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It's Not A Lot, But It's A Start

During the last week, while most of Oklahoma's "downstaters" were dodging
tornadoes, severe weather, flash-flooding and the typical weather hassles
of May, something good very positive took place in the panhandle. More
than half-an-inch of rain fell on most of the panhandle, with some
locations seeing more than an inch.

And this is good news for the region, which has been struggling with
droughty conditions for several months going.

Is it enough to erase drought? Of course not. But it does help!


Well, Actually, It *Is* A Lot

On second look, statewide, the first seven days of May were the wettest
we've seen since the beginning of robust daily records in 1921. And, while
no single sector of the state set a superlative, the statewide total
of 3.84" was enough to pass the old mark of 3.47" in 1990.

Here's a map of the seven-day totals: