Ticker for December 4, 2000

                
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November 2000 Much Cooler than Normal

The Ticker, a victim of a faulty machine count and clouded judgement
late on a Thursday night, would like to retract its earlier projection
and that November was warmer than normal.  The latest hand recount
indicates that the month will actually go into the "cooler than normal"
column.  In fact, with almost all Mesonet observations reporting, the
Ticker will concede that this November will go down as the 4th coolest
November on record.

The numbers given Thursday night were generated from a listing of
daily maximum temperatures, rather than mean daily temperatures.
We apologize for the error.  The corrected values appear below.



NOVEMBER 2000 PRECIPITATION DATA

Climate       August Monthly Rainfall     Rank*  Most   Most
Division     2000   Norm   Depart  Pct   of 106  Since  on Record

Panhandle    0.29"  0.99"  -0.70"  19%    75th   1998   1909 (4.07")
N. Central   1.62"  1.85"  -0.23"  87%    47th   1998   1964 (6.48")
Northeast    2.85"  3.22"  -0.37"  89%    41st   1998   1994 (7.37")

W. Central   1.15"  1.61"  -0.46"  71%  t-55th   1998   1964 (6.62")
Central      3.50"  2.32"  +1.18" 151%  t-22nd   1998   1931 (6.88")
E. Central   5.69"  3.55"  +2.14" 160%  t-11th   1996   1946 (9.18")

Southwest    2.94"  1.51"  +1.43" 195%    13th   1994   1992 (5.73")
S. Central   5.65"  2.52"  +3.13" 224%     7th   1996   1902 (7.62")
Southeast   10.58"  4.12"  +6.46" 257%     3rd   1996   1946 (13.16")

Statewide    3.71"  2.42"  +1.29" 153%    17th   1996   1936 (0.22")

* - 1st = Most Rainfall, 106th = Least Rainfall


NOVEMBER 2000 TEMPERATURE DATA

Climate      Mean Annual Temperature  Rank**   Coolest  Coolest
Division     2000    Norm  Departure  of 106   Since    on record

Panhandle    38.8    44.6    -5.8        3rd    1972    1929 (36.0)
N. Central   41.5    46.8    -5.3        5th    1991    1929 (39.0)
Northeast    42.3    48.5    -6.3      t-4th    1976    1929 (40.9)

W. Central   42.2    47.3    -5.1      t-5th    1991    1929 (39.7)
Central      43.2    49.3    -6.1      t-4th    1972    1929 (41.3)
E. Central   44.1    50.6    -6.5        3rd    1972    1929 (43.4)

Southwest    44.3    49.7    -5.4      t-4th    1976    1929 (42.1)
S. Central   46.0    51.7    -5.7      t-5th    1976    1929 (44.1)
Southeast    45.3    51.4    -6.1        4th    1976    1976 (44.1)

Statewide    43.0    48.9    -5.9        4th    1976    1929 (41.3)

** - 1st = Coolest Month, 106th = Warmest Month