National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Dangerous Heat in the Central and Southern U.S.; Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Northern Plains

Dangerous, prolonged heat is expected across portions of the Central and Southeast U.S. through July. Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected over parts of the northern Plains into the upper Mississippi Valley Tuesday, with damaging winds and large hail as the primary threats. Heavy rainfall could lead to areas of flooding across the northern Plains, Upper Midwest, Southeast and Southwest. Read More >

Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Ann.
1950 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1952 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1953 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
1954 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1955 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
1956 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
1957 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 6
1958 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
1959 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1960 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
1962 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
1963 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1965 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1967 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1968 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1969 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1970 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
1971 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
1973 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
1975 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1977 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9
1978 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1979 0 0 0 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
1980 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
1981 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1982 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1983 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1984 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1986 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
1987 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1990 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1991 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1993 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
1994 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
1995 0 0 0 6 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
1998 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1999 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
2000 0 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
2001 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
2002 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
2004 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
2005 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
2006 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2007 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
2008 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
2012 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2013 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2014 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2015 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
2018 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2019 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
2020 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
2021 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
2022 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
2023 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2024 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
Total 0 2 16 87 125 33 3 17 6 3 2 0 295
Average 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 1.7 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.9
Most 0 1 2 8 13 14 1 2 2 1 1 0 23
Year None 1994
2000
1993
1992
1972
2021
1979 2015 1995 1961
1955
1997
1972
1962
1953
1957 2004
1993
1957

 

2024
2011
1958

 

None 1995
Preliminary Numbers for 2025
2025 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0