Wildfire Concerns are Growing for South

One Texas Panhandle city has set a record dry streak, going months without significant rain or snow, and parts of the southern High Plains have been drier this winter than notoriously parched Death Valley, California.

Amarillo, Texas, hasn't picked up any measurable precipitation – at least 0.01 inches – since Oct. 13.

This streak of 110 straight dry days – nearly four straight months – through Wednesday smashed the city's previous record streak of 75 consecutive days ending in early January 1957.

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It's also the first time in 127 years Amarillo had a completely dry November-through-January period, according to the Southeast Regional Climate Center.

They're not alone – Lubbock, Texas, also is on a dry streak that is approaching three months as of Wednesday, within a couple weeks of their record streak set in fall-winter 2005-2006.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, has also had its driest November-through-January period on record, picking up just 0.03 inches of precipitation.

Dodge City, Kansas, had its driest October-through-January period since 1927-28, when Calvin Coolidge was president.

If going months without rain or snow doesn't sound dry, consider that many locations in the southern High Plains have been drier since late-fall than Death Valley, California - 0.48 inches of precipitation from November through January - considered the hottest and driest location in the United States.

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