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August weather summary for Tulsa area: Above average rain and heat

8/31/2011 7:00 AM


It took several months, but August finally brought the rain relief the area desperately needed.

Now, if only more would arrive.

As of Aug. 29, We have had more ... 

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Despite what you may have read, Irene was a nasty storm

8/30/2011 6:36 AM


Unless for some reason you, too, were without power, or were just simply unaware, the name Irene has been beaten into your head over the past several days as the hurricane ... 

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Tulsa World cartoonist Bruce Plante versus the snow

8/29/2011 7:00 AM


When you think of Oklahoma weather if you're not from Oklahoma, all you need to see if my high school yearbook comments:

'Don't get sucked up in a twister.'
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Significant weather events this year already expensive

8/25/2011 9:26 AM


So, it may be obvious , but as we’ve said here before , 2011 has been quite an extreme year when it comes to weather.

As it turns out, extreme is also ... 

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The debt weather causes governments

8/24/2011 7:00 AM


As a kid, one thing that was not guaranteed, but that you really hoped for and expected, was recess.

Teachers could of course take it away if you misbehaved, or ... 

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Irene makes waves

8/23/2011 6:51 AM


The Atlantic has its first hurricane of the 2011 season.

Hurricane Irene is currently a Category 2 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The storm ... 

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Tulsa World's Bruce Plante takes on the weather

8/22/2011 7:00 AM


I might be a little bit biased, being a coworker and all, but I love Tulsa World editorial cartoonist Bruce Plante's work here.

I especially like it when his cartoons ... 

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Was Thursday the start of new heat or rain streaks?

8/19/2011 7:00 AM


For the first time since Aug. 8, we hit the 100s on Thursday. But, we also recorded some rainfall.

The National Weather Service does not keep records of rain streaks, ... 

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Drought relief? Barely

8/18/2011 10:15 AM


It was with cautious anticipation that I checked the weekly update of the U.S. Drought Monitor, which estimates the level of drought across the country. Well, it’s not ... 

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The weather records of 2011 for Tulsa, northeast Oklahoma and the state

8/17/2011 7:00 AM


We've just updated our page to keep a running tally on the Tulsa weather extremes of 2011. Please check them out (look to the right!)

Of course, this has been quite ... 

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Wild winter weather

8/16/2011 6:28 AM


My dad and I were talking about this year's weather and how totally and completely schizophrenic it has been. Between the record snowfall, spring storms and blazing summer ... 

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Rain brings the allergies

8/15/2011 6:54 AM

We had some pretty fantastic rainfall last week , as I'm sure you noticed as you danced in it.

Your yard, once dead and brown and crunchy, has a little shade ... 

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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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