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Midland County averages 4 nights a year at 20°F or colder, mostly January, and 16% of its homes predate 1960.
June brings the most downpours to Midland County, part of 2.7 heavy-rain days a year. Check the sump first.
16% of homes here predate 1960, when clay and cast iron sewer laterals were standard. Roots and cracks in those lines are a common cause of backups.
In Midland County, 1.94 inches fell on the wettest day of the 2015–2024 record. Storms like that, and ice dams in snowy winters, cause most roof leaks.
3% of occupied homes in Midland County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the Texas county median of 6.5%.
Muggy summer nights, lows of 65°F or more, come about 113 times a year in Midland County. Mold after a leak spreads fastest from June through August.
Local risk profile
About 174,801 people live in Midland County, 900 square miles in western Texas, in roughly 72,723 homes. Midland is the county seat. Much of its housing is recent, with a median build year of 1992.
38/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Moderate Midland County ranks 203 of 232 Texas counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Midland County ranks highest compared with other Texas counties.
Midland is on the colder side of Texas for pipes. It averaged 41 freezing nights a year over 2015–2024, 4 of them at 20°F or colder, cold enough for pipes in outside walls and crawl spaces to freeze. Among 232 Texas counties that's 68th.
Cold snaps are the real risk. The worst in the record lasted 8 days below freezing (ending February 2021), and the low bottomed out near 2°F on February 16, 2021.
The freeze season here runs January, with January the coldest. If you travel then, leave the thermostat at 55°F or above and open sink cabinets on outside walls.
On average the first fall freeze arrives around Nov 17 and the last spring freeze around Mar 5.
Midland gets fewer downpours than most Texas counties, but they still fill basements. The county gets about 14.1 inches of rain and melted snow a year, with 2.7 days of an inch or more (210th of 232). Those downpours cluster in April, June and October, when sump pumps and gutters are tested hardest. The wettest day on record brought 1.94 inches on October 22, 2015. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 3.15 inches (through June 29, 2021).
The temperature crosses 32°F in both directions on roughly 39 days a year. Each cycle melts and refreezes water at roof edges and in foundation cracks, which is how ice dams and basement seepage get started.
Housing
Roughly 32% of the county's housing was built before 1980. That puts Midland among the newer housing stocks of Texas's 232 counties.
Since 2000 the county has added enough housing that 42% of homes are that new. Modern PEX and copper rarely fail on their own; the leaks come from connections, appliances and storms.
26% date from 1980 to 1999, the window when polybutylene, a gray flexible plastic supply pipe, was used in some homes. It's prone to leaks at the fittings, so it's worth checking for in a house from those years.
Manufactured and mobile homes make up 9% of the housing here. Water lines in the underbelly depend on intact skirting and working heat tape, and they're usually the first to freeze in a cold snap.
Renters occupy 32% of homes. If you rent, the building is usually the landlord's to repair, but your belongings are only covered by renters insurance.
Beyond water
Midland County averages 113 warm, muggy nights a year (lows of 65°F or more) and gets the most rain in June. Keep indoor humidity under 60%, as the EPA advises, and dry any leak within 24 to 48 hours; in a humid month a wet basement left alone won't dry by itself.
Mold remediation: what to expectHeating fuel matters for fire risk. In Midland County it's 45% utility gas, 52% electric, 3% propane and under 1% wood. Most homes here heat with gas or electricity, so cooking and electrical faults are the likelier fire sources. Even a contained kitchen fire can send soot through the ductwork to every room.
Fire and smoke cleanup: first stepsCoverage
Calls connect to restoration companies that work across Midland County. The largest communities by population:
Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Andrews and Martin get more pipe-freeze nights than Midland. It also has the most heavy-rain days in its area. Upton County has the oldest housing nearby, with 63% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Midland | Texas median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 16% | 20% | 141 of 232 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 32% | 46% | 187 of 232 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 42% | 26% | 36 of 232 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 9.3% | 13% | 165 of 232 |
| Vacant homes | 7% | 17% | 216 of 232 |
| Wood or propane heat | 2.8% | 6.5% | 195 of 232 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 4/yr | 3/yr | 68 of 232 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 2.7/yr | 7.8/yr | 210 of 232 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 39/yr | 27/yr | 64 of 232 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 113/yr | 129/yr | 166 of 232 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Texas county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Midland County: freezing from January, heavy rain in April, June and October.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates (2020-2024); weather from NOAA nClimGrid-Daily county averages (EpiNOAA), 2015–2024, averaged across the county; county boundaries from Census TIGER. Reviewed 2026-10-21. Methodology