Ticker for October 26, 1999

                
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Drying Out

Since September 1st, it has been quite dry in parts of Oklahoma.
Less than 1/5th of the stations in the Oklahoma Mesonetwork have
observed at least an inch of rainfall in the past 30 days.

Autumn 1999
September 1, 1999 through October 25, 1999

Climate       Total  Departure    Percentage
Division   Rainfall  from Normal  of Normal
Panhandle     3.49"       +0.41"       113 %
N Central     4.81"       -0.36"        93 %
Northeast     5.78"       -1.99"        74 %
W Central     2.31"       -2.85"        45 %
Central       4.63"       -2.18"        68 %
E Central     5.72"       -2.37"        71 %
Southwest     2.50"       -3.28"        43 %
S Central     5.59"       -2.12"        73 %
Southeast     4.00"       -4.59"        47 %
Statewide     4.42"       -2.00"        69 %