Mesonet Ticker for February 9, 2026

                
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True or false?




There have been lots of amazing inventions in our lifetimes. The internet. Phones
that are computers. Pop Rocks.

Bieber.

Well, I guess he was born, not invented, but you get the idea.

One of the best though is spring. Sometimes it comes early, sometimes it comes
late, sometimes it lasts a week, sometimes a day, but it always comes eventually
and puts that nail in winter's coffin. Sometimes, though, it's false. This is
definitely a false spring (trying to jinx it into existence...play along), but
I'll take it.

Take yesterday, for instance.



Pretty uncommon for early February, no? So uncommon that the 84 recorded down
in Waurika is the second-highest temperature ever recorded on a Feb. 8 in
Oklahoma, almost reaching the top spot of 85 from Hollis in 1950. And today will
be no slouch, either. Whether we actually reach records is immaterial to the
enjoyment of the day. It'd be cooler if we did, though! Or warmer.



Of course, being February, there's always gonna be a cold front to spoil our
fun, like tomorrow's.



We are starting the battle between winter and spring, though, as the hours of
daylight increase, the sun getting higher in the sky, and our average
temperatures start the climb towards the molten lava of summer.



It'll get warm again later in the week, and rain chances will go up tomorrow
across southern Oklahoma, but for almost all of us into the weekend.





Rain's also a nice invention, something that has been in short supply this
winter.





Pop-Tarts, another great invention. Taco Bell, though...

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

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