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Here's to 1897: The driest May in Tulsa history

5/31/2012 3:00 PM


Couldn't beat the driest May in history, so this is a tribute.

1897, which acording to Wikipedia, was the first year that the term 'computer' was used, remains the ... 

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Michigan, New Mexico wildfire photos

5/29/2012 9:36 AM


As nice as sunny days are, these photos illustrate the importance of rain.

We received a welcomed Memorial Day rainfall at night, 0.17 of an inch, and added a few ... 

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Despite early start, hurricane season expected to be "near-normal"

5/25/2012 4:20 PM


You know what’s less than a week away? June. That really snuck up on me, team.

With June comes the start of the summer dry season here and hurricane season in the ... 

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Welcome back, drought

5/24/2012 2:39 PM


Here is a number that would be chilling if it weren’t so hot outside: 0.15.

That’s the total amount of rain that has fallen at Tulsa International Airport this month. ... 

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Oklahoma's warmest spring ever?

5/23/2012 4:48 PM


In 2011, Oklahoma has its hottest summer on record.

Then, Tulsa had its third-warmest winter on record .

If spring was over today, Oklahoma would have ... 

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Tornado tally for Oklahoma in May: TWO

5/22/2012 1:43 PM


Two is not a typo. Two is the total, total tornadoes in the month of May for Oklahoma overall.

Oklahoma Climatological Survey associate state climatologist Gary ... 

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Did you experience the eclipse? Here are some photos

5/21/2012 12:34 PM


You couldn’t have slapped the smile off my face yesterday evening.

I went out with a friend to where Southwest Boulevard and Riverside Drive meet, parked on the ... 

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Mayfest, for once, didn't give Tulsa rain

5/21/2012 10:18 AM


Didn't the storm clouds get the memo that Mayfest means excessive rain for Tulsa?

From Sunday's article :

'Tulsa International Mayfest almost had its first ... 

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Dawning of a new drought in Oklahoma?

5/17/2012 7:00 AM


Into each life some rain must fall.

It must! Why isn't it falling in Oklahoma this month?

If you are wondering why someone in her 20s is quoting the lyrics ... 

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Prepare your pinhole projector: Solar eclipse Sunday

5/16/2012 12:40 PM


Do you remember 1994? Don’t get mad, but I was 7 in May of that year. I remember teacher taking us outside, handing everyone special glasses to look at the sky at something ... 

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When will Tulsa get 100s again?

5/15/2012 4:43 PM


It has been more than 8 months.

Sept. 13, 2011 was the last time Tulsa had triple-digit heat, with a 101-degree high.

It would probably be easier for me to ... 

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Enough with the April showers

5/2/2012 5:56 PM


As I watched the Thunder game Monday (#thunderup), I couldn’t help but watch actual thunder--and lightning and hail and rain and tornadoes--roll across northern Oklahoma.

To ... 

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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
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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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