By WEATHER WORLD on Jun 20, 2011, at 11:50 AM Updated on 6/20 at 11:52 AM
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 ...
Tulsa has had less than normal rainfall, but as this "Pray for Rain" sign in the rural Oklahoma Panhandle community of Hough last week shows, it could be worse.(Photo credit: SHAWN YORKS/AP Photo/The Guymon Daily Herald)
The temperatures are less tolerable, the lawn is less green and the plants look less happy.
How long, exactly, has it been since Tulsa's last significant rainfall?
You can see the "Preliminary Monthly Climate Data" yourself on Tulsa's National Weather Service site
here. However, for simplicity's sake, here's a breakdown of the daily rainfall amounts:
Tulsa last recorded at least 0.1 of an inch on June 16 (0.18 inches).
Tulsa last received at least 0.5 of an inch last month, May 24 (0.83 inches).
Tulsa last received at least an inch of rain on May 20 (1.12 inches).
Probably the most depressing of all statistics, is the monthly one: Tulsa hasn't had normal rainfall for a month since April (5.41 inches total, 1.46 above normal). Even our snow-filled February was only slightly above normal precipitation (0.62 of an inch).
Once again,
these numbers are from the Tulsa International Airport and your area might have received more relief recently with some of this month's storms.
For many, however, there's hope that with tonight's expected severe weather comes more much-needed rain.
--Althea Peterson
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