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Election Day weather forecast nationwide
Published: 11/6/2012 10:09 AM
Last Modified: 11/6/2012 10:09 AM

Weather maps divided: This morning's weather art is all courtesy of the Oklahoma Mesonet, where I find weather maps with varying colors on this very partisan day! Here, the current U.S. air temperatures, as of 9 a.m. today.

Why does the majority rule when the few naysayers seem to stick out so much? Here, the Oklahoma Mesonet shows the two spots in the state that has had consecutive days of freezing temperatures. They are Lake Carl Blackwell and Marshall, which are just west of Stillwater.

Is Oklahoma a "swing state?" Definitely when it comes to temperatures. Here are yesterday's (Monday's) high temperatures, also from the Oklahoma Mesonet. The green aresas are mostly below 70 degrees, which the southern yellow-orange regions are mostly above 70 degrees.

Is there a change in this political climate? There definitely was in the actual climate. Here are the temperature changes from 24 hours ago, as of 9:50 a.m. today.

Who says weather differences have to be regional? Here's the three-hour temperature changes, as of 9:50 a.m. today.

Isn't it odd that Green Country is shown in purple instead? That's because our maximum temperatures so far today (as of 9:55 a.m.) aren't that high yet. Once again, all of these "divided" maps have been provided by the Oklahoma Mesonet

Voters today may be casting their ballots mostly for the same two major political parties, but there's a lot more variety out there when it comes to the weather on this Election Day.

While a large portion of the nation will be dry and mild, according to AccuWeather.com, there might be snow in the Great Lakes region, and storms to the northwest and southeast.

Here is more Election Day weather information, courtesy of AccuWeather.com. I have bolded regions and states to make it easier to find each location:

Eastern U.S. Weather

A storm is expected to emerge off the southeast coast of the U.S. on Election Day, potentially sending rain, thunderstorms and wind into coastal areas from Florida through North Carolina.

"The weather pattern remains volatile for another storm to form on the East Coast, but nothing like Sandy," AccuWeather Expert Senior Meteorologist Henry Margusity said in a release.

It is not out of the question that voters will deal with torrential rainfall and high winds from South Carolina through the northern half of Florida. People heading to the polls in Charleston and Columbia, S.C., Savannah, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla. will have to brave the heaviest of the rains.

Meanwhile, chilly air will be funneling across the interior Northeast and down the spine of the Appalachians with highs in the 40s and 50s forecast. A few spots of the higher elevations of northern New York and northern New England may be held in the 30s.

Dry weather with temperatures will be in the 60s and 70s is in store for much of the south from Texas to western Alabama.

A zone of showers and thunderstorms will be impacting central Florida as a front will be stretched across the Sunshine State to the south of the aforementioned low. Temperatures south of the front will be mild in the 80s from Orlando to Miami and Key West.

Central U.S. Weather

There will be a major contrast in the weather across the central U.S. Chilly and unsettled weather will impact the Great Lakes region, while dry and warm weather dominates the central and southern Plains.

A weak storm will be moving across Manitoba and western Ontario, bringing rain and snow showers, brisk winds and chilly air to the western Great Lakes.

Voters in Chicago and Grand Rapids may contend with passing rain showers and a chilly breeze with highs being held in the 40s.

Heavier rain showers and some snow mixing in or falling alone may impact eastern Minnesota, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to northern Wisconsin and northern portions of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

Meanwhile, a large dome of high pressure dominating the southwest will have an influence on dry and warm weather for the central and southern Plains. In the central Plains, highs could climb into the 60s and 70s.

Texas may have highs ranging from the upper 60s and lower 70s around Dallas and Houston to the mid-80s across Deep South Texas. Abundant sunshine should accompany the warm weather in the southern Plains.

Western U.S. Weather

Clouds will be increasing across much of Washington and Oregon during the morning hours as a storm approaches the Pacific Northwest on Election Day. A few showers will reach western Washington and northwest Oregon by the midday hours. Voters in Seattle will need to reach for umbrellas before heading to the polls, especially the later in the day it gets.

In Southern California and the Desert Southwest, temperatures may actually climb a bit above normal. Los Angeles may rise into the mid-80s, while normal highs for this time of year are in the lower 70s. Phoenix is also forecast to climb into the mid-80s, about 5 degrees above normal.

Dry and mild weather is in store for places such as Salt Lake City, Albuquerque and Denver as well.

Need more information on our local elections? Check out the Tulsa World Election page at tulsaworld.com/election2012.

And, you can always check out the latest local weather information at our weather page, tulsaworld.com/weather.

--Althea Peterson

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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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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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