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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 >

Annual Top Ten Temperature Records
1931-2023
Midland, Texas
Normal Annual Temperature = 65.8 F
Rank Warmest Year Coolest Year Rank
1  67.4 F 2017 60.9 F 1932 1
2  67.3 F 2016 61.4 F 1973 2
3  67.0 F 2012 61.6 F 1987 3
4  66.9 F 2023 61.8 F 1968 4
5  66.6 F 2011 62.0 F 1 1980 5
6   66.5 F  2020  62.0 F 1 1976 5
7  66.4 F 2018  62.1 F 2 1988 7
8   66.3 F  1998 62.1 F 2  1966 7
9  66.1 F 1946 62.1 F 2  1936 7
10 66.0 F 2019 62.2 F 3   1978 10
      62.2 F 3   1941  10
              

 

Footnotes:

  1. 62.0 occurred twice (tied) and ranked fifth coolest  year 
  2. 62.1 occurred three times (tied) and ranked seventh coolest  year
  3. 62.2 occurred twice (tied) and ranked tenth coolest year