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Which was worse: July 2011 or July 2012?

7/31/2012 2:18 PM

It’s a bad sign when your thermostat is set at 83 degrees and the air conditioner runs nearly all night long.

That’s what mine did last night. Granted, I live ...

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Tulsa sets a new weather record

7/30/2012 2:03 PM

When it comes to temperature records, you have the highest highs and the lowest lows.

But, there are also the lowest highs and the highest lows.

And on Sunday, ...

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The more you know: Difference between spring and summer storms

7/25/2012 4:32 PM

Those who have lived in this area know the summer climate: It’s hot and it’s dry.

This summer is no exception, other than that it may be a little hotter and a little ...

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10 facts on 2012 Bartlesville weather

7/24/2012 3:26 PM

I sometimes get reader comments requesting more weather information on areas outside of Tulsa. Two of those readers happen to be my parents, who live in Barltesville.

Fortunately ...

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Weather quiz: Tulsa 2011 versus Tulsa 2012

7/23/2012 12:35 PM

Bonus question : Did Tulsa's high temperatures of 106 and 107 degrees last week set any records?

Bonus answer : NO! We hit 107 on July 19 and 106 on July 20. Tulsa's ...

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A Boston weatherman's station loses power during a broadcast and Tulsa and Oklahoma drought update

7/20/2012 2:20 PM

We're not the only area getting hit by thunderstorms, as this 'There's a lot of lightning in the Boston area' video shows:

As David Harper reported in today's ...

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It's as hot outside our body as it is inside, and that's problematic

7/18/2012 11:01 AM

It’s going to be very hot this week. That pesky summer high pressure system that normally parks over the central U.S. this time of year just won’t let up.

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Readers respond to global warming/climate change blog entries

7/12/2012 7:00 AM

We addressed the very polarizing topic of climate change (a.k.a. global warming) earlier this week (Althea on Tuesday , Jerry on Wednesday ).

You've all read ...

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Why climate change is real

7/11/2012 7:00 AM

I went to the Gilcrease Museum several months ago on one of their free museum days and found myself completely captivated—as so many do—by Thomas Moran’s “Shoshone Falls ...

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Why I don't believe in climate change/global warming

7/10/2012 7:00 AM

In sports, fans and analysts alike have the bothersome habit of labeling recent teams and athletes as the 'best ever' or conversely, the 'worst ever.'

Such is the ...

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Tulsa's 2012 weather records update

7/9/2012 1:32 PM

Tulsa has come very close to setting records recently, so I just wanted to separate the records from the near-records.

Here are some near-records:
Winter 2011-2012 ...

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The top rain-free streaks in Tulsa history and drought update

7/6/2012 7:00 AM

When we ended our 10-day rainless streak on Monday, I was curious about where it (which tied an earlier 10-day rainless streak that ended on June 14) ranked in Tulsa ...

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Almanac

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

TEMPERATURE

RAINFALL

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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