Is it ever going to rain in Tulsa again?
That thought crossed my mind a lot during the past few summers of extreme to exceptional drought, relieved with the fact that rain usually returns when fall arrives.
But what if roles are reversed, where the rain comes during summer and leaves during fall?
Tulsa's milestones (on right rail of
tulsaworld.com/weatherworld) and almanac (on right rail of
tulsaworld.com/weather) are both updated, here goes:
No recorded rainfall in Tulsa since Aug. 16
I spotted some lightning off toward Jenks heading south on Riverside at about 5 p.m. Thursday.
Sadly, Jenks only recorded trace amounts of rain, while Tulsa continued its since-Aug. 16 streak of absolultely no measurable rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.
Tulsa area's sixth ozone exceedance day: Sept. 7
An ozone exceedance occurs any day that the 8-hour average is 0.076 parts per million (ppm) or greater at any of five Tulsa area sites.
The sites are in Mannford, Lynn Lane, Tulsa, Skiatook and Glenpool.
You can find out more about the Tulsa area Ozone Alert program at
tulsaworld.com/ozonealert.
No 100s since Aug. 31 in Tulsa
We might not be getting 100s this month (so far), but we are getting a lot of 90s.
We have only had one day, Sept. 2, that didn't have a high temperature reach the 90s. That day had a high of 88 degrees.
Tulsa's temperatures so far this month are also 5.4 degrees above normal. You can probably thank our lack of rainfall (we normally have 1.67 inches by now) for that.
Is there any end in sight to our warmer, drier weather? The weather service has a map for that:
"Localized fire dangers this afternoon."
You can find out more local forecast info at
tulsaworld.com/weather.
Have a good weekend!
--Althea Peterson
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