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TOP DRY PERIODS AT LUBBOCK (LBB)

PERIODS OF 40 OR MORE DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT LUBBOCK SINCE 1911*

Updated 9/22/2022

Rank	Total # of Days	Year	Precip. on Day before Start**	Precip. On Day after End**	# of Days with Trace	Avg ENSO MEI***
1	99	2017-2018	8 Nov (0.03")	16 Feb (0.03)	15	-0.576
â€‹2	98	2005-2006	27 Oct (0.02")	3 Feb (0.03")	11	-.414
3	88	1921-1922	7 Oct (0.02")	4 Jan (0.11")	7	?
4	76	1972	11 Feb (0.13")	28 Apr (0.35")	6	-0.17
-	76	1955-1956	7 Nov (0.10")	23 Jan (0.01")	6	-1.70
6	75	1995	2 Oct (0.52")	17 Dec (0.45")	5	-0.47
7	73	1973-1974	27 Oct (0.27")	9 Jan (0.08")	17	-1.80
8	72	2010-2011	12 Nov (0.07")	24 Jan (0.01")	4	-1.5625
9	69	1989	22 Sep (0.11")	1 Dec (0.09")	2	-0.18
10	67	1956	10 Feb (0.01')	18 Apr (0.19")	6	-1.32
11	64	1954	7 Oct (0.03")	11 Dec (0.49")	5	-1.18
-	64	1955	15 Jan (0.07")	21 Mar (0.03")	10	-0.92
13	61	2003-2004	14 Nov (0.15")	15 Jan (0.24")	5	+0.40
14	59	1925	21 Feb (0.02")	22 Apr (0.05")	2	?
-	59	1992	19 Sep (0.10")	18 Nov (0.31")	5	+0.59
16	58	1950	12 Feb (0.02")	12 Apr (0.37")	6	-1.20
-	58	2000	8 Aug (0.01")	6 Oct (0.03")	3	-0.23
18	56	2003	26 Jun (1.23")	22 Aug (0.12")	5	+0.06
19	55	1917-1918	16 Nov (0.01")	11 Jan (0.35")	3	?
20	53	1985-1986	13 Dec (0.02")	5 Feb (0.31")	2	-0.51
-	53	2011	11 May (0.22")	4 Jul (0.01")	2	-0.13
22	52	1933	1 Mar (0.02")	23 Apr (0.06")	2	?
-	52	1954	10 Jan (0.06")	4 Mar (0.04")	8	+0.02
-	52	1916	30 Jan (0.02")	23 Mar (0.11")	3	?
25	50	1956	29 Oct (0.33")	19 Dec (0.30")	5	-1.20
-	50	1948	4 Nov (0.03")	25 Dec (0.37")	6	?
-	50	1928	17 Feb (0.11")	8 Apr (0.10")	4	?
28	49	1923-1924	22 Dec (0.01")	10 Feb (0.09")	3	?
-	49	1939	9 Oct (0.02")	28 Nov (0.11")	5	?
-	49	1998-1999	3 Dec (0.26")	22 Jan (0.14")	7	-1.23
-	49	1936	7 Jul (0.52")	26 Aug (0.13")	4	?
32	48	1970-1971	20 Dec (0.08")	7 Feb (0.01")	1	-1.38
33	47	1922	2 Jul (0.41")	19 Aug (0.08")	3	?
-	47	1940	17 Feb (1.17")	5 Apr (1.35")	4	?
-	47	1968-1969	27 Dec (0.03")	13 Feb (0.30")	7	0.83
-	47	1934	6 Jul (0.42")	23 Aug (0.03")	6	?
-	47	1927	18 Apr (0.15")	5 Jun (0.05")	7	?
38	46	2007-2008	15 Dec (0.06")	31 Jan (0.07")	5	+0.37
-	46	1969-1970	30 Dec (0.02")	15 Feb (0.04")	7	+0.35
40	â€‹45	2021	12 Oct (0.04")	27 Nov (0.38")	2	-1.4
-	â€‹45	2018-2019	26 Dec (0.32")	10 Feb (0.02")	8	+0.5
-	45	1922-1923	6 Dec (0.05")	21 Jan (0.24")	0	?
-	45	1946	12 Jul (0.15")	27 Aug (0.22")	9	?
-	45	1960	18 Oct (0.50")	3 Dec (0.01")	2	-0.39
-	45	1980	11 Jun (0.24")	27 Jul (0.20")	5	+0.86
46	44	1959	21 Feb (0.02")	7 Apr (1.06")	7	+0.25
-	44	1966	17 Sep (0.18")	1 Nov (0.05")	4	-0.33
-	44	1912	5 Jan (0.02")	19 Feb (0.03")	7	?
-	44	1932	25 Oct (0.56")	9 Dec (0.22")	5	?
50	43	2013	25 Feb (0.34")	10 Apr (0.04")	4	+0.03
-	43	1971	2 Mar (0.21")	15 Apr (0.88")	1	-1.87

NOTES:

* - The location of Lubbock's rainfall observations has changed several times since 1911.

** - In some cases, precipitation amounts less than a few hundredths of an inch broke the string of dry days. A criterion of a more significant precipitation total (such as 0.10" or 0.25" for example) might be useful. A page with the record stretches at Lubbock with less than 0.10" can be FOUND HERE.

*** - The ENSO MEI, or El Nino/Southern Oscillation Multivariate ENSO Index is a convenient way to characterize the ENSO phase. The index takes into account six atmospheric variables observed over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Values typically range from +2.0 to -2.0. A positive value signifies the El Nino, or warm phase and a negative value signifies La Nina or cool phase. ENSO phases are know to have long-term climate effects in the Southern United States. For example, studies have shown that El Nino winters are statistically warmer and wetter than average while La Nina winters are cooler. For more information on ENSO, please visit the website: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/MJO/enso.shtml

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