September Monthly Top Ten Precipitation Records

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 >

September Top Ten Precipitation Records
1930-2023
Midland, Texas
Average Monthly Precipitation = 1.66 in
Rank	Wettest	Year	Rank	Driest	Year
1	9.70	1980	1	0.00	2000
2	8.18	1932	2	trace	2005
3	6.98	1986	3	0.01	1939
4	6.16	1974	4	0.03 ¹	1930
5	5.90	1936	4	0.03 ¹	1931
6	5.89	2012	6	0.08 ²	1979
7	5.31	2004	6	0.08 ²	1998
8	5.07	1988	8	0.09	1977
9	5.02	1978	9	0.11	2021
10	4.97	1944	10	0.14	1960

September Top Ten Precipitation Records
1930-2023
Midland, Texas
Average Monthly Precipitation = 1.66 in

Rank

Wettest

Year

Rank

Driest

Year

9.70

1980

0.00

2000

8.18

1932

trace

2005

6.98

1986

0.01

1939

6.16

1974

0.03 ¹

1930

5.90

1936

0.03 ¹

1931

5.89

2012

0.08 ²

1979

5.31

2004

0.08 ²

1998

5.07

1988

0.09

1977

5.02

1978

0.11

2021

4.97

1944

0.14

1960