![]() Occasional rainfall continued into the fall before dry conditions took a firm grip again in late fall and to close out the year. Many locations experience one or more days when 1-3+ inches of rain fell in late August and early September, including an impressive 4.66" downpour in Olton between August 20th and 21st. Heat and dry conditions then moved in for much of the summer before widespread and heavy rain finally returned to West Texas in late August. Just over a week later, hail as large as 3.5" diameter (between baseball and softball size) dropped out of the sky near Memphis. Thankfully, the tornadoes stayed over rural land and inflicted minimal damage. May 23rd was especially active, when a cyclic supercell thunderstorm produced several tornadoes, including two EF-2 tornadoes, near Morton. The weather finally turned active in May, complete with several rounds of severe weather including very large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes and flash flooding. Muleshoe measured the coldest temperature in Lubbock's County Warning Area when the mercury dipped to -12☏ on February 4th. The rest of winter and early spring was very dry, and led to an intensifying drought. Early February Early February provided the coldest air of the year, at or below 0 degrees. The heaviest snow targeted the southeast Texas Panhandle where as much as 2-4+ inches fell. Another quick-hitting storm system brought additional snow to the southern Texas Panhandle and the northern South and Rolling Plains January 26th. The graphic below highlights some of the more significant weather events that occurred across the area in 2022. The year started with a quick shot of cold air and rain and snow New Year's Day.
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