.00 1 1947 2  5.6  2021
3  1.93 1987 3   trace 2  1996 3  4.5  2010
4  1.86 2010 3  trace 2 1943 4  3.9  1973 
5  1.79 1969 3  trace 2 1939 5  3.5  1965
6  1.71 1965 3  trace 2 1936 6    3.2 3  1980
 7  1.69  1997 3   trace 2   2000 6     3.2 3  1988
8  1.66  1931 8   0.01 5  1971 8  2.8  1960
 9  1.63  1973 8   0.01 5  2008 9    2.7 4  1940
10  1.57  1958 10 0.02  1934 9    2.7 4 1963

 

Footnotes:

  1. 0.0 occurred twice (tied) and ranked  driest ever   
  2. trace occurred five times and ranked second driest
  3. 3.2 inches of snow occurred twice (tied) and ranked sixth most snowfall 
  4. 2.7 inches of snow occurred twice (tied) and ranked ninth most snowfall
  5. 0.01 inches occurred twice (tied) and ranked eighth driest