This map provided by the National Weather Service shows that most of the major snowfall was in the western part of the state. However, please keep in mind that these early figures are subject to change. Courtesy
Tulsa just had its coldest and snowiest days so far this winter.
First, let's start with the snow. Since there's so few snow days thus far in Tulsa, let's look back at them all:
Feb. 13 (as of 2 p.m.): 1.2 inches
Jan. 11: 0.5 of an inch
Dec. 22: Trace amounts
If you are just tuning in to Tulsa World weather reports, "trace amounts" means any amount that is less than 0.01 of an inch. In other words, a recorded amount that is too tiny to measure.
There were other days in December with trace amounts of freezing precipitation, but if memory serves correctly, it was not snow, but other forms of freezing precipitation.
And now, for the coldest day of Tulsa's winter, thus far.
Last week, I mentioned the 10 coldest days since November.
Our new coldest day: 16 degrees on Sunday, Feb. 12. We also tied the previous coldest day (Jan. 18) on Saturday, which was 17 degrees. Here are Tulsa's coldest days of the past four months:
February (as of today): 16 degrees on Feb. 12
January: 17 degrees on Jan. 18
December: 18 degrees on Dec. 7
November: 23 degrees on Nov. 28
I don't expect Tulsa to be much colder or snowier today, as the temperatures appear to be rising (50s and 60s forecast in the coming days).
As mentioned in today's forecast article (read it
here), Osage County had the most snow of northeast Oklahoma, with 3 inches, according to the weather service. However, the rest of the state had even more. Here are the top ones, according to the Oklahoma Mesonet (in inches):
Sayre: 5.2
Hobart: 5.0
Braman: 4.9
Orienta: 4.8
Vinson: 4.5
Headrick: 4.3
Rather than force you to try to find these smaller Oklahoma communities on a map, in a nutshell, they are located in both central-western Oklahoma and northwestern Oklahoma (not the Panhandle).
--Althea Peterson
