A Tulsa-is-hot photo would work better here, but since I posted those repeatedly last year, here's something different: Lighting in the sky with the Riverbend Gardens construction project in the foreground on July 19, 2012. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World File
This morning, my editor asked me about the potential of Tulsa beating a weather record today or Tuesday.
But, before looking at records for 2013, perhaps we should look back at the...
Tulsa weather records of 2012
Warmest year on recordThat's our only major new record, as we beat previous record-holder 1921 (63.7 degrees on average) by a whole degree (64.7).
Of note on the rest:
We had three rainfall records, all of which were having the most rainfall on a day, none for dry months/seasons.We had eight records for low temperatures (i.e. lowest temperature on a calendar date)We had 54 records for high temperatures (i.e. highest mean temperature on a calendar date)Here they are, just in case it ever comes up again. More are calendar date records, meaning that they are a record specific to that calendar date (example - the highest mean temperature ever recorded on Jan. 31):
January:Jan. 31, 2012: 59 degrees, highest mean temperature
February:Feb. 3, 2012: 0.84, most rainfall
March:March 14, 2012: 63 degrees, highest minimum temperature; 69 degrees, highest mean temperature (tie)
March 15, 2012: 65 degrees, highest minimum temperature; 73 degrees, highest mean temperature
March 16, 2012: 65 degrees, highest minimum temperature; 72 degrees, highest mean temperature
March 17, 2012: 68 degrees, highest minimum temperature
March 18, 2012: 67 degrees, highest minimum temperature
March 19, 2012: 2.81 inches, most rainfall
March 30, 2012: 73 degrees, highest mean temperature (tie)
April:April 25, 2012: 78 degrees, highest mean temperature
May:May 2, 2012: 71 degrees, highest minimum temperature
May 3, 2012: 70 degrees, highest minimum temperature; 80 degrees, highest mean temperature
May 4, 2012: 75 degrees, highest minimum temperature; 82 degrees, highest mean temperature
May 26, 2012: 76 degrees, highest minimum temperature; 84 degrees, highest mean temperature
May 28, 2012: 94 degrees, highest temperature (tie); 84 degrees, highest mean temperature (tie)
June:June 1, 2012: 69 degrees, lowest high temperature; 50 degrees; lowest temperature; 60 degrees, lowest mean temperature
June 4, 2012: 3.32 inches, most rainfall
June 25, 2012: 105 degrees, highest temperature (tie)
June 26, 2012: 90 degrees, highest mean temperature (tie)
June 27, 2012: 80 degrees, highest low temperature (tie)
June 29, 2012: 80 degrees, highest low temperature (tie); 91 degrees, highest mean temperature (tie)
July:Overall:
Highest low temperature (July 31)Highest mean temperature (July 31)July 29, 2012: 86 degrees, highest low temperature; 97 degrees, highest mean temperature
July 30, 2012: 88 degrees, highest low temperature; 99 degrees, highest mean temperature
July 31, 2012: 112 degrees, highest temperature; 88 degrees, highest low temperature; 100 degrees, highest mean temperature
August:Aug. 1, 2012: 112 degrees, highest temperature; 98 degrees, highest mean temperature
Aug. 2, 2012: 112 degrees, highest temperature (tie)
Aug. 4, 2012: 94 degrees, highest mean temperature (tie)
Aug. 11, 2012: 58 degrees, lowest temperature
September:Sept. 4, 2012: 81 degrees, highest low temperature; 93 degrees, highest mean temperature (tie)
Sept. 26, 2012: 76 degrees, highest low temperature; 86 degrees, highest mean temperature (tie)
October:Oct. 6, 2012: 50 degrees, lowest high temperature; 45 degrees, lowest mean temperature
Oct. 7, 2012: 32 degrees, lowest temperature; 44 degrees, lowest mean temperature
Oct. 21, 2012: 66 degrees, highest low temperature (tie); 76 degrees, highest mean temperature (tie)
Oct. 22, 2012: 71 degrees, highest low temperature; 76 degrees, highest mean temperature
Oct. 23, 2012: 70 degrees, highest low temperature (tie)
November:Nov. 10, 2012: 64 degrees, highest low temperature
December:Dec. 1, 2012: 77 degrees, highest temperature (tie); 59 degrees, highest low temperature (tie); 68 degrees, highest mean temperature (tie)
Dec. 2, 2012: 76 degrees, highest temperature (tie)
Dec. 3, 2012: 67 degrees, highest mean temperature (tie)
Dec. 19, 2012: 70 degrees, highest temperature (tie)
