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Apparently it reached 90 degrees yesterday
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150603/apparently.jpg
Yes, the Mesonet don't lie. Check it out for yourself.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150603/yesterdays-highs.png
In fact, there were a whole slew of 90s yesterday across western Oklahoma as we are sitting under a nice dome of high pressure (no rain, don't complain!). That brings the total number of 90s reached by the Mesonet to 73 for the year thus far. That seems pretty low, and the days with 90 degrees map looks pretty paltry.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150603/tmax.ge90.png
You know when Beaver leads the number of days with 90 degrees, something has gone kerflooey. And that kerflooey was obviously all the rain during May, a prime month for adding some 90s here and there.
Some years have had less...1997 sets the low mark with only 7 (7!!!) 90s between the beginning of the year and June 2.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150603/2007-90s.png
Seven? Really?
And then there was the same period in 2006 when the Mesonet had recorded 1353 90s across all its stations.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150603/2006-90s.png
Heck, even last year we had seen 686 90s by now.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150603/2014-90s.png
And we can expect more 90s on the way this week and into next.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150603/todays-forecast-highs.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150603/thursdays-highs.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150603/fridays-highs.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150603/saturdays-highs.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150603/sundays-highs.png
Some of those numbers would probably be a bit higher if not for all the rain, which brought lots of soil moisture and green vegetation to the state. The sun's energy is being absorbed by all those dark green plants and also being used to evaporate that soil moisture, both of which act as cooling processes. That doesn't mean it could be hotter, you'll just feel it a bit differently as a bit higher heat index. Check out yesterday's heat index map. Yikes! Lots more 90s in there than the regular air temperature map.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150603/yesterdays-heat-index-max.png
The rains are gone for now, to return who knows when.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150603/7day-rainfall-forecast.gif
Climatological summer starts on June 1st. Apparently Mother Nature timed it pretty well this year.
Let the heat begin!
Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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