Ticker for June 30, 1998

                
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Governor's Drought Declaration
Governor Keating requested a federal agricultural disaster declaration
Monday for 31 counties in central and western Oklahoma.

As of midnight last night, 30 Oklahoma Mesonet stations in central and
western Oklahoma had recorded less than an inch of rain in June.  17 of
the 30 had observed less than a quarter inch of rainfall for the month.

Statistics for the period beginning May 1, 1998 has been added to the
Oklahoma Rainfall Update:

Oklahoma Summary Precipitation Statistics
May 1, 1998 through June 29, 1998

Climate Division    Total     Departure  Pct of Normal

Panhandle          1.94 in     -4.02 in      33 %
North Central      4.57 in     -2.44 in      65 %
Northeast          5.70 in     -3.77 in      60 %
West Central       3.62 in     -3.99 in      48 %
Central            4.28 in     -4.62 in      48 %
East Central       6.34 in     -3.39 in      65 %
Southwest          2.09 in     -5.96 in      26 %
South Central      3.77 in     -5.87 in      39 %
Southeast          6.35 in     -4.40 in      59 %

Statewide          4.28 in     -4.39 in      49 %


This can be seen in the images located at:
http://www.mesonet.org/ocs/warmdel.html


Statistics (for several climate seasons and the calendar year) are
updated daily at the Oklahoma Rainfall Update:

http://www.mesonet.org/ocs/drought.html


Color-filled images displaying this data are available at:

http://www.mesonet.org/ocs/precmaps.html


A complete list of Oklahoma Mesonet rainfall totals for the past
7, 10, 14, 30, 60 and 90 days is available at:

http://www.mesonet.org/ocs/rec_rain.html