MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... September 13, 2023 September 13, 2023 September 13, 2023 September 13, 2023
Not bad?
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First off, I was told there would be no math. Then, after 6 years and 2 degrees (BRRR!!! No, wait...college degrees) later, I knew I had been hornswoggled (and we all know just how painful that can be). But when I saw the newest rainfall forecast through the weekend, I thought we had ALL beeh hornswoggled. I mean, didn't we see much more rain being forecast (WOE BE TO THOSE THAT USE THE INCORRECT WORD "FORECASTED") before our weather pattern change? Here we get a look from last Friday.
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Hmm, it might have pushed to the SW a little bit, but I guess that's going to be pretty close. In fact, some areas have already received what was forecast and then some.
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Still, a lot's riding on the rain expected over the next 3 days, because some folks need a lot more. We have managed to reset those nasty looking consecutive days maps from the Mesonet, but reaching at least a quarter-inch of rain is nice, but not nearly enough. And some folks trudge on with the count continuing upwards.
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Here's the "not nearly enough" part...and no, I'm not gonna make a bald joke here and talk about my hair. Looking at the last 60 days, we continue to see much of the SW half of the state continuing in dire flash drought mode.
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Heck, the last 60 days have been the driest such period for south central Oklahoma in at least the last 100 years, and that's been the case for the last several days as well.
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230913/60days-stats.png
So the answer to the math question at the top of the page: NOT ENOUGH!
Hey, before we go, did you know that this day back in 2011 was "The Day the 100s Died?"
There were a few triple-digit readings after that, but by and large, this was the last "really hot" day that ended the worst heat wave in OK history. With severe drought in place entering June, extreme summer heat was sure to follow. Simply put, Oklahoma experienced the hottest summer of any state since records began in 1895 with a statewide average of 86.8 degrees. July's average temperature was 89.2 degrees, becoming the hottest month for any state on record, besting over 67,000 other months. The state also experienced its second hottest June and hottest August on record. The Oklahoma Mesonet site at Grandfield recorded 101 days above 100 degrees, breaking the previous state record of 86 days from Hollis in 1956. Oklahoma City's 63 100-degree days shattered its previous mark of 50 from 1980. Similar records were broken throughout western Oklahoma.
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https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230913/2011-100s.png
Makes this summer's 1.5 month-long heat wave pretty puny in comparison. Sorta like comparing my hair to Sean Penn's. DOH! I thought we weren't going there!
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Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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