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Heavy to Excessive Rains in The Four Corners Region and Midwest; Heat Persists in the South-Central U.S.

Repeated rounds of showers and thunderstorms could bring a flash flooding threat across the Four Corners region and from the mid-Mississippi Valley into the lower Great Lakes. Hot temperatures and high humidity will continue to challenge daily records from the Southern Plains to the lower Mississippi Valley. 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