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Irony




There are gives and takes in almost every aspect of life. For example, for having
this follicularly-challenged scalp, I've been given an amazing intelec...intille...
amount of smarts. I not dumb, I tell you!

And for those that enjoyed our record warmth in March (and February, and winter,
and every single multi-month period going back to July), you just knew (okay, then
YOU have an amazing intellect) things were gonna go the other way eventually. Like
our frost/freeze this weekend?





And chilly afternoons, and by "chilly" I mean "not 20-30 degrees above normal like
we saw for the last many months.



So is it just (or just not just) for Mother Nature to give us the possibility of
March-like weather those first few weeks of May? As I always say, "cheese is the
elixir of the Gods, if the Gods worked as carnival ride operators," but I also
always say "let's get through this week first."





And enjoy the fact that many of us got at least SOME rain last week.



April showers bring May sweaters?

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