National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

With an additional 0.34 inches of rain on Saturday at the Dodge City Regional Airport, this is the 2nd wettest July on record.  Through July 11th, the total precipitation was 7.36 inches.  The wettest July is from 1962 with 9.13 inches.  Records for July date back to 1875.

The Top 10 wettest Julys on record as of July 11th:

 1.     9.13 inches          1962

 2.     7.36 inches          2010

 3.     7.29 inches          1911

 4.     7.26 inches          1972

 5.     6.84 inches          1925

 6.     6.56 inches          1899

 7.     6.40 inches          1884

 8.     6.33 inches          1993

 9.     6.09 inches          1996

10.    6.03 inches          1885

The top 15 wettest July's in Dodge City are depicted in the following graph.  With plenty of days left in the month, there is a good chance that the record will be set.