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The weather records of 2011 for Tulsa, northeast Oklahoma and the state
Published: 8/17/2011 7:00 AM
Last Modified: 8/16/2011 4:35 PM

Stained glass? An elementary school art project? Nope, just spilled oil in a QuikTrip parking lot during Tulsa's rainiest day of the year, Aug. 10. MIKE SIMONS/ Tulsa World File

Kelly Cain sunbathes during the hottest day of 2011 in Tulsa on Aug. 3, which reached 113 degrees. MATT BARNARD/ Tulsa World File

This picture brings back Wisconsin memories. Desmond Jones, 12, shovels snow in front of his family's house near Cincinnati Avenue and Pine Street during the snowiest day in Tulsa history, Feb. 1, 2011. CORY YOUNG/ Tulsa World File

We've just updated our page to keep a running tally on the Tulsa weather extremes of 2011. Please check them out (look to the right!)

Of course, this has been quite the record setting year for Tulsa, for the area and for all of Oklahoma, so we could have filled about three-times as much space going through every single weather record I could possibly name from this year alone (and it's only August!).

So, why not? Here is every 2011 weather record that I could come up with for Tulsa, for northeastern Oklahoma and for the state. Please keep in mind that some of these numbers are considered preliminary and are subject to change. However, as I write this, these are the records and the streaks:

2011 regional weather records and streaks:

August:
113: Highest temperature for Tulsa on Aug. 3.
112: Highest temperature for Tulsa on Aug. 2 and Aug. 5.
110: Highest temperature for Tulsa on Aug. 1
109: Highest temperature for Tulsa on Aug. 6.
3.44: The most Tulsa rainfall on Aug. 10.

6 consecutive days of rain (ended Aug. 13)

14 consecutive days reaching the 100s (ended Aug. 8)

July:

Hottest U.S. month in history set in Oklahoma, average statewide temperature of 89.1 degrees.

11 consecutive days reaching the 100s (ended July 24)

107: Highest temperature for Tulsa on July 10 and July 27.
104: Highest temperature for Tulsa on July 7.
June:
106: Highest temperature for Tulsa on June 27.
29: Most days in June with highs in the 90s for Tulsa

April:

Record flooding at the Illinois River in Watts on April 26.

March:

The driest March on record in southeast Oklahoma

February:
27: Most snowfall (in inches) in a 24-hour period, Feb. 8-9 in Spavinaw

22.5: Most Tulsa snowfall (in inches) in a month and for February

14: Most Tulsa snowfall (in inches) for a 24-hour period and snow depth, set Jan. 31 to Feb. 1.

13.2: Most Tulsa snowfall (in inches) for a calendar day, set Feb. 1

-31: Coldest temperature, Feb. 10 in Nowata

The primary source for these records is the National Weather Service.

--Althea Peterson

PS: Check back at tulsaworld.com/weatherworld often, because these records just keep getting broken... how ironic that it sounds like a broken record to say that.

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To use a 'Hazel' euphemism it's been a "doozie" this whole year. Hope to make it to 2012!

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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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RAINFALL

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
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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Low Temp:	(Example: 45)
Temperature Date:	(Example: 1/1/2011)

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Month to date:	(Example: '.01)
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8/2012	7/2012	6/2012	5/2012	4/2012	3/2012
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