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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... July 26, 2024 July 26, 2024 July 26, 2024 July 26, 2024 It's back! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240726/july31-aug4-temp-outlook.png Hey now, nobody said I was the smartest tool in the shed, nor am I the words with greatest, but even I know the bamboozle I managed to pull off over the last week was a doozy. See, not everybody has the lack of foresight and bad luck to go on vacation to the Alabama Gulf Coast, leaving Oklahoma's summery foray into the 80s for Gulf Shores' heat indexes into the 100s, then manage to come back right when Oklahoma is headed back to the 100s itsownself. Sheer genius! These types of summer swoons don't happen often, but when they do, you have to take advantage of them. If you look at the statewide Mesonet high temperature data for the past 15 years (black line), you can see that we are in peak summer heat territory over this last week, then we dip down again just a tiny bit, then have a secondary flare up during the first week of August. All hot, of course, but two very noticeable crowns of hot Oklahoma. Again, that's what happens ON AVERAGE over the last 15 years. This year, however, we can see that lovely dip (watch it...besides, I'm not lovely) right at the beginning of July and that has lasted for the majority of the month thus far (red line). This data is smoothed for display purposes, to the extremes are muted a bit, but you don't need data to know it's been deliciously mild for most of July. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240726/summer-swoon.png Again, on average, we stay hot for most of August, then right around that last week, we take a noticeable dive which accelerates in September. Like I said in several Tickers this month, the longer you can stay below normal in temperature during July, the better your summer experience will be. Also, almost invariably true, if summer is cool, it's probably wet, too. And that's what we've seen for July with most folks getting their fair share of moisture. Still some hefty deficits here and there, but not widespread. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240726/30day-rain-totals.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240726/pct30day_rain.current.png However, you extend that out through June, and more widespread deficits crop up. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240726/60day-rain-totals.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240726/pct60day_rain.current.png It's for that reason that we still see drought and abnormally dry conditions over 63% of the state. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240726/20240723_ok_trd.png With extreme heat coming back, also almost invariably true...that comes with a distinct lack of rainfall. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240726/7day-rain-forecast.png So we've muted our "normal" July heat, now let's see what we can do with August. Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climate Survey gmcmanus@ou.edu
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