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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 >

January Top Ten Precipitation Records
1931-2024 Midland, Texas
Average Monthly Precipitation = 0.66 in
Rank Wettest Year Rank Driest Year Rank Most
Snow
Year
1  4.99 1939 1    0.00 1 2014 1  10.6 2012
2  3.66 1949 1  0.00 1 1967 2  9.0 1985
3  3.18 1946 3  trace 2 1971 3  7.7 1949
4  2.43 2015 3  trace 2 1953 4  7.0 1974 
5  1.97 1958 3  trace 2 1933 5 5.9  1955
6  1.80 1991 6  0.01 3 1988 6     5.8 4  1991
 7  1.64  2010 6  0.01 3  1970 6     5.8 4  1992
  8  1.63  1938 6  0.01 3  1963 8  5.5  1994
 9  1.45  2013 6  0.01 3  1951 9  5.3  1983 
  10  1.33 1961 6  0.01 3  2018 10  5.1  1947

Footnotes:

  1. no precipitation occurred two times (tied) and ranked driest ever
  2. trace occurred three times and ranked second driest  
  3. 0.01 occurred six times and ranked sixth driest
  4. 5.8 occurred twice (tied) and ranked sixth most monthly snowfall