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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... August 30, 2017 August 30, 2017 August 30, 2017 August 30, 2017 40s are the new 50s We've spent so much time marveling at our rainfall this month that we haven't really appreciated just how cool it's been. For instance, did ya realize we've hit 40s in the state the last couple of days? In the Panhandle, of course, but still... http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170830/yesterdays-lows.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170830/todays-lows.png And the highs have been just as wonderful most of the month, including yesterday and today. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170830/yesterdays-highs.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170830/todays-forecast-highs.png Here's an eye-popping stat...the Oklahoma Mesonet's 121 stations have recorded a temperature of at least 100 degrees 22 times during the month of August. 22 TIMES! Not 22 days, just 22 readings across the 121 station network, and I doubt that goes up before the month is up. The highest reading came at Kingfisher and Freedom at 103 degrees, both on August 5. How about another jaw-dropping stat? Okay, there were only 2 days with triple- digit temperatures in Oklahoma. Of those 22 readings, 20 of them came on August 5 and the other two came on the 19th. Now we're not out of the woods yet...it will get warm over the weekend into early next week before another front comes through, but we're not talking the brutal heat of early Septembers past. Some 90s, mostly. Barely in some cases. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170830/sunday-forecast-highs.png The upper-level ridge, or heat dome, appears to be planted over the West for next week as well. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170830/sunday-forecast-highs.png Have we seen the end of summer, and I mean SUMMER (i.e., 105 degrees for a few days in a row)? Possibly. All it takes is an eastward shift of that heat dome over the next month or so and we will be hot. But we ain't now, and we won't be for awhile. 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 ===================================================