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Fire Weather Concerns and Severe Thunderstorms through the Weekend

Dry and windy conditions, and some dry thunderstorms and lightning, may support hazardous fire activity in the northern Plains, high southern Plains and the Southwest this weekend. An active severe weather pattern is forecast for portions of the central and southern High Plains into the Upper Midwest through early the part of next week. Damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes are possible. Read More >

June Top Ten Precipitation Records
1930-2024
Midland, Texas
Average Monthly Precipitation = 1.80 in
Rank Wettest Year Rank Driest Year
1  5.10 1940 1  0.00 2011
2  4.75 2021 2     0.01 1 1990
3   4.47  1944 2     0.01 1 2001
4    4.30 2 1941 4   0.05 1951
4    4.30 2 1938 5     0.06 3 2023
6  3.97 2010 5     0.06 3 1953
 7  3.96  1949 7   0.11  1942
 8  3.50  1991 8   0.17  2002
 9  3.42  1986 9   0.19  1983
  10  3.29  2015 10   0.23  2024

Footnotes:

  1. 0.01 occurred twice (tied) and ranked second driest June 
  2. 4.30 occurred twice (tied) and ranked fourth wettest June
  3. 0.06 occurred twice (tied) and ranked fifth driest June