National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Areas of Heavy Rainfall and Critical Fire Weather on Wednesday

Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring flooding to parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia Wednesday. Recently burned areas will be particularly vulnerable to flash flooding. Gusty winds and low humidity will bring critical fire weather to parts of the Northwest U.S. and central Alaska on Wednesday where Red Flag Warnings are in effect. Read More >

Top Ten Consecutive Days Trace or More Precipitation
1930-2020
Midland, Texas

 

  Rank   Most Days Year and Days
 1   14 1    1995 -   September 8th - 21st 
 1   14 1    1986 -   August 26th - Sept 8th 
 3   12 2    1945 -   Sept 28th - Oct 9th 
 3    12 2     1992 -   May 22nd - Jun 2nd 
 5      11 3      1963 -   December 10th - 22nd
 5      11 3      1973 -   Jan 1st - 11th 
 5    11 3      1963 -   May 15th - 25th 
 5      11 3      1974 -   September 15th- 25th  
 9      10 4      1949 -   Feb 20th - Mar 1st 
 9      10 4      1949 -   January 8th - 17th
 9     10 4      1960 -   Feb 28th - Mar 8th 
 9     10 4      1976 -   July 9th - July 18th 
 9    10 4     2004 -   Sept 19th - 28th 
 9    10 4     2004 -   Sept 30th - October 9th

 

Footnotes:

  1. 14 days occurred twice (tied) and ranked first
  2. 12 days occurred twice (tied) and ranked third most days
  3. 11 days occurred four times and ranked fifth most days
  4. 10 days occurred six times and ranked ninth most days