Mesonet Ticker for November 3, 2025

                
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Novtember?




Climatologists are boring by nature. I once watched a DOCUMENTARY on watching
paint dry. I mean, it takes a very boring person to patiently wait for 30-, 60-,
90-, and so on and so forth days (and months and years and decades) to go by to
start accumulating averages and deficits and surpluses (again, and so on and so
forth). And seeing drought develop, of course, which makes watching paint dry
look like Mad Max fighting Blaster in the Thunderdome.

Bored yet?

You will be. you will be. (say in "The Empire Strikes Back" Yoda voice).

Meanwhile, meteorologists get all the sexy stuff, like tornadoes, severe storms,
snow, rain, etc.

WELL HOW DO YOU LIKE US NOW, METEOROLOGISTS? Welcome to my world.

No rain to speak of for awhile, with the above 7-day forecast being particularly
boring, and extend that out even further.



No late-fall winter outbreaks on the horizon.







Even October was fairly boring, save for some heavy rain here and there late
in the month (scroll below to read more). Most folks have seen a freeze at
least since our first one of the fall season on Oct. 19.



Ooh, the excitement!

I even tried to find some snowfall in the fantasy-cast 10-14 day long-range
model output. Nothing. It will definitely rain eventually in November. This
looks a lot like the beginning of October, and we did end up with quite a bit
of rain in parts of the state.

I ain't lying...read below!

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October heat gives way to fall chill
Nov. 3, 2025

The summer warmth that lingered through much of September carried into the
first three weeks of October before Mother Nature finally switched the channel
to a more autumnal pattern during the month’s final 10 days. Highs that had
routinely climbed into the 80s and 90s during those first three weeks fell into
the 60s and 70s — with 50s appearing by month’s end. The season’s first freeze
occurred on Oct. 19 in the Panhandle, followed by a more widespread freeze
during the final four days of the month.

October rains favor northeast Oklahoma
The shift to a more autumnal pattern also brought much-needed moisture to a
broad swath of the northeastern third of the state. Widespread rainfall totals
of 4 to 8 inches fell across that area, representing surpluses of 2 to 4 inches.
The southwestern third of the state fared just as poorly as the northeast
thrived, however, suffering deficits of 2 to 4 inches. Stigler recorded the
highest total in the state at 7.93 inches, while Altus brought up the rear with
a meager 0.32 inches. Forty-eight of the Oklahoma Mesonet’s 120 sites recorded
less than 2 inches, with 17 of those sites failing to reach an inch.







Drought response mixed
Drought continued its fall rampage thanks to the extended hot and dry weather —
the primary recipe for that particular hazard to flourish. Coverage had risen
to more than 29% of the state on the Oct. 14 U.S. Drought Monitor before easing
to 19% by month’s end. The rains across the northeastern one-third of Oklahoma
gave the planted winter wheat crop access to moisture it had largely gone
without up to that point. Reports to the Oklahoma Mesonet indicated severely
stressed wheat, dry farm ponds, and desiccated soils were widespread in the
hardest-hit areas. Wildfires also became more common before the late-month
rainfall and persisted afterward in areas that missed out on the relief.



October by the numbers
• Statewide average temperature: 66.2°F, 4.9°F above normal — the eighth-warmest
October since records began in 1895
• Temperature extremes: High of 95°F at Goodwell on Oct. 3 and Grandfield on
Oct. 20; low of 24°F at Boise City on Oct. 29 and at Beaver on Oct. 30;
lowest wind chill, 13°F at Boise City on Oct. 29
• Warmest and coolest locations: Highest monthly average, 67.1°F at Mangum and
Seminole; lowest, 58.9°F at Kenton
• Statewide average precipitation: 2.63 inches, 0.73 inches below normal — the
61st-driest October on record
• Rainfall extremes: High of 7.93 inches at Stigler; low of 0.32 inches at
Altus
• Rainfall totals below 2 inches: 48 instances recorded at the 120 Oklahoma
Mesonet sites





Warm and dry weather favored for November
The Climate Prediction Center’s November outlook indicates increased odds of
above-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation across the entire
state. Those odds for below-normal precipitation are highest across the western
third of Oklahoma. The CPC’s November drought outlook calls drought development
“likely” across much of the southern half of the state by month’s end.





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

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