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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 >

Annual and Monthly # of Severe Thunderstorms 1
Midland International Airport
1991-2021

YEAR Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1991 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1992 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1993 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
1994 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5
1995 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
1997 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
2002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
2007 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0  0   0  0 0 2
2008 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
2009 0 0 0  0  0  0 1  0  1 0  0 0 2
2010 0 0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0  0 0 0
2011 0 0 0  0  0  0   0   0  0 0  0 0 0
2012 0 0  0  0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0 0 0
2013 0 0  0  0   0  1   0   1  0  0  0  0 2
2014 0 0  1  0   0  1   0   0   0  0  0  0 2
2015 0 0  0  0   0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0 0
2016 0 0  0  0   1  0   0   0   0  0  0  0 1
2017 0 0  1  0  0  2  1  1   0  0  0  0 5
2018 0 0  0 0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0 1
2019 0 0  0 0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 1
2020 1 0 0 0  1  1  0  0  0 0 0 0 3
2021 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
YEAR Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
 

Footnotes:

  1. A severe thunderstorm is defined as hail that is greater than or equal to 1" inch in diameter and/or wind gust greater than or equal to 58 miles per hour