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Early nor'easter sign of things to come?

10/31/2011 12:18 PM


If, for some strange reason, you happened to be zombie Bing Crosby and you were dreaming about a white Halloween, you just got your wish .

A big, classic nor’easter ... 

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Wind, not rain, forecast for OU, OSU and TU football games

10/28/2011 7:00 AM


We've had a lot of rain in Tulsa lately, and a lot this football season, but the good news is that there's none forecast for our Saturday afternoon games for the Sooners, ... 

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Tulsa weather records, rainfall and statewide drought updates

10/27/2011 7:00 AM


Today's lyrical inspiration is brought to you by Creedence Clearwater Revival:

Someone told me long ago
There's a calm before the storm,
I know;
It's ... 

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The northern lights make their way south

10/25/2011 4:14 PM


That mysterious red glow you saw on the horizon last night? It wasn’t a wildfire or aliens.

It was billions of charged particles ejected from the sun slamming into ... 

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Lightning strikes college football in Oklahoma (with photos and videos)

10/24/2011 10:51 AM


As that song that they used to play before football games at Oklaohma Memorial Stadium goes, 'Hate to say I told you so.'

That chance of rain forecast for Saturday ... 

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Rain possible for OU football Saturday; sunny days for OSU and TU football

10/21/2011 7:37 AM


Another week of football, another time our three major college teams will be in three separate states.

Here's your forecast for each:

Tulsa at Rice: 6 p.m. ... 

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Dust storms, tornadoes and droughts, oh my (with photos)

10/20/2011 7:00 AM


I have just seen this week's U.S. Drought Monitor report and I'm afraid it's not good news.

More on that later. First, a count-your-blessings-Oklahoma update on ... 

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Isn't it too early to have freezing temperatures and frost?

10/19/2011 7:00 AM


It seems like just yesterday that I was broken record, reminding you all how many weeks it had been since it last rained, since the temperatures were last in double digits ... 

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Tulsa missed the rain, but got the cold

10/18/2011 10:35 AM

Here’s something I haven’t seen in a while.



Look at all that blue! It's been several months since we've seen a map with any shades of blue in it. All we've ... 

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Drought can hinder the best fall colors

10/17/2011 1:40 PM


You may not have guessed it Sunday, when the high temperature reached 91 degrees in Tulsa, but it is indeed fall.

Well, hold on, because we’re about to get a stark ... 

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OU, OSU and TU gameday forecasts

10/14/2011 10:46 AM


It's a proven fact: It's harder for wide receivers to make cuts, running backs to juke and quarterbacks to throw when it's pouring rain.

And as the University of ... 

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It's getting less drought-like in Oklahoma!

10/13/2011 10:41 AM


I admit that I am not the best graphic designer in the world, but you are still going to love this map...

...if for no other reason than it shows what progress a ... 

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Almanac
View 2012
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
TemperaturePrecipitation
DateHigh TempLow TempTotalMonth to dateHistorical average
1 44° 16° 0 0.00 0.05
2 59° 24° 0 0.00 0.11
3 57° 33° 0 0.00 0.16
4 68° 37° Trace 0.00 0.21
5 69° 29° 0 0.00 0.26
6 66° 33° 0 0.00 0.32
7 59° 38° 0.05 0.05 0.38
8 51° 34° 0 0.05 0.44
9 44° 36° 0.01 0.06 0.51
10 62° 37° 0.07 0.13 0.57
11 54° 28° 0 0.13 0.64
12 44° 30° 0.25 0.38 0.70
13 55° 40° 0.01 0.39 0.76
14 ° ° 0.83
15 ° ° 0.89
16 ° ° 0.95
17 ° ° 1.02
18 ° ° 1.09
19 ° ° 1.16
20 ° ° 1.23
21 ° ° 1.31
22 ° ° 1.38
23 ° ° 1.46
24 ° ° 1.53
25 ° ° 1.61
26 ° ° 1.69
27 ° ° 1.77
28 ° ° 1.85

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Tulsa weather milestones of 2013 (as of Feb. 12)

Highest temperature: 70 on Jan. 11 (Record: 115 on Aug. 15, 1936)
Lowest temperature: 15 on Jan. 16 (Record: Minus-16 on Jan. 22, 1930)
Hottest month (average): 40.5 degrees in January (Record: 91.7 degrees on July 1980)
Coldest month (average): 40. 5 degrees in January (Record: 21.7 in January 1918)
Most snowfall (day): 0.1 of an inch on Feb. 12(Record: 13.2 inches on Feb. 1, 2011)
Most snowfall (month): 0.1 of an inch in February(Record: 22.5 inches in February 2011)
Most rainfall (day): 0.91 of an inch on Jan. 29 (Record: 9.27 inches on May 26-27, 1984)
Most rainfall (month): 1.54 of an inch in January (Record: 18.18 inches on September 1971)
Highest wind speed: 30 mph on Jan. 30
Previous day with any rain: Feb. 12
Previous day with 1 inch or more of rain: Oct. 17, 2012
Previous day with any snow: Feb. 12
Previous day with freezing temperatures: Feb. 12
Read regular updates on Oklahoma's unpredictable weather and learn more about meteorology from the Tulsa office of the National Weather Service.

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Contributors
Staff Writer Althea Peterson started writing for the Tulsa World in March 2007 after previous stops at the Norman Transcript in 2006 and the Oklahoma Gazette in 2005. She followed her older brother from rural Wisconsin (with a public school that never seemed to call snow days) to the University of Oklahoma, but did not follow his pursuit to study meteorology. However, she tries to find as many opportunities to report on the weather as possible.

Staff Writer Jerry Wofford came to the Tulsa World in 2010 from The Manhattan Mercury in Manhattan, Kan. Originally from western Arkansas and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Jerry has lived in Tornado Alley his entire life and is one of those people who goes outside when the sirens go off.

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