Mesonet Ticker for September 4, 2026

                
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Fryday




An Oklahoma September lament

Here comes the heat again,
Strolling in like summer never ended,
We thought September meant
That maybe Mother Nature had relented.

But there it is at noon,
Climbing toward a hundred like it’s nothing,
And by the afternoon
The heat index is up there doing something.

Here comes the heat again,
Making every parking lot an oven,
One-oh-five and then
A little extra just because it’s lovin’
To make us sweat and swear,
While the south wind blows like someone’s hair dryer—
Yes, Oklahoma, there
Are apparently temperatures still higher.

Here comes the heat again,
August called and said, “Hey, save some for me!”
September answered then,
“Hold my beer and watch this thermometer, see?”

So find yourself some shade,
Drink some water, don’t go getting roasted,
The cold front we all prayed
Would hurry up apparently got ghosted.

Here comes the heat again,
Just when we thought summer might be leaving,
Here comes the heat again…
And frankly, this is getting hard to believe.

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

                

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