By WEATHER WORLD on Jul 6, 2011, at 7:00 AM Updated on 7/05 at 4:54 PM
WEATHER WORLD
At the cookout I went to Sunday evening, it was tank top, cutoff jean shorts and flip flops. My friend said to me, “you look ...
This blog was inspired by some of our early morning commenters on the weather forecast story .
Yes, as one of you pointed ...
The deluge earlier this month was exciting. For a second, I though that maybe the near-record parched May was just a fluke ...
Any shade is good shade! Jacob Wright sits in the shade while waiting for the bus to go to work Tuesday in Tulsa. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
Yeah, it's like this every July. In this July 19, 2010 file photo, Junior Robinson, 8, plays in a fountain at River Parks. ZACH GRAY/Tulsa World File
In fact, last year's July had a lot of "Heat" in headlines, possibly because of one LeBron James taking his talents to South Beach. DAVID ADAME/AP
In this July 10, 2009 file photo, Justin Roy, center, cools off in the slip and slide at Rocklahoma in Pryor. Thousands of fans endured a heat index of over 100 degrees at the festival that year. ADAM WISNESKI / Tulsa World File
As Jerry previously mentioned
here, Tulsa's June tied heat records. But, new month, new records ready to fall. If Tulsa's July is going to be a record setting/breaking/tying month as well, here's what we can look forward to (or dread):
Every day's high temperature record is in triple digits. The lowest, and therefore easiest to break, would be 103 degrees on July 7. We have 90s as our high forecast for Thursday, so it's still a longshot. There's also 105 degrees on July 10, perhaps? The lowest temperature ever recorded in July was 53 degrees (July 5, 1915). That is probably too much to ask for, so we'll just aim for breaking the highest low: 82 degrees, which we'd have to beat on July 17, the same day the record was set (back in 1989). The hottest average temperature in July is 91.7 degrees. Through the first three days of the month, we have an average of 89.5 degrees. So, a few dozen more days of triple digit highs and it'll be within reach. The driest July on record only had trace amounts of rain (Read more on what "trace" means here), set back in 1935. No rainfall yet, so we are on track to beat this record, but here's hoping we break the other one: MOST rainfall, 11.39 inches, set in 1994! If we don't set the record for the entire month, perhaps we can set one for a single day? July 31 would be the easiest to break, with a measly 1.04 inches as its daily record. If we can't set a record in July, could July still be part of a record? Sure, collectively with the other summer months. In 1983, Tulsa only had 2.7 inches its entire summer (June, July and August). Since we only had 1.47 inches of rain in June, and the summer months are typically dry, it's possible. Wouldn't it be better to beat the record for the most rainfall though? Back in 1915, Tulsa had the wettest summer on record, 25.31 inches! We'd only have to average a foot of rain per month for the next two months to break that, heh.
Check back as we continue to track these and other weather records within reach, but don't neglect watering your flowerbeds or lawns. As weather experts told me last week (read more
here) it's gonna continue to be dry for a while statewide.
--Althea Peterson
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