Ticker for November 11, 2024

                
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How high can we go?




That's it. Go home. End of Ticker! Wait, you want more? The wettest November on
record ain't enough for ya? Okay, here's a bit more.

These statewide averages go back to 1895, and as the graphic sez...the wettest
November on record WAS Nov. 2015's 6.05 inches...the winter of 2015-16 of
Godzilla El Nino fame. AND Oklahoma's wettest (then) November was followed up by
the wettest December on record  at 5.56 inches. I don't think that's gonna happen
again...we definitely don't have an (some sez "a"...I sez "an") historic El Nino
going on. In fact, we've been flirting with a weak La Nina for months now, although
it's still not official yet.

We DO have chances for rain in the next week which should cement the record. And
even beyond that.





I don't think we'll get the wettest single location record for November, which is
17.01 inches at Idabel in Nov. 2000. It's kind of interesting to see the
difference between 2015's previous-record map vs. 2024's. In 2015, the precip
was mostly across the southeastern half of the state, while 2024's is definitely
more broad across the entire state. Anyway, the highest Nov. 2024 total I can find
is 12.93 inches from a volunteer observer near Sperry.

And I say "kind of interesting," you know, like a Three Musketeers is a "kind of
interesting" candy bar.



But wait, the "kind of interesting" doesn't end there. How about snowfall?

Okay, cool it! We're talking observations, not forecasts. How about 26" of snow
in the western Panhandle?



I don't think it was at Boise City. To folks not from the Panhandle, everywhere
in Cimarron County is Boise City. Frankly, I'm offended (I don't know Frank,
but I'll bet he's offended too). I don't know if that snow depth reached 26", but
if it did that would be a November record also, beating Gate's 22" from
Nov. 1992. I remember that one because I skipped a Time Series Analysis class
to head home to Buffalo (OKLAHOMA!) to beat the snowstorm and as it turns out,
it beat me. Still made it home in time for Thanksgiving, though.

Oh, and we're also up to 9 tornadoes so far after NWS investigations, including
3 EF-3s, an EF-2, 4 EF-1s, and an EF-0.

Okay, okay, OKAY! I never should have mentioned snow. You want a fantasy-cast?
Okay, here's a fantasy-cast. Snow is showing up for the state going out to 16
days. It should NOT be taken seriously, but how is that different from the rest
of the Ticker?



There's a lot of November left and a lot of crazy stuff has happened already.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Gary McManus
State Climatologist
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climate Survey
gmcmanus@ou.edu