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Lake Effect Snow in the Lower Great Lakes; Unsettled Pattern in the Pacific Northwest

Lake-effect snow will continue downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario through Friday. Lake Effect Snow Warnings have been issued. In the Western U.S., rain and higher elevation snow will continue over the Great Basin through Friday. A front will move over the Pacific Northwest this afternoon and produce light rain and higher elevation snow over the Cascades through Saturday. Read More >

October Top Ten Precipitation Records
1930-2023
Midland, Texas
Average Monthly Precipitation = 1.21 in

 
Rank Wettest Year Rank Driest Year Rank Most
Snow
Year
1  7.45 1986 1  0.00 1952 1 0.6 1993
2  5.93 1985 2  0.01 2019 2 0.2 2020
3  5.53 1981 3    trace 1 2014 3 0.1  1991
4  5.44 2018 3    trace 1 2010 4  trace 2 1958
5  5.42 1974 3     trace 1  1988 4  trace 2 1980
6  5.30 1941 6   0.03 3 2001 4   trace 2  1953
7  4.64 1983 6   0.03 3 1992      
8  4.09 1953 6   0.03 3 1961      
9  4.00 2015 6   0.03 3 2020      
10  3.86 1931 10 0.05 2021         


Footnotes:

  1. trace of precipitation occurred three times (tied) and ranked third driest 
  2. trace of snow occurred three times and ranked fourth most snowfall 
  3. 0.03 occurred three times and ranked sixth driest