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Extreme Heat Across the Southern U.S.; Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Plains and Mississippi Valley

A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify late week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are expected over portions of the Plains and Mississippi Valley tonight, which will shift to parts of the Upper Midwest and mid-Mississippi Valley Friday. Monsoonal showers and flooding persist in the Desert Southwest. Read More >

August Top Ten Temperature Records
1931-2024
Midland, Texas
Average Monthly Temperature = 83.2 F
Rank Warmest Year Rank Coolest Year
1  87.9 2019 1  74.4 1971
2  87.8 2011 2 75.7 1972
3 87.5 2023 3  76.9 1992
4  87.2 1964 4  77.6 1991
5  86.5 2024 5 77.7 1967
6 85.9 2020 6  78.3 1961
7 85.6  1952 7  78.6 1990
8  85.4  1977 8    78.7 2 1942
9  85.3 2002 8   78.7 2  1949
10   85.2  1943 10     78.8 3    2005
11  84.6     2015 10     78.8 3      1949
12  84.3 1  1999 10    78.8 3   1976
12  84.3 1  2012  10   78.8 3 1973
12  84.3 1 1946 10   78.8 3 1940

 

Footnotes:

  1. 84.3 occurred three times and ranked  twelfth warmest  August
  2. 78.7 occurred twice (tied) and ranked eighth coolest August  
  3. 78.8 occurred five times and ranked tenth coolest August