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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... November 29, 2011 November 29, 2011 November 29, 2011 November 29, 2011 A final note on Summer 2011 Word from NCDC's Climate Monitoring Grand Poobah and Original Entire Ticker Staff Deke Arndt comes in today concerning our record-breaking summer. We have battled Texas for the last three months for control of the title of "The Hottest Summer in the U.S." as more and more of the temperature data from across the country trickled in. Some of that arrives via carrier turtle, so there is somewhat of a lag to get to the finalized data. To sum up one of the worst-kept secrets in the world ... Oklahoma is the official proud owner of the hottest summer (June-August) period for any state since records began in 1895. I pass the baton to Deke: "Based on "final" summer data Oklahoma edges out Texas by 2 tenths of a degree after rounding (note: OK got rounded down; TX got rounded up ... it's 0.267 when being over-precise with the averages): OK Summer averages Jun - 83.6 Jul - 89.3 Aug - 87.9 Avg - 86.9 TX Summer averages Jun - 85.0 Jul - 86.9 Aug - 88.1 Avg - 86.7" The previous hottest summer was Oklahoma's 1934 reading of 85.2 degrees. So we walloped the old record by 1.7 degrees. Remember, Oklahoma also won the prize for hottest >MONTH ever in the U.S. since 1895 with July's 89.3 degrees. Previous hottest >month was also Oklahoma's with 1954's reading of 88.1 degrees. To quote Bugs Bunny ... incredible, ain't it? Gary McManus Associate State Climatologist 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 ===================================================