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A Significant Spring Storm Impacting the Central U.S. This Week

A significant late-season winter storm will bring an expanding area of heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain to the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest. Further south, severe thunderstorms are expected from the southern Plains into the southern Great Lakes. A multi-day excessive rain and flooding event will impact the Ozarks into the Ohio Valley through Saturday. Read More >

April Top Ten Precipitation Records
1931-2024
Midland, Texas

Average Monthly Precipitation = 0.79 in

Rank Wettest Year Rank Driest Year Rank Most
Snow
Year
1  3.59 1931 1   0.00  1 2011 1  2.0 1996
2   2.85 1949 1  0.00 1 1998 2  1.5  2007
3   2.60 1941 1  0.00 1 1964 3  0.5  1983 
4   2.48 2017 1  0.00 1 1947 4  0.3 1990 
5   2.44 1996 5   trace 2  1946 5  0.2  1939
6   2.25 2021 5  trace 2 1955 6   trace 3  1938
7    2.17  1932 5  trace 2  2001 6   trace 3  1942
8     2.15 5 1981 5  trace 2 2013 6   trace 3 1949
8     2.15 5 2019 5  trace 2 2018 6   trace 3  1973
10   2.10 1969 5   trace 2  2023 6   trace 3  1980
      11    0.01 4  1986 6   trace 3  1951
        11    0.01 4  1984 6   trace 3  1994

Footnotes:

  1. 0.00 occurred four times (tied) and ranked the driest
  2. trace of precipitation occurred six times ranked fifth driest
  3. trace of snow occurred seven times and ranked six highest
  4. 0.01 occurred five times and ranked eleventh driest
  5. 2.15 occurred two times (tied) and ranked seventh wettest