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Record Maximum 90 F WOOD 2005
Record Minimum 18 F BEAV 2003
Record Rainfall 2.03" MTHE 1996

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October Mini Wrap-Up Preview Thingy

This is a FREE Sunday preview of our October monthly summary, discounted from 
the normally low, low price of FREE. Is that a bargain or what? But of course, 
you get what you pay for. 

October was wet and cold. Some of you probably realized this already, but it's
just not official until your friendly neighborhood climatologist prints out
the numbers, right? Hey, just trying to stay relevant! So here are those 
numbers.

The statewide average precipitation was 6.89 inches, 3.51 inches above normal 
and the 5th wettest October on record, dating back to 1895. Wettest was 1941 
with 11.32 inches. As usual, eastern Oklahoma paved the way for this lofty 
ranking:

http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20091101/delrain.png
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20091101/totrain.png 

The statewide average temperature was 54.5 degrees, 6.8 degrees below normal and
the 2nd coolest October on record. That was a mere one-hundredth off the coldest
on record, 54.4 degrees way back in 1925. That really makes for an interesting 
departure from normal map:

http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20091101/deltavg.png

So there you have it. You can get a more thorough wrap-up when our October 
monthly summary comes out in a few days on our climate website:

http://climate.mesonet.org/

Gary McManus
Associate State Climatologist
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
(405) 325-2253