Ticker for April 21, 2021

                
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FREE OKLAHOMA!






What in the wild wild wild world of sports is a'going on here?? More
record-breaking lows overnight as much of Oklahoma suffered a HARD freeze, and for
a much more extended period of time than what we wanted. I tried to capture the
"consecutive hours" map at its peak, but some stations had already fallen off. But
you can see that there will probably be implications for agriculture and the urban
farmer alike with the duration of these freezing temps.



I've also captured the hours below freezing (not necessarily consecutive) since
9 p.m. last night at several different temperature extremes.









Keep in mind these are just the temps at the Mesonet sites. Geographical
differences in between sites can mean the difference between 10 hours below
freezing or not going below freezing at all. Those areas prone to freezes
might have suffered worse than what we're seeing.

By the way, that 22 at Kenton tied for the fourth lowest temperature ever
recorded on this date, next to Goodwell and Hooker's 20 degrees back in 1966.
OKC and Lawton both set records as well. OKC's low of 29 degrees breaks the old
record of 34 degrees back in 1966, and Lawton's 31 degrees breaks their old
record of 34 degrees set back in 1917!

The freezing ain't over yet. It's still going this morning, and then a few select
spots will drop below freezing yet again tonight.





Now we see a strong warm up through the weekend. Sunday's looking sweet.



Put on a coat, put on a jacket, because Mother Nature is Not. That. Innocent.

Yeah, I had to look up the lyrics.

Gary McManus
State Climatologist
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
(405) 325-2253
gmcmanus@mesonet.org