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Heat Wave Information

From June 1 through July 15, a period of 45 days, many Oklahoma Mesonet
maximum and minimum temperatures reflected the heat wave which most
of Oklahoma has endured.

The following numbers reflect the number of days (out of 45) that the
Mesonet station observed a high or a low temperature above certain
temperature thresholds.

The brunt of these numbers have been felt since the first week of June,
which was unusually cool.


Mesonet Temperature Observations: June 1 - July 15, 1998
Number of Days with Temperature above Threshold
Number of Possible Observations: 45

Mesonet             Maximum Above            Minimum Above
Station           100F   95F    90F            80F   75F

Hollis             33     39     40             0     18
Altus              31     38     40             1     24
Mangum             31     38     40             0     12
Grandfield         31     36     39             1     21
Tipton             30     37     39             1     23
Walters            30     36     40             0     23
Hobart             29     38     40             1     20
Erick              27     36     39             1     10
Bessie             26     36     40             0     17
Retrop             26     35     40             0     20
Butler             23     36     39             1     12
Fort Cobb          23     31     39             1     17
Chickasha          22     33     39             0     15
Fairview           22     33     39             7     15
Ninnekah           21     33     39             4     21
Waurika            20     35     40             3     24
Weatherford        20     32     40             0     12
Kingfisher         20     32     39             2     15
Camargo            20     28     38             0     10
Hooker             20     27     33             0      2
Medicine Park      19     32     38             0     21
Buffalo            19     30     38             7     12
Seiling            18     31     37             1     13
Cherokee           18     31     36             6     15
Alva               17     31     38             4      9
Watonga            17     31     36             1     15
Hinton             17     30     38             0     15
Freedom            17     29     37             6      9
Putnam             17     28     38             0     10
Ringling           16     35     40             1     23
Acme               16     32     38             3     22
Arnett             15     29     38             0      8
Lahoma             15     28     38             0      7
Ardmore            14     34     39             5     26
Burneyville        14     33     39             5     24
Washington         14     32     37             1     16
Apache             14     31     39             0     11
Cheyenne           14     30     38             0     13
May Ranch          14     22     33             2      9
Ketchum Ranch      13     33     37             1     20
Pauls Valley       13     32     37             3     22
Tishomingo         13     31     39             1     13
Slapout            13     27     33             0      5
Madill             12     32     38             2     27
Ada                12     30     37             2     17
Marshall           12     27     38             3     15
Goodwell           12     27     34             0      1
Beaver             12     26     34             0      6
Durant             11     29     38             4     29
Centrahoma         11     29     37             2     19
Lane               11     27     37             1     19
Breckenridge       11     26     36             0     11
Medford            11     19     32             0      7
Antlers            10     32     38             0      8
Norman             10     30     36             1     18
Idabel             10     28     41             1     13
Woodward           10     26     35             0     11
Sulphur            10     25     37             1     25


Today marks the 32nd consecutive day that at least one Mesonet station
has observed temperatures of 100F or more.