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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 >

October Top Ten Precipitation Records
1930-2023
Midland, Texas
Average Monthly Precipitation = 1.21 in

 
Rank Wettest Year Rank Driest Year Rank Most
Snow
Year
1  7.45 1986 1  0.00 1952 1 0.6 1993
2  5.93 1985 2  0.01 2019 2 0.2 2020
3  5.53 1981 3    trace 1 2014 3 0.1  1991
4  5.44 2018 3    trace 1 2010 4  trace 2 1958
5  5.42 1974 3     trace 1  1988 4  trace 2 1980
6  5.30 1941 6   0.03 3 2001 4   trace 2  1953
7  4.64 1983 6   0.03 3 1992      
8  4.09 1953 6   0.03 3 1961      
9  4.00 2015 6   0.03 3 2020      
10  3.86 1931 10 0.05 2021         


Footnotes:

  1. trace of precipitation occurred three times (tied) and ranked third driest 
  2. trace of snow occurred three times and ranked fourth most snowfall 
  3. 0.03 occurred three times and ranked sixth driest