Mesonet Ticker for December 18, 2025

                
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No open fires, please




Remember the Christmas Day of 1983, the coldest Christmas Day in Oklahoma history
(and it ain't even close)? Remember it had a statewide average temperature (highs
+ lows averaged together...I was told there would be no math) of 4.7F? Remember
the next coldest Christmas Day came in 1980 at 21.3F

Remember I said it wasn't even close?



Well this year ain't gonna be close, either, at least to the coldest on record.
It will get close to the WARMEST on record, however, which was a mere 4 years ago
during what became the hottest December on record (and it ain't even close).

Remember this?



So with that as a backdrop, remember the way-too-warm Christmas Day that
year?





That's sorta impressive, but remember the forecast lows for this coming Christmas
Day? Well, no you don't because I haven't shown them to you yet, but remember
them after I show them to you.



You kidding me...60s for lows? On Christmas Day?

That's sick. SICK I TELL YA!

Of course, TODAY we get a cold front that's just gonna drop us down to normal,
kick up the winds to 35-45 mph, and give us lots of fire danger over the next
few days.





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



Getting back to Christmas Day...well, forward to Christmas Day, here's the
lead up all the way to Christmas Eve from our NWS friends.





Here's the deal about the Christmas Day forecast...it's still 8 days away
(Christmas Day, not the forecast). Things can change a bit before then, but
as of now, prepare for shorts and a t-shirt as you ride on your one horse open
sleigh to Grandma's house.

Just pretend you're in Australia...it's summer there.

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

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