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Where there is smoke, there is fire...somewhere

9/13/2011 8:07 AM

It was about 8 a.m when I hopped in my vehicle downtown en route to a call. I drove to the east side of town and noticed a deep haze toward downtown, the horizon...everywhere, ...

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What did 1888 and 1897 have in common with 2011 in Tulsa until Saturday?

9/12/2011 7:00 AM

With the way the weather is going this year, nothing should surprise me about the atypical-but-typical-for-this-year weather we've been experiencing in Tulsa.

BUT... ...

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Will these tropical storms ever bring us rain?

9/9/2011 1:12 PM

The beginning of September marks the middle of the Atlantic’s hurricane season, and right now it’s pretty active.

There are currently three named storms churning ...

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2011: Breakin' records left and right

9/8/2011 9:09 AM

We’ve said it again and again: This has been a record-breaking weather year. Between snowfall and rainfall, high temps and low, Tulsa’s nearly seen it all. Just look ...

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Check out our new weather almanac!

9/7/2011 7:00 AM

As college football fans (like me!) have discovered this past weekend, there is rain everywhere in this country except Tulsa.

The image to the right should reinforce ...

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What a difference a week makes

9/6/2011 7:19 AM

In the span of two weeks, Tulsa has set a daily record high temperature and, as of this morning, we have set record lows.

That's right. A record low temperature ...

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Lightning strikes college football this weekend (with photos!)

9/5/2011 11:27 AM

Anyone else see how much rain other college football areas got and just want to cry a little, looking at how dry things are turning here again?

First, let's start ...

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Falling out of love with summer

9/2/2011 8:42 AM

So I may be getting ahead of myself here, but now that we’re in September, football season has begun and high temperatures are forecast to be in the low 80s Monday, ...

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Tulsa hurricane: Just a college mascot, or actual weather event?

9/1/2011 7:00 AM

The term 'Golden Hurricane' is not a meteorological term, confirms Tulsa National Weather Service meteorologist Karen Hatfield.

How dangerous a 'Tulsa Golden Hurricane' ...

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Almanac

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

	Temperature		Precipitation
Date	High Temp	Low Temp	Total	Month to date	Historical 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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SNOWFALL

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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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