National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and Southwest; Heavy rains in the Desert Southwest and Central Plains

Sweltering heat remains across the South-Central Plains, Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley, and the Southwest this week with limited nighttime relief. Thunderstorms will bring heavy rainfall leading to localized flash flooding in portions of the Desert Southwest and central Plains. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of the central Plains into the Northeast. 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
2025 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Total 0 2 16 89 125 35 3 17 6 3 2 0 299
Average 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 1.6 0.5 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 2026
2026 0 0 0 7 0 - - - - - - - 7