By ALTHEA PETERSON Staff Writer on Feb 1, 2013, at 1:51 PM Updated on 2/01 at 1:52 PM
WEATHER WORLD
A scene from the Oklahoma-filmed movie 'Twister' to lead-in to this topic:
When the movie's character who doesn't ...
It's not a Tulsa urban legend, myth or a running joke: It really does rain every year (since 2008) at downtown's Mayfest.
And ...
There is a lot to digest on the drought front, so I'll try to cover as much ground as I can.
Before showing this week's ...
Feb. 1, 2011: Tim Houchin of Broken Arrow walks up Fourth Street in the snow to work at Brune Law Firm downtown. He later said: "A lot of people have told me, 'You must have a mean boss to make you go to work that day...' Actually, he told me to go home." CHRISTOPHER SMITH/ Tulsa World
Two years after the most snowfall in a 24-hour period, on a calendar date and (eventually) in a single month in Tulsa history, we don't have much more snow to show for it since.
For past articles, photos and videos from the snow event, you can view
Tulsa World's page on Blizzard 2011 here.We also did a one-year anniversary on the blizzard
here, including a follow-up with the poor snow walker pictured to the right.
Here's a timetable of every measurable amount of snowfall from that snowstorm (that technically started Jan. 31, 2011) until now:
Jan. 31, 2011: 0.8 of an inch (first part of 24-hour record)
Feb. 1, 2011: 13.2 inches (calendar day record)
Feb. 4, 2011: 3.6 inches
Feb. 8, 2011: 0.5 inches
Feb. 9, 2011: 5.2 inches (last measurable snowfall of record month, 22.5 inches)
March-December 2011: No measurable freezing precipitation.
Jan. 11, 2012: 0.5 of an inch
Feb. 13, 2012: 1.2 inches, which closed Tulsa Public Schools, and some other districts.
March 2012-January 2013: No measurable amount of freezing precipitation
Snowfall in Tulsa stats:
Average annual snowfall (1980-2010 30-year average) is 9.6 inches.The snowiest month, on average, is January with 2.7 inches.Tulsa has never (snow records date back to 1950)recorded any snowfall May-September.Tulsa's highest snowfall year was 1958 with 29.6 inches.--Althea Peterson
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