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. She also contributes to the Tulsa World parent blog, Because I Said So.
Scene 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. He also contributes to the Tulsa World music blog, Offbeat.
Tulsa weather milestones of 2013 (as of Sept. 13)
Highest temperature: 102 on July 10, 11 and Aug. 31 (Record: 115 on Aug. 15, 1936)
Lowest temperature: 15 on Jan. 16 (Record: Minus-16 on Jan. 22, 1930)
Hottest month (average): 81.1 degrees in July (Record: 91.7 degrees on July 1980)
Coldest month (average): 40.5 degrees in January (Record: 21.7 in January 1918)
Most snowfall (day): 3.2 inches on Feb. 20 (Record: 13.2 inches on Feb. 1, 2011)
Most snowfall (month): 3.7 inches in February (Record: 22.5 inches in February 2011)
Most rainfall (day): 1.78 inches on May 30 (Record: 9.27 inches on May 26-27, 1984)
Most rainfall (month): 4.93 inches in July (Record: 18.18 inches on September 1971)
Highest wind speed: 37 mph on May 30
Previous day with any rain: Aug. 16
Previous day with 1 inch or more of rain: Aug. 13
Previous day with freezing temperatures: April 24
Previous day with 100-degree temperatures: Aug. 31
