Ticker for December 12, 2000

                
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Duration of Current Freeze

The running total of the number of consecutive hours below freezing is
now available at the top of Ticker home page.  We've also included the
coldest temperature observed for each station.  Like they say on TV,
this is available for a limited time, so get yours today!  The map is
updated every 15 minutes.


In Case You Were Wondering

Last night's near-zero lows were the coldest in a long time (the last
below-zero Mesonet observations occurred in January 1997).  Here are
the twenty coldest temps observed on this date statewide.

Kenton     -12 F 1961      Newkirk    -4 F 1932
Boise City -11 F 1961      Alva       -3 F 1961
Beaver     -10 F 1961      Buffalo    -3 F 1961
Freedom     -7 F 1961      Gate       -3 F 1963
Gage        -7 F 1961      Jay        -3 F 1962
Jefferson   -7 F 1932      Woodward   -3 F 1961
Hooker      -6 F 1961      Beaver     -2 F 1963
Gate        -5 F 1961      Buffalo    -2 F 1963
Goodwell    -5 F 1961      Mutual     -2 F 1961
Guymon      -5 F 1961      Reydon     -2 F 1961


In Case You Were Wondering, Part Two

In the event of hazardous severe weather, we've found cancellations.com
to be a pretty valuable web tool for listing closings.