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Ozone and Tulsa temperatures. How do they compare?

7/30/2011 7:00 AM


After that last entry on how EMSA's heat alerts and Tulsa's temperatures don't necessarily go together (you can check it out by clicking here ), I decided to look ... 

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EMSA heat alerts aren't related to Tulsa's high temperatures

7/29/2011 7:00 AM


Myth: The hotter it is, the more heat alerts we receive.

Emergency Medical Services Authority and their fearless medical personnel respond to many, many heat-related ... 

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Rain rain, don't go away

7/28/2011 7:00 AM


Most places in Tulsa and northeast Oklahoma got a nice little shower this weekend.

I don’t know about you, but I totally stood outside Sunday night, Shawshank ... 

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Tulsa ranks high for being hot!

7/27/2011 5:27 PM


This summer's been hot, and many have taken notice of Tulsa.

Thedailybeast.com ranked the summer's hottest among the 100 largest cities based on criteria including ... 

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It's not boiling, because it's no longer 100 degrees *wink*

7/26/2011 7:00 AM


On my day off Friday, the Associated Press wire moved a story entitled 'Northeast braces for temps near boiling point .'

Come again?

First sentence: 'The ... 

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Surprise! It DOES rain in Oklahoma

7/24/2011 6:27 PM


I was driving to the office this afternoon and saw ominous clouds on the horizon and heard a loud clap of thunder. RAIN! It had been way too long since I’ve seen such ... 

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The weather according to the gospel

7/24/2011 7:00 AM


In honor of Gov. Mary Fallin asking Oklahoma to pray for rain...

... wait, let me allow those of you who missed the story last week to catch up. More than ... 

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The radar image might be deceiving you

7/22/2011 7:00 AM


I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you have the right to know, especially with the entire state hoping and praying for rain:

That's likely not rain that you ... 

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Hurricane season picks up as third Atlantic storm is named

7/20/2011 6:31 PM


Hurricane season 2011 is starting to pick up.

Not at 11th Street and Harvard . In the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, where there are currently three named storms ... 

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Tired of Tulsa weather? It could be worse...

7/19/2011 11:03 PM


Last weekend, I proposed an escape to the winter wonderland of Australia to escape the sweltering, oppressive heat in Tulsa.

However, if you can’t make it down ... 

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How do Tulsa's 100-degree days now compare to previous records?

7/19/2011 7:00 AM


'100' was a mythical temperature back in Wisconsin that sometimes appeared, but only if the thermometer was in a sunny spot (for other ways on why your thermometer might ... 

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Fahrenheit is fairly uncommon next to Celsius worldwide

7/18/2011 7:00 AM


Forget triple digit heat, it's actually only about 38 degrees!

Celsius, that is. In Fahrenheit, it's still 100 degrees. Sorry.

In honor of one of my colleagues ... 

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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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