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Dogs can forecast the weather. Seriously! I asked a vet

6/16/2011 7:00 AM


We have nicknamed Simon 'the weather dog,' because he forecasts the weather. Really!

Take, for example, a few weeks ago. We were about to go out to dinner on a ... 

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Storms Tuesday brought heavy rain

6/14/2011 8:57 PM


Update 11:05 : As the storms continue to weaken and move into Arkansas, let's recap and look ahead a couple days.

As a cold front swept across the state, severe ... 

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Why does the weather service get statistics from airport sites?

6/14/2011 7:00 AM


Tulsa is on track to have one of the driest Junes in history , but it might not be as bad as it sounds off of statistics alone.

At about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, ... 

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Unbelievable photos of volcanic lightning in Chile

6/13/2011 1:00 PM


These are absolutely amazing, if not terrifying, photos of the aftermath of a Chilean volcano eruption that caused thousands of evacuations.

At left, a column of ... 

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Weekend rain, weekday heat

6/13/2011 7:00 AM

Finally!

Much of northern Oklahoma got some much-needed measurable rainfall over the weekend. Most of June had been dry; in fact before Sunday morning’s storms, ... 

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Rain possible tonight, and we need it

6/11/2011 5:11 PM


June has been very dry for much of the state, including Tulsa and northeast Oklahoma.

Though, I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you that; your yards and gardens ... 

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Worldwide June weather in photos

6/10/2011 7:00 AM

Happy 90th birthday to Tulsa's hottest day in June, 108 degrees on June 10, 1911. Makes those highs in the 90s feel a little cooler, huh?

Here's a look at how the ... 

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Look at the sun

6/9/2011 6:45 PM


While this blog is focused mostly on weather on our planet, I hope you'll indulge me as I look past the clouds for a little bit of spectacular space weather.

Scientists ... 

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37 years ago, deadly tornado in Tulsa

6/9/2011 10:00 AM


Last week when officials told me that Oklahoma's busiest tornado month (May) was just about over , a commenter warned readers that Tulsa's strongest tornado event ... 

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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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