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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 >

September Top Ten Precipitation Records
1930-2023
Midland, Texas
Average Monthly Precipitation = 1.66 in
Rank Wettest Year Rank Driest Year
1  9.70 1980 1   0.00 2000
2  8.18 1932 2    trace 2005
3  6.98 1986 3   0.01 1939
4  6.16 1974 4     0.03 1 1930
5  5.90 1936 4     0.03 1 1931
6  5.89 2012 6     0.08 2 1979
 7  5.31  2004 6     0.08 2  1998
 8  5.07  1988 8   0.09  1977
 9  5.02  1978 9   0.11  2021
  10  4.97  1944 10   0.14  1960

Footnotes:

  1. 0.03 occurred twice (tied) and ranked fourth driest 
  2. 0.08 occurred twice (tied) and ranked sixth driest ever