By ALTHEA PETERSON Staff Writer on Aug 16, 2013, at 9:47 AM Updated on 8/16 at 9:49 AM
WEATHER WORLD
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SPOILER ALERT: As today's very bright and bold forecast graphic from the Tulsa National Weather Service tells us, our unseasonably cool weather is scheduled to end soon. Courtesy
I have updated Tulsa World's weather almanac (which can be viewed on along the right rail of
tulsaworld.com/weather) and our Tulsa weather milestone list (which can be viewed along the right rail of
tulsaworld.com/weatherworld). They both shouted this one very telling statistic:
No 100s since July 23 in Tulsa.
With four days in the 100s in July and one in June, we are probably not going to match 2011's 44 (no typo) or 2012's 38 (no typo) days with 100s in 2013.
Our 30-year average temperature (records from 1981-2010, since they finalize them at the end of each decade) for August is 82.2 degrees, making it Tulsa's second warmest month of the year typically, right behind July (82.9 degrees on average). Right now, we are at 80.3 degrees on average.
And once again, no 100s at all so far this month.
No burn bans statewide, no Ozone Alerts locally
With our increased rainfall and decreased temeperatures (and sadly, increased mosquitoes) comes a few benefits.
You can check out the empty burn ban map at the Oklahoma Forestry Services site at
tulsaworld.com/burnban.
You can find out more information on INCOG's Ozone Alert program at
tulsaworld.com/ozonealert.
Almost all of August's average rainfall, only 16 days in
As of 9 a.m. Friday, Tulsa recorded 2.88 inches of rain, which is just a tad below the month's normal average of 2.90 inches.
This keeps with Tulsa's recent rainy trend, including 4.93 inches in July (1.57 inches above normal).
Because sharing is caring, rainfall stats look good for the rest of the state as well:
Blue is a good rainfall map color!
Here's a fun statewide stat to match, courtesy of Oklahoma Climatological Survey associate state climatologist Gary McManus:
It has rained somewhere in Oklahoma every single day since July 13
More from McManus:
Aug. 1-14, 2012:
Average high temperature statewide: 101.2 degrees
Average low temperature statewdie: 71.4 degrees
Average temperature statewide: 86.3 degrees
Aug. 1-14, 2013:
Average high temperature statewide: 91.2 degrees
Average low temperature statewide: 70.6 degrees
Average temperature statewide: 80.9 degrees
Again, what a difference a year and rainfall make.
Have a good weekend!
-- Althea Peterson
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