Mesonet Ticker for September 24, 2026

                
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The drought before the drought




Well folks, we have trouble right here in drought city. Like the graphic says,
drought intensified once again on this weeks map. Well, not on the map but out
around Oklahoma on the ground. That'd be weird to have a graphic have drought, but
I digress. So for the 10th consecutive week, we saw those colors get worse, with
very little getting better. We see you Woodward and the western Panhandle!

What else has happened for 10 consecutive weeks?

*The Yellowstone Caldera didn't blow.

*I didn't have to brush my hair.

*I ate at least one Cherry Pop-Tart.

*We saw 100s on the Mesonet somewhere in the state.

It rained at least a quarter-inch in Butler, Elk City, Hugo, and Cloudy.



Yeah, that map's nasty. And on top of that, OH NO...IT'S HOT AGAIN!





Stupid false fall!

More of the same today. And tomorrow. And this weekend. Until maybe, just
MAYBE, we'll get some real autumnal weather in here next week.







Emphasis on the "maybe," because we've gone nearly the entire month of September
with fall about to arrive 7-10 days out, so this time let's hope that 7-10 days
out on the forecast models actually comes true.

You saw the chances of rain on those forecasts, and that looks especially true
once again for western Oklahoma over the next few days, and maybe the rest
of us after that.



Heck, it's raining right now for crying out loud!



And look at what the western Panhandle received over the last



ARE YOU KIDDING ME BOISE CITY?? Where the heck are you going to put it all? And
some dust-settling rains across far western Oklahoma.

Now we just need to see that start to spread east. Let's make it happen.

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

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