Mesonet Ticker for July 21, 2026

                
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NOT a dry heat




Sometimes I sit down and start typing and weird stuff comes out. You know, like
when you eat at, never mind...I've done that joke to death! Sort of like what
Mother Nature will do to you today if you don't stay mindful of the heat, keep
hydrated, seek shade (or even better...air conditioning), and eat a Cherry Pop-Tart
or three.

I don't know if anybody will get to a heat index of 120F today, but it'll probably
be close. Heck, we got up 115F yesterday, for crying out loud!



Throw in the sun and lack of decent wind and even the Wet-Bulb Globe risk map
was throwing scary shade out.



And you can just tell when you see lows in the 80s scattered about that it's
gonna be a nasty day.



Maybe some relief here and there, but our first big hope is at the end of the
month.

Let's get through today first.

Gary McManus
State Climatologist
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climate Survey
gmcmanus@ou.edu
                

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