Ticker for June 13, 2011

                
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The heat wins!!

Not sure where all this talk about the heat losing is coming from today ... looks
like it is dominating to me. Temperatures across the state are in the 90s and
100s, and in the western half where the drought still holds, those readings
either approached or exceeded their historical records.

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Buffalo, awesome place and birthplace of very important people, had the state's
high temperature as of 4:05 pm at 110 degrees. That also eclipsed their previous
record for this date of 107 degrees, set back in 1998. In a familiar refrain,
similar heat was found generally west of I-35. Of the 120 Oklahoma Mesonet
stations, 54 had high temperatures of at least 100 degrees. Here are the top-15
highest temperatures for the day, at least as of 4:20 p.m. Still room to grow
there.

Warmest Maximum Temperatures
1 - Buffalo 	110
2 - Freedom 	108
3 - May Ranch 	107
4 - Tipton 	107
5 - Grandfield 	107
6 - Arnett 	107
7 - Camargo 	107
8 - Hollis 	107
9 - Erick 	106
10 - Bessie 	106
11 - Alva 	106
12 - Slapout 	106
13 - Cherokee 	106
14 - Mangum 	106
15 - Hobart 	105

Much of northwestern Oklahoma remains in exceptional to severe drought. While
there was some beneficial rains during the past 4-5 days, the improvements
will be diminished thanks to the dry air and heat we've had since.

The highest maximum temperature ever recorded in Oklahoma on June 13th is
112 degrees at Alva in 1917. Buffalo's 110 degrees comes in fourth.

Gary McManus
Associate State Climatologist
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
(405) 325-2253
gmcmanus@mesonet.org