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Tracking Winter Weather and Frigid Temperatures Through This Weekend

A clipper storm will move across the Great Lakes through this weekend with periods of light snow, gusty winds, and lake effect snow bands which could make for hazardous travel at times. A frigid airmass will spread eastward behind this storm into the Midwest and Eastern U.S. through the weekend. Read More >

December Top Ten Precipitation Records
1930-2023
Midland, Texas
Average Monthly Precipitation = 0.59 in
Rank Wettest Year Rank Driest Year Rank Most
Snow
Year
1  3.30 1986 1 0.00 1973 1  9.8 1998
2  3.12 1932 2 trace 1 2003 2  8.9  2011
3  2.80 1979 2 trace 1 1999 3  8.5  1986 
4  2.33 1942 2  trace 1 1996 4  7.6  2015
5  2.23 1991 2  trace 1 1958 5  6.4  1982
6  1.88 1960 2  trace 1 1955 6  6.3  1943
7  1.68  1943 2  trace 1  1950 7  5.6  1946
8  1.63  2011 2  trace 1  2008 8    4.8 2  1960
9  1.44  2013 3  0.02 2  2010 8    4.8 2  2020
10  1.40  1982 3  0.02 2  1966 10  4.7  1939 

Footnotes:

  1. trace occurred seven times and ranked second driest
  2. 0.02 inches occurred twice (tied) and ranks third driest
  3. 4.8 occurred twice (tied) and ranks 8th most monthly snowfall