MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... June 26, 2012 June 26, 2012 June 26, 2012 June 26, 2012
It's 1:35 pm ... do you know where your flamethrower is?
Some very 2011-esque temperatures going on the last few days. It is 1:35 pm as I write this and maximum temps have already risen well into the triple-digits over the western half of the state. Freedom even has the temerity (wait, be back in a sec ...)
"te?mer?i?ty [tuh-mer-i-tee] Definition: reckless boldness; rashness."
yeah, temerity, to try and match Buffalo, the greatest place in the state, with 109 degrees! We'll see who wins that race.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20120626/today.TAIR.max.grad.png
Follow along for yourself on the Mesonet and see who comes out on top (not really a spot you want in this contest) today.
http://www.mesonet.org/index.php/weather/map/todays_maximum_temps/air_temperature
Just in case, the highest June temperatures ever recorded in Oklahoma is 117 degrees on several different occasions: Hollis, June 24, 1953; Mangum, June 24, 27 and 28, 1980.
Hollis and Erick reached 115 degrees on June 26 of last year to take last June's top prize, so the record for today will be tough to beat. Mangum and Hammon reached 115 degrees on this date back in 1980 as well. Here is the all-time maximum temperature record map for June 26 if you want to see who's breaking what.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20120626/june26.hitmax.png
BTW, it's not a shock that those areas in drought are also the hottest. For instance, the southeast corner's hotspot is also a drought-spot. As we talked about ad nauseum last summer, once the soil moisture is gone and the vegetation starts to wither, you get the Easy Bake Oven effect.
And Mother Nature has a million watt bulb.
Gary McManus Associate State Climatologist Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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