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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... November 11, 2020 November 11, 2020 November 11, 2020 November 11, 2020 It's pronounced Autumnsteen http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201111/nov16-20-temp-outlook.png Think back, gentle (I would have said "genteel," but come on) readers, to the days or yore, when temperatures were in the 70s and 80s...you know, Monday? Okay, maybe not your days or yore, but they're my days of yore. I hear ya out there: "say 'days of yore' one more time!" But once the weather turns to actual November, I start missing those nice temperatures. We had another freeze last night, on our way to another "chilly" day in the 50s and 60s. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201111/todays-lows.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201111/todays-forecast-highs.png Nothing too earth shattering there, and that's sort of where we're gonna be for the next week or so, again with a few ups and down along the way. Saturday should be a windy, warm day ahead of another front on Saturday night, along with some rain chances. Could be a good dose of moisture, at least for the I-44 corridor. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201111/nws-norman-7day-forecast-temps.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201111/3day-rain-forecast.gif We should see a couple more days with freezing weather in the northwest before we start to warm things up again, then another bout of the freezies this weekend, then up the old thermometer again. Still no really frigid weather showing up, so the southeastern half of the state is still awaiting their first hard freeze this season. We'll define hard freeze as temperatures at or below 28 degrees. Check out this Mesonet hours below 28 degrees map and you can see the obvious-but-normal difference in experience with the arctic air between the two halves of the state separated by I-44. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201111/hours-below-28degrees.png Again, nothing nasty showing up, unless you consider warm as "nasty" (I know you're out there, winter fans!). And remember, this time of year, things can go insane at the drop of the hat. We don't need to go back to 1911 to see this, we can just look at the end of October 2020. But how could we forget possibly the most famous cold front in state history from Nov. 11, 1911! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/11/11...A Palindrome to Remember! Oklahomans have grown accustomed to the fickle weather of the Great Plains, particularly during the transitional months of spring and fall. Many state residents have left the house dressed for a pleasantly warm autumn day, only to be caught unawares by the icy chill of an arctic blast. With experience comes wisdom, however, and most have learned to keep a trained eye on the weather forecasts. Imagine the surprise of the state?s burgeoning population on November 11, 1911, when weather forecasts were mostly limited to observations passed down the telegraph line, as they witnessed one of the most abrupt temperature swings in the state?s history. On that afternoon, Oklahoma City reached a record high temperature of 83 degrees. Soon thereafter, a ?norther? barreled through the state, dropping temperatures more than 60 degrees in the span of a few hours. By midnight, the temperature at Oklahoma City had plunged to a frigid 17 degrees, the record low for that same date. Both records still stand, marking November 11th, 1911, as the only date in state history in which the record high and low temperatures were broken on the same day for a single location. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201111/1911-11-11-max.mins.png Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 gmcmanus@mesonet.org ================================================== The OCS/Mesonet Ticker https://ticker.mesonet.org/ To subscribe or unsubscribe from the Ticker or for questions about the Ticker or its content Phone or Email the Ticker Manager at OCS Phone: 405-325-2253 Email: ticker@mesonet.org --------------------------------------------------- -C- Copyright 2024 Oklahoma Climatological Survey ===================================================