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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 >

November Top Ten Precipitation Records
1930-2022
Midland, Texas
Average Monthly Precipitation = 0.72 in
Rank Wettest Year Rank Driest Year Rank Most
Snow
Year
1  5.42 2004 1  0.00 1 2010 1  8.0 2001
2  2.32 1968 1  0.00 1  1999 2  7.2  1980
3  2.31 1984 1  0.00 1  1950 3  6.2  2007
4  2.27 1978 1  0.00 1 1949  4  5.1 1976
5  2.20 1944 1  0.00 1  1946 5  4.5  1968
6  2.16 1975 1  0.00 1 1932 6 1.3 1969
7  2.01 2016 7   trace 2 1995 7 1.2  2000
8  1.83 1931 7   trace 2 1988 8  1.1  1957
9  1.65  1930 7   trace 2 1981  9    0.6 3  1972
10  1.63  1961 7   trace 2 1979 9    0.6 3  2022
      7   trace 2  1973       
      7   trace 2  1970       
       7  trace 2   1956        
      7  trace 2  1953      
      7  trace 2 1948      
      7  trace 2  1945      
      7  trace 2 2006      
      7  trace 2 2008      
      7  trace 2 2012      
      7  trace 2 2021      

Footnotes:

  1. 0.0 occurred six times and ranked driest   
  2. trace occurred thirteen times and ranked seventh driest
  3. 0.6 occurred twice (tied) and ranked ninth most monthly snowfall