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The Illinois broke records a year ago ahead of disastrous drought

4/27/2012 4:11 PM

It was a terrible time to be on the Illinois River this time last year.

It was on April 26, 2011, that the river near Watts reached 28.6 feet, besting the old ...

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Snowstorms bookend mild, dry Northeast winter

4/23/2012 4:31 PM

About six months ago, we wrote about a strong nor’easter that was pounding the…well, the Northeast. It was odd because it was Halloween, and very early for a winter ...

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Weekend tornado outbreak forecasted days in advance

4/16/2012 2:47 PM

What a weekend.

OK, first, the outbreak itself. The reports are preliminary so far, but there were 135 tornado reports on Saturday alone. Some of those are duplicate ...

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Severe weather likely in Oklahoma today

4/14/2012 12:43 PM

For those of you who have lived in this part of the county for a while, all you had to do was step outside this morning. You could feel the powder keg.

It's humid. ...

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Severe storms possible this weekend

4/12/2012 11:49 AM

Planning a fun adventure outside this weekend? You might want to reconsider.

Well, far be it from me to tell you what to do with your free time, but the chance ...

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Photos and videos of Tuesday's Texas twisters

4/4/2012 5:56 PM

When something like this:

(AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Parrish Velasco)

hits the fourth largest metropolitan area in the country, there are going ...

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Experimental tornado warnings sound terrifying

4/3/2012 5:31 PM

Things got very hectic in the Dallas metro area this afternoon.

At least three storms were tornado-warned as they went through some very populated areas in the ...

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Does warm March mean blazing summer? Not necessarily

4/2/2012 2:15 PM

Two weather blogs in one day?! Lucky you.

Lots of folks have been asking me or loudly complaining about this early heat, how it must absolutely signify that a summer ...

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A warm and wet March (like, the warmest and wettest)

4/2/2012 7:45 AM

I always try to keep the air conditioner in the off position until the absolute last possible moment, when it’s hotter inside my apartment than it is outside.

That ...

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Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

	Temperature		Precipitation
Date	High Temp	Low Temp	Total	Month to date	Historical 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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SNOWFALL

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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
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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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