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OU, OSU and Tulsa college football forecasts

8/31/2012 2:51 PM


Welcome back, college football. I've missed you.

And welcome back to my college football weather forecast blog entries. I still remember the final week of the regular ... 

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It's not a hurricane until a reporter is blown away

8/29/2012 11:24 AM


There is apparently a hurricane that is just sitting over the coast of Louisiana right now. How do I know this? Not from satellites or radar or weather observation stations. ... 

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Video and photos: Typhoon Bolaven hits South Korea while U.S. waits for Hurricane Isaac

8/28/2012 3:06 PM


If you are interested in Category 1 Hurricane Isaac (formerly Tropical Storm Isaac), check out Jerry's Monday blog entry here , as well as the latest AP wire story ... 

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Isaac strenthens, aims for New Orleans and could bring rain to Oklahoma

8/27/2012 6:40 PM


I've said earlier that what would really make a big difference in the depressing rainfall totals for this year would be a nice soaking from the remnants of a tropical ... 

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Video and photos: Update on Tropical Storm Isaac

8/24/2012 9:45 AM


The latest on Tropical Storm Isaac:

The Miami Herald reports that Isaac churned toward Hispaniola, a crossing expected today that could determine the potential impact ... 

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Drought worsens, but a turnaround may be near

8/23/2012 2:18 PM


What do they say about it getting worse before it gets better? Someone said that. Well, they were right.

The latest drought conditions were released this morning ... 

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Video: Satellites to measure blasts of solar storms

8/22/2012 10:59 AM


First off, if you haven't checked out Jerry's entry on Tropical Storm Issac, check it out here , if for no other reason than to see the video of the poor Chinese reporter ... 

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Announcing a new arrival: Tropical Storm Isaac

8/21/2012 5:44 PM


May I have your attention, please: I’d like to announce a new arrival.

He’s just a little guy, but Isaac just came into the world, and today he got a name.

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Sorry, California. I brought you Oklahoma's fires and heat

8/15/2012 6:04 PM


As I drove out of Oklahoma about two weeks ago, it was on fire , it was hot , it was summer .

I came back yesterday and I am welcomed with nighttime temps ... 

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Tulsa and Oklahoma weather is looking better

8/14/2012 11:56 AM

The Oklahoma Climatological Survey sends out nearly daily emails filled with ideas for blogging and articles. Today, I'll share some of the maps that associate state ... 

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Monday Night Football weather forecast and Tulsa highs heading for the 80s

8/13/2012 11:20 AM


Dallas Cowboys at Oakland Raiders is 7 p.m. tonight (Oklahoma time).

The National Weather Service kind of combines the Oakland and San Francisco area into one big ... 

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Friday NFL preseason weather forecasts

8/10/2012 12:23 PM


Same drill as yesterday - all start times are provided by NFL.com, which I then translate into Oklahoma's timezone.

New York Jets at Cincinnati Bengals: 6:30 p.m. ... 

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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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