MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... June 21, 1999 June 21, 1999 June 21, 1999 June 21, 1999
Welcome, Summer
Happy summer solstice, from the Ticker!
It appears that the 1999 version of Mother Nature has chosen to honor her astronomical calendar, and forego the unwelcome early arrival of her predecessor.
(That's all flowery talk to soften you up for another 1999 vs. 1998 Ticker. It's a dirty trick, but the numbers are staggering.)
For the last fifty days of spring (okay, fifty-one, but who's counting), here's how 1999 stacks up to 1998.
First of all, by June 1st of 1998, every single Mesonet station had seen high temperatures of 93 F or warmer, and over half the network had observed temperatures above 100 F.
This year, only about 10% of the network has even hit 93 F *once*, and Altus's 99 F high temperature way back on May 15th was the state's warmest observation of the period. Nearly half the network has yet to see the 90 F mark.
The temperature comparison is broken down by climate division in the following table:
Avg Hi = Mean Maximum Temperature for the period Avg Hi = Mean Minimum Temperature for the period Warmest = Warmest Temperature observed during the period
Climate May 1 - June 21 , 1998 May 1 - June 21, 1999 Division Avg Hi Avg Lo Warmest Avg Hi Avg Lo Warmest
Panhandle 84.2 53.0 107 F 79.3 53.0 95 F N. Central 83.8 58.9 110 F 80.1 58.3 95 F Northeast 82.3 60.3 100 F 79.0 58.7 92 F
W. Central 85.9 59.4 111 F 80.5 59.1 95 F Central 84.3 61.1 109 F 79.8 60.0 94 F E. Central 83.1 61.7 101 F 80.1 58.4 94 F
Southwest 88.9 61.4 112 F 82.5 61.1 99 F S. Central 86.5 63.5 107 F 81.5 62.5 95 F Southeast 84.9 61.9 100 F 82.0 61.0 93 F
(coming tomorrow ... the precip numbers)
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