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Drought improving, burn bans lifting: A good-news blog

9/29/2011 10:38 AM


Yes, it is still a drought, and yes this will be another month where the total rainfall is way below normal, and no there is no rain in the forecast, but I do have ... 

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Lightning strikes college football, part 3

9/27/2011 7:00 AM


A caught this tidbit in a column by Linda Robertson on the McClatchy-Tribute wire:

'There was an air of nervousness hovering over Sun Life Stadium before the game, ... 

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Bruce Plante takes on the ice storm

9/26/2011 7:00 AM


Let us go back to 2007, when there was no exceptional or extreme drought, there was no record snowfall, no record high temperatures or record low temperatures.

Instead, ... 

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Everyone welcome back our new friend: Autumn

9/23/2011 10:47 AM


I have some very exciting news to report to you, our faithful fellow weather blog family member.

First, it rained this week! A lot! In fact, it rained more yesterday ... 

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Lessons from Joplin: Take warnings seriously

9/22/2011 10:12 AM


The National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration released its assessment this week of the Joplin tornado , one of the largest and most deadly single tornadoes in ... 

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How does low pressure and high pressure impact weather?

9/21/2011 7:00 AM


A local weather station once donated a floppy disc with weather games to our classroom (our classroom computer then was an Apple II).

I'd decorate weather maps with ... 

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Lightning strikes college football. Again! (with photos)

9/20/2011 7:00 AM


It wasn't to college football's benefit, but realignment of the storm clouds brought much-needed rain Saturday night to both Oklahoma and Texas.

First, let's acknowledge ... 

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Weekend rain, but not enough

9/19/2011 10:55 AM


Several spots around Oklahoma made some headway in breaking the drought cycle, but it was far from enough to make a big difference.

I was in southern Kansas this ... 

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A fireball flies across southern California to Arizona's skies

9/17/2011 7:00 AM


Someday, I am going to have a video camera ready with spare batteries when something like this happens.

Until then, please enjoy this short Youtube clip of something ... 

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Rain in the midst of drought. Hooray! I guess?

9/16/2011 7:00 AM


Each week, the U.S. Drought Monitor examines our drought conditions and issues a report on Tuesday.

Then, that report becomes public Thursday morning.

Then, ... 

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'The Girl' is back

9/15/2011 11:36 AM


In May, the waters of the Pacific Ocean off of the coast of South America began to warm up, thus signaling the end of a particularly rough La Niña cycle.

The phenomenon ... 

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2011 is headed toward being Tulsa's driest year on record, for now

9/14/2011 7:00 AM


Before we start today, Saturday's Scene section had some fun at my expense (not really).

As you can see by this article here , available in PDF format here ... 

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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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