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 OklahomaFebruary: 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.
