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2012 weather records for Tulsa and Oklahoma

6/29/2012 10:57 AM


Last year, I wrote both a blog entry and a newspaper article (actually, I wrote many blogs and many articles) on the 2011 weather records.

So, how about ... 

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Dry conditions explode across Oklahoma

6/28/2012 5:17 PM


I fully expected this morning’s drought monitor update to show an expansion of our current dry conditions. But with the 0.4 inches of rain that fell last week in Tulsa, ... 

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Info, photos and videos on Colorado's wildfires

6/27/2012 11:15 AM


Yesterday , we looked to the natural disaster of the east, Tropical Storm Debby in Florida. Today, we look to our west in Colorado, where wildfires continue to burn.

From ... 

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Debby wrecks Florida

6/26/2012 5:00 PM


Here’s what this blog is not about: Heat. That’s the only time I will use those four letters, so go ahead and get it out of your mind.

For today, let’s head to Florida. ... 

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12 facts on 100-degree weather in Tulsa

6/25/2012 7:00 AM


In honor of triple-digit heat forecasts hitting Tulsa right on schedule, here are some facts on 100 degrees in Tulsa. Information is provided by the National Weather ... 

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Drought jumps ahead just in time for summer

6/22/2012 12:41 PM


It’s been summer now for about two days. Do you feel it yet? Well, you may not but I bet your garden does.

OK, it probably feels a little better now after we had ... 

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Kevin Durant's weatherman shoes

6/21/2012 1:53 PM


I just had to get this entry in before the end of the NBA season.

I was a bit preoccupied last December, but Nike released a really cool 'Weatherman' version ... 

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Welcome to summer, East Coast

6/20/2012 2:33 PM


As I mentioned yesterday , it’s officially summer today. Well, it will be summer at 6:09 p.m. this evening.

Stepping outside, it’s actually quite nice here today. ... 

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...and the livin's easy

6/19/2012 5:57 PM


At the cookout I went to Sunday evening, it was tank top, cutoff jean shorts and flip flops. My friend said to me, “you look like summer.”

I certainly felt like ... 

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How do Tulsa's June temperatures compare with last June?

6/18/2012 10:59 AM


This blog was inspired by some of our early morning commenters on the weather forecast story .

Yes, as one of you pointed out, Summer Solstice, June 20, is almost ... 

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Rains improve drought conditions, but we're still on the edge

6/15/2012 6:02 PM


The deluge earlier this month was exciting. For a second, I though that maybe the near-record parched May was just a fluke and June was going to bring us more of that ... 

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Weather World turns 1; our clip episode

6/13/2012 1:59 PM


Has it been a year already? We started this blog on June 9, 2011, right as Oklahoma was beginning its summer drought woes, right after a fairly active spring and a winter ... 

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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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