Ticker for July 13, 1998

                
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More drought statistics:

Five Mesonet stations, four of them in southwestern Oklahoma, have not
received at least 0.25 inches of rainfall ina 24--hour period since
May 26th.  Hollis hasn't received a quarter-inch in one day since April:

STATION      Last 0.25 Rain    # of days 0.01"-0.24" since
Altus        May 26 (0.35")    2
Erick        May 26 (0.69")    3
Hollis       Apr 27 (0.29")    4
Kingfisher   May 26 (0.50")    9
Mangum       May 26 (0.52")    4
Retrop       May 26 (1.75")    6

More heat statistics:

Today is the 28th consecutive day that at least one Mesonet station has
observed a temperature of 100 F or more.