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First Half Rainfall Data

The first six months of the year are in the books, and most of the
state appears to be in the "Near Normal" category.  However, folks
in far western Oklahoma can correctly point out that theirs was a quite
dry Jan-through-June period, while those in southeastern Oklahoma can
assert that this was a very wet first-half-year.

Here are the numbers, courtesy of the Oklahoma Mesonet and the
cooperative observer system:

(Tomorrow: Temperatures)


PRECIPITATION DATA: JANUARY - JUNE 2002 (inches)

Climate   Jan through June Rainfall *Rank in  Driest       Wettest
Division    2002   Norm Depart  Pct  History  on Record    on Record

Panhandle   6.08  10.94  -4.86  56%   10/108  3.77 (1910)  17.99 (1957)
N.Central  14.20  16.45  -2.25  86%   54/108  6.49 (1956)  33.16 (1957)
Northeast  19.71  21.32  -1.61  92%   51/108  9.81 (1963)  39.21 (1957)

W.Central  11.71  15.78  -4.07  74%   32/108  4.02 (1917)  25.83 (1957)
Central  17.33  20.20  -2.87  86%   50/108  7.62 (1936)  34.38 (1957)
E.Central  22.67  23.73  -1.06  96%   58/108  6.22 (1936)  44.38 (1945)

Southwest  14.09  16.45  -2.36  86%   50/108  6.65 (1917)  26.73 (1957)
S.Central  20.74  21.66  -0.92  96%   60/108  9.53 (1963)  36.94 (1957)
Southeast  30.60  25.98  +4.62 118%   91/108  9.83 (1936)  46.67 (1990)

Statewide  17.63  19.15  -1.52  92%   54/108  8.69 (1936)  33.09 (1957)

* 1 = Driest,  108 = Wettest