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All the seasons in one week, plus incredible tornado footage

1/30/2013 3:17 PM


Sunday morning, I woke up to snow falling on the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Twelve hours later, I was back in Tulsa, where it was in the 60s and humid.

Then it ... 

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Tulsa's weather records of 2012

1/28/2013 3:00 PM


This morning, my editor asked me about the potential of Tulsa beating a weather record today or Tuesday.

But, before looking at records for 2013, perhaps we should ... 

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Bassmaster 2013: The way-too-early weather forecast

1/25/2013 10:25 AM


The Super Bowl of Bass Fishing, the Bassmaster Classic, comes to Grand Lake and Tulsa Feb. 22-24.

You can read more on this event, including articles, background ... 

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Does Tulsa have cold weather every Martin Luther King Jr. parade day?

1/21/2013 10:09 AM


It's not your imagination: Tulsa's weather does not cooperate with its Martin Luther King Jr. parade day.

January is typically the coldest month in Tulsa during ... 

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As an ice storm hits the South today, let's explore freezing rain

1/15/2013 3:42 PM


Even after living through The Great Tulsa Blizzard of 2011 , I still stand by this position: I would rather have two feet of snow than an inch of ice.

That’s ... 

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Final tally: Tulsa weather milestones for 2012

1/14/2013 2:59 PM

I kept a running tally of Tulsa's weather milestones (information from the National Weather Service) all year long. Here's your final results:

Tulsa weather milestones ... 

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NFL football weather forecasts: San Francisco, Denver, Atlanta and Foxborough, Mass.

1/11/2013 4:52 PM


The fun part about week two of the NFL playoffs is that every host site of wildcard weekend is gone. Completely new host sites during the second week.

As such, we ... 

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Drought status the same, but this rain should help

1/10/2013 11:11 AM


The latest drought monitor released today looks an awful lot like last week’s map. We are just marking time now.

The good news is the latest report does not include ... 

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What causes vehicle windshields to frost?

1/9/2013 12:53 PM


Frosty the windshield... will never be a Christmas carol. However, for many of the days in the past week before our recent uptick in temperatures, I found myself getting ... 

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OU vs. Texas A&M Cotton Bowl and NFL weekend football weather forecasts

1/4/2013 4:51 PM


Welcome to another edition of our football forecasts! Since the final in-state college football game is tonight, I will supplement it with NFL wildcard weekend football ... 

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Drought conditions don't get worse, but aren't any better

1/3/2013 4:48 PM


Looking at the latest drought map from the U.S. Drought Monitor, you couldn’t tell that we recently had the wettest day in Tulsa since Nov. 11. That's 0.69 inches of ... 

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Windy and 40s forecast for Oklahoma State, Purdue in Heart of Dallas Bowl

1/1/2013 8:25 AM

At 11 a.m. today, the Heart of Dallas Bowl will host Oklahoma State and Purdue.

According to the National Weather Service, the Pokes and Boilermakers can expect ... 

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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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