Severe Storms For The Plains

A storm system exiting the West will trigger widespread severe thunderstorms across the Plains on Tuesday. These storms are expected to produce large hail, damaging winds, heavy rain, possible flooding and a couple of tornadoes across the region. Ahead of this sprawling system, a number of record high temperatures are possible from the Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes into the Northeast. Read More >

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30-year Averages from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
Averages and Records for Oklahoma City and Lawton, OK and Wichita Falls, TX.
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Summer Heat Information for Lawton, Oklahoma City, Stillwater, and Wichita Falls

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Summertime Temperature Facts for Lawton, Oklahoma

Facts and Tidbits

Average First 100° Max Temperature - ~June 19th
Earliest 100° Max Temperature - April 15, 2006 (102°)
Average Last 100° Max Temperature - ~September 2nd
Latest 100° Max Temperature - October 16, 1917 (100°)

Hottest Temperature on Record - 115° (August 11, 1936). In 1936, the high temperature was 113° on August 10th and 112° on August 12th.
Warmest Low Temperature on Record - 88° (July 15, 1956)
Average Temperature for the Hottest Climatological Summer (June thru August) - 90.7 (2011). The previous record was 86.5° (1980).
Average Temperature for the Hottest June - 87.7° (2011)
Average Temperature for the Hottest July - 92.3° (2011). The average high temperature was 106.7°.
Average Temperature for the Hottest August - 92.2 (2011) The previous record was 88.9° (1943).
Average Temperature for the Hottest September - 82.2° (1998)
Hottest June Temperature on Record - 114° (June 28, 1994)
Hottest July Temperature on Record - 114° (July 19, 1936 & July 4, 1980)
Hottest August Temperature on Record - 115° (August 11, 1936)
Hottest September Temperature on Record - 110° (September 1 & 2, 1939 & September 4, 2000)

High Temperatures ≥ 113°:

July 19, 1936 - 114°
August 10, 1936 - 113°
August 11, 1936 - 115°
June 25, 1980 - 113°
June 29, 1980 - 113°
July 4, 1980 - 114°
June 28, 1994 - 114°
August 1, 2012 - 113°
August 2, 2012 - 113°
August 3, 2012 - 113°
July 19, 2022 - 114°

Notable Summer Temperature Streaks:

Most Consecutive Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° - 50 (June 22-August 10, 2011)
Fewest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in a Calendar Year - 1 (1992)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in a Calendar Year - 89 (2011)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in June - 22 (2011)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in July - 31 (2011)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in August - 29 (1938)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in September - 16 (1939)

Most Consecutive Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 105° - 17 (July 13-29, 2011)
Most Consecutive Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 110° - 5 (August 2-August 6, 2011 and July 31-August 4, 2012)

Summertime Temperature Facts for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Facts and Tidbits

Average First 100° Max Temperature - ~July 10th
Earliest 100° Max Temperature - April 12, 1972 (100°)
Average Last 100° Max Temperature - ~August 20th
Latest 100° Max Temperature - September 30, 1977 (100°)

Hottest Temperature on Record - 113° (August 11, 1936 and August 3, 2012). In 1936, the high temperature was 112° on August 10th and 110° on August 12th. In 2012, the high temperature was 112° on August 1st and 2nd.
Warmest Low Temperature on Record - 84° (August 3, 2012)
Average Temperature for the Hottest Climatological Summer (June thru August) - 87.5 (2011). The previous record was 85.9° (1934 & 1980).
Average Temperature for the Hottest June - 85.4° (1953)
Average Temperature for the Hottest July - 89.2° (2011). The average high temperature was 102.5°.
Average Temperature for the Hottest August - 89.0 (2011) The previous record was 88.7° (1936).
Average Temperature for the Hottest September - 82.2° (1931)
Hottest June Temperature on Record - 107° (June 22, 1936)
Hottest July Temperature on Record - 110° (July 6, 1996 & July 9, 2011)
Hottest August Temperature on Record - 113° (August 11, 1936 and August 3, 2012)
Hottest September Temperature on Record - 108° (September 2 & September 3, 2000)

High Temperatures ≥ 110°:

August 10, 1936 - 112°
August 11, 1936 - 113°
August 12, 1936 - 110°
August 2, 1980 - 110°
July 6, 1996 - 110°
July 9, 2011 - 110°
August 5, 2011 - 110°
August 6, 2011 - 110°
August 1, 2012 - 112°
August 2, 2012 - 112°
August 3, 2012 - 113°
July 19, 2022 - 110°

Notable Summer Temperature Streaks:

Most Consecutive Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° - 22 (August 4-25, 1936).
Fewest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in a Calendar Year - 0 (Numerous times, most recently in 2021)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in a Calendar Year - 63 (2011)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in June - 12 (1953)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in July - 27 (2011)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in August - 24 (2000)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in September - 7 (2000)

Most Consecutive Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 105° - 7 (July 31-August 6, 2011 and July 29-August 4, 2012)
Most Consecutive Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 110° - 3 (August 10-August 12, 1936 and August 1-3, 2012)

Summertime Temperature Facts for Stillwater, Oklahoma

Facts and Tidbits

Average First 100° Max Temperature - ~July 6th
Earliest 100° Max Temperature - April 13, 1972 (104°)
Average Last 100° Max Temperature - ~August 25th
Latest 100° Max Temperature - September 28, 1953 (105°)

Hottest Temperature on Record - 115° (August 11, 1936). In 1936, the high temperature was 114° on August 10th and 113° on August 12th.
Warmest Low Temperature on Record - 89° (July 27 & 28, 1894)
Average Temperature for the Hottest Climatological Summer (June thru August) - 87.8 (1934 & 2011)
Average Temperature for the Hottest June - 84.5° (2011)
Average Temperature for the Hottest July - 91.4° (2011)
Average Temperature for the Hottest August - 93.3 (1934)
Average Temperature for the Hottest September - 82.4° (1931)
Hottest June Temperature on Record - 106° (June 22, 1936 & June 10, 2006)
Hottest July Temperature on Record - 113° (July 18, 1936 & July 14, 1954)
Hottest August Temperature on Record - 115° (August 11, 1936)
Hottest September Temperature on Record - 110° (September 2, 1939)

High Temperatures ≥ 112°:

July 18, 1936 - 113°
August 9, 1936 - 112°
August 10, 1936 - 114°
August 11, 1936 - 115°
August 12, 1936 - 113°
July 13, 1954 - 112°
July 14, 1954 - 113°
July 7, 1996 - 112°
July 9, 2011 - 112°
August 2, 2011 - 113°
August 3, 2011 - 112°
August 5, 2011 - 113°
August 1, 2012 - 114°
August 2, 2012 - 112°
July 19, 2012 - 112°

Notable Summer Temperature Streaks:

Most Consecutive Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° - 26 (July 25-August 19, 1956 & June 29-July 24, 2011)
Fewest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in a Calendar Year - 0 (Numerous times, most recently in 1997)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in a Calendar Year - 65 (2011)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in June - 11 (1934)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in July - 30 (2011)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in August - 25 (1936 & 1956)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in September - 11 (1939)

Most Consecutive Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 105° - 11 (July 10-20, 1954)
Most Consecutive Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 110° - 6 (July 30-August 4, 2012)

Summertime Temperature Facts for Wichita Falls, Texas

Facts and Tidbits:

Average First 100-Degree Max Temperature - ~June 9
Earliest 100-Degree Max Temperature - March 27, 1971 (100°)
Average Last 100-Degree Max Temperature - ~September 6
Latest 100-Degree Max Temperature - October 17, 1972 (102°)

Hottest Temperature on Record - 117° (June 28, 1980). The temperature was 116° the day before.
Warmest Low Temperature on Record - 88° (July 26, 2011). The previous record warm low temperature was 87° on August 16, 1952 which was also achieved on August 3, 2011.
Average Temperature for the Hottest Climatological Summer; (June thru August) - 91.9° (2011). The previous record was 88.5° (1980).
Average Temperature for the Hottest June - 89.5° (2011)
Average Temperature for the Hottest July - 92.9° (2011)
Average Temperature for the Hottest August - 93.4° (2011). The previous record was 91.1° (1952).
Average Temperature for the Hottest September - 85.0° (1931)
Hottest June Temperature on Record - 117° (June 28, 1980)
Hottest July Temperature on Record - 114° (July 15, 1978, July 2, 1980, & July 3, 1980)
Hottest August Temperature on Record - 113° (August 11, 1936 & August 6, 1964)
Hottest September Temperature on Record - 111° (September 4, 2000)

High Temperatures ≥ 112°:

August 11, 1936 - 113°
August 3, 1943 - 112°
August 6, 1964 - 113°
August 13, 1969 - 112°
August 9, 1970 - 112°
July 15, 1978 - 114°
June 24, 1980 - 112°
June 25, 1980 - 114°
June 26, 1980 - 113°
June 27, 1980 - 116°
June 28, 1980 - 117°
June 29, 1980 - 112°
July 1, 1980 - 113°
July 2, 1980 - 114°
July 3, 1980 - 114°
June 27, 1994 - 113°
August 1, 2012 - 112°
August 2, 2012 - 112°
July 19, 2018 - 112°
July 20, 2018 - 112°
July 22, 2018 - 112°
July 19, 2022 - 115°

Notable Summer Temperature Streaks:

Most Consecutive Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° - 52 (June 22 - August 12 2011). The previous record was 42 (June 23 - August 3, 1980). In 1980, the temperature reached 117°, 116°, 114° (3 times), 113° (2 times), and 112° (2 times) during the streak.
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in a Calendar Year - 100 (2011)
Fewest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in a Calendar Year - 1 (1950)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in June - 28 (2011)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in July - 31 (1980 & 2011)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in August - 30 (2000)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in September - 10 (1938, 1939 & 2000)
Highest Number of Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 100° in October - 2 (1938, 1951, 1979 & 2000)

Most Consecutive Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 105° - 26 (June 24-July 19, 1980)
Most Consecutive Days with Max Temperatures ≥ 110° - 10 (June 24-July 3, 1980)

Heat Wave and Summer Temperature Data for Lawton, Oklahoma

How does the current or a recent summer compare to other years with hot summers such as 1934, 1936, 1939, 1943, 1954, 1980, 2000, 2006, 2011, and 2012 for Lawton? Please review the data tables below. Heat wave information is available for Oklahoma City and Stillwater, OK, and Wichita Falls, TX.

Hottest Summers (June-July-August)			All-time Highest Temperatures for Lawton, OK
Rank	Year	Avg Temp	Rank	Temperature	Date
1	2011	90.7	1	115	August 11, 1936
2	1980	86.0	2 (tie)	114	July 19, 2022
3	2006	85.9		114	June 28, 1994
4	1934	85.8		114	July 4, 1980
5 (tie)	1998	85.3		114	July 19, 1936
	1943	85.3		114	August 3, 2012
7 (tie)	1936	85.0	7 (tie)	113	August 2, 2011
	1954	85.0		113	August 1, 2011
9	1939	84.9		113	June 29, 1980
10	2012	84.8		113	June 25, 1980
				113	August 10, 1936

Number of Consecutive Days ≥ 110 Degrees (Top 5 Streaks)			Number of Days ≥ 110 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 5 Years)
Rank	Dates	Number	Rank	Year	Number
1 (tie)	July 31-August 4, 2012	5	1	2011	15
	August 2-6, 2011	5	2	2012	8
3 (tie)	July 19-22, 2018	4	3 (tie)	1980	5
	August 9-12, 1936	4		1939	5
5 (tie)	July 25-27, 2011	3		1936	5
	August 31-Sept. 2, 1939	3

Number of Consecutive Days ≥ 105 Degrees (Top 10 Streaks)			Number of Days ≥ 105 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 10 Years)
Rank	Dates	Number	Rank	Year	Number
1	July 13-29, 2011	17	1	2011	62
2	July 30-August 14, 1937	16	2 (tie)	1980	28
3 (tie)	July 22-August 2, 1998	12		1939	28
	July 9-20, 1980	12	4	1918	27
5	July 31-August 10, 2011	11	5	2012	26
6 (tie)	August 16-24, 2011	9	6 (tie)	1998	24
	August 7-15, 1936	9		1936	24
8 (tie)	July 28-August 4, 2012	9	8	2006	23
	July 9-16, 2009	4	9	1943	20
	July 25-August 1, 1986	8	10 (tie)	2000	19
	August 8-15, 1934	8		1954	19
				1937	19

Number of Consecutive Days ≥ 100 Degrees (Top 10 Streaks)			Number of Days ≥ 100 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 10 Years)
Rank	Dates	Number	Rank	Year	Number
1	June 22-August 10, 2011	50	1	2011	89
2	July 24-August 23, 1934	31	2	1939	69
3	August 2-28, 1936	27	3	1998	68
4 (tie)	July 17-August 9, 2012	24	4 (tie)	1936	67
	July 31-August 23, 1918	24		1918	67
6 (tie)	July 25-August 14, 2006	21	6	1980	60
	July 1-21, 1980	21	7	2012	56
8 (tie)	August 15-Sept. 3, 2011	20	8	1938	55
	July 27-August 15, 1937	20	9	2006	44
	July 16-August 4, 1930	20	10 (tie)	1956	51
				1934	51

May
Date	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
05/01	96	2002	77	89	87	87	72	77	80	66	91	60	92	83
05/02	96	1943	76	82	88	96	59	77	83	62	86	68	91	89
05/03	98	2012	70	82	85	96	59	78	75	73	85	75	98	66
05/04	104	2020	80	85	81	92	65	79	81	78	78	81	99	80
05/05	101	2014	81	91	81	89	74	80	85	75	70	83	99	72
05/06	100	1918	85	86	89	88	81	82	87	91	63	92	91	81
05/07	102	2011*	88	81	82	91	70	84	85	97	73	102	72	88
05/08	104	1918	89	77	75	72	M	80	82	95	85	101	77	101
05/09	99	1918	88	76	89	59	M	80	72	75	90	97	84	97
05/10	104	1967	83	78	100	64	58	76	80	89	73	84	84	94
05/11	102	1967	83	80	80	82	54	98	89	98	76	79	70	91
05/12	96	1921	86	84	76	80	67	90	93	81	88	86	74	92
05/13	96	1984*	86	86	73	59	72	94	85	76	89	75	81	95
05/14	99	1952	59	87	82	70	76	77	88	81	81	74	81	92
05/15	99	2022	76	93	91	91	80	83	85	88	78	77	87	99
05/16	96	1971*	83	89	87	87	79	M	90	89	81	77	90	87
05/17	99	1966	88	91	90	79	75	75	90	90	87	82	93	95
05/18	99	1996*	92	84	87	72	77	84	95	83	94	98	91	96
05/19	101	2013	98	85	95	68	81	78	96	66	100	89	88	97
05/20	99	2006	91	88	97	73	71	82	95	85	99	85	77	92
05/21	100	1953	95	90	94	71	83	78	97	92	94	93	86	75
05/22	106	1939	91	87	106	63	84	76	87	102	94	99	93	74
05/23	109	2000	84	82	104	81	82	78	88	109	92	94	98	64
05/24	109	2000	82	82	100	81	71	82	94	109	97	93	97	66
05/25	100	2006	76	84	95	84	72	93	86	95	100	84	97	62
05/26	100	1990*	78	82	88	85	83	96	87	93	97	80	96	84
05/27	101	1927	81	79	94	84	85	96	84	89	95	98	94	89
05/28	104	2011	90	82	95	87	81	77	100	92	94	104	100	95
05/29	105	1998	96	83	97	84	83	90	105	98	95	97	97	95
05/30	104	2003*	96	86	96	87	88	76	103	99	95	93	92	93
05/31	104	1998*	98	88	92	93	88	89	104	98	90	90	83	92
Avg Max	-	-	84.7	84.5	89.5	80.5	74.8	82.8	88.7	87.5	87.4	86.8	88.8	86.3

June
Date	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
06/01	110	1998	96	94	91	95	83	85	110	96	92	95	89	85
06/02	111	1998	92	93	89	95	82	85	111	79	92	98	98	77
06/03	103	1998	88	86	86	95	76	88	103	78	91	99	99	79
06/04	104	2014	88	94	89	95	78	87	78	85	102	99	93	85
06/05	101	2006	94	93	88	83	88	91	76	81	101	99	92	91
06/06	102	2006	94	91	95	85	92	93	78	82	102	101	80	91
06/07	102	2011	95	91	99	90	84	95	82	86	98	102	76	88
06/08	106	1988	97	93	97	92	90	100	95	M	97	102	88	99
06/09	106	1939	97	97	106	93	M	75	98	86	100	100	94	88
06/10	105	1958	98	88	102	92	91	87	92	84	103	99	100	94
06/11	103	2006*	96	87	97	92	92	85	92	89	103	98	97	101
06/12	106	1942	97	86	92	93	93	90	101	93	99	102	88	103
06/13	106	2011	94	92	90	90	93	92	101	94	98	106	84	100
06/14	107	1953*	97	96	97	92	93	95	95	88	97	105	97	97
06/15	105	1953	98	99	104	93	86	96	85	94	99	101	91	98
06/16	104	2011	96	100	103	95	91	99	95	89	98	104	97	98
06/17	110	2011	92	100	102	89	94	95	96	74	91	110	97	99
06/18	108	2011*	97	103	101	93	94	95	101	73	95	108	96	97
06/19	108	1918	99	101	M	93	94	100	102	85	100	107	95	97
06/20	111	1918	101	102	94	92	92	95	104	91	94	102	94	100
06/21	109	1918	101	108	87	94	93	89	102	84	97	98	85	100
06/22	108	1936	100	108	89	97	M	91	100	92	86	101	97	100
06/23	108	1918	101	92	87	97	99	92	M	92	91	105	102	102
06/24	108	1918	98	93	97	98	M	M	100	96	94	103	104	104
06/25	113	1980	97	96	100	97	98	113	99	96	95	106	108	105
06/26	110	2012*	98	101	94	98	96	M	101	84	89	106	110	93
06/27	109	2011	97	103	91	99	93	109	103	82	91	109	106	91
06/28	114	1994	98	100	96	98	95	110	102	84	97	104	106	89
06/29	113	1980	100	99	98	88	M	113	101	80	97	104	103	93
06/30	105	2011*	100	96	94	85	M	M	101	90	97	105	102	99
Avg Max	-	-	96.5	96.1	95.0	92.9	90.4	94.3	96.7	86.4	96.2	102.6	95.6	94.8

July
Date	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
07/01	109	1980	99	95	93	88	M	109	99	82	98	104	97	101
07/02	108	1980	99	93	94	95	M	108	103	90	97	103	97	102
07/03	110	1980	102	94	101	95	M	110	100	90	95	106	101	101
07/04	114	1980	101	101	101	98	96	114	95	94	92	104	101	102
07/05	107	2011	96	92	105	102	103	106	88	95	97	107	103	103
07/06	108	2011	96	93	106	104	103	103	102	95	95	108	104	106
07/07	110	2011	95	96	108	97	106	104	107	96	94	110	104	108
07/08	110	2022*	100	95	107	94	104	104	101	97	95	106	104	110
07/09	112	2011	99	98	99	87	105	105	102	100	102	112	98	104
07/10	108	2009	98	101	98	92	104	107	104	99	103	106	93	103
07/11	107	2009*	98	100	99	93	107	106	106	100	104	106	98	104
07/12	109	2001*	100	98	98	93	109	107	103	98	101	104	100	102
07/13	109	1917	101	103	99	97	107	107	103	101	108	106	101	102
07/14	110	1925	102	106	105	95	107	106	103	97	104	108	101	108
07/15	110	2011	103	109	107	97	102	107	104	102	105	110	100	103
07/16	108	2011*	101	101	106	101	106	105	99	104	106	108	98	104
07/17	110	2022	102	105	105	103	108	106	101	104	109	106	102	110
07/18	109*	2006	102	109	101	101	106	106	103	104	109	106	105	108
07/19	114	2022*	102	114	105	104	105	106	105	107	108	105	106	114
07/20	111	2022*	102	108	109	105	103	106	105	102	108	105	109	111
07/21	112	2018*	100	101	112	106	103	103	104	95	107	105	111
07/22	110	2018*	101	102	110	106	104	98	105	92	96	105	104
07/23	109	1974	99	105	104	108	M	97	106	87	96	106	104
07/24	108	2011*	107	104	105	108	M	96	107	M	99	108	102
07/25	110	2011*	103	101	104	102	M	100	106	94	104	110	107
07/26	110	2011	102	102	106	103	M	103	107	104	103	110	100
07/27	110	2011	100	105	106	100	M	103	106	94	106	110	102
07/28	110	1946	102	106	105	99	M	99	106	M	103	108	106
07/29	108	2012*	106	104	97	95	102	103	105	89	102	105	108
07/30	110	1934	110	100	102	98	96	106	106	90	104	104	109
07/31	112	2012	108	92	103	102	93	109	105	92	104	107	112
Avg Max	-	-	101.2	101.1	103.2	99.0	103.6	104.8	103.1	96.3	101.7	106.7	102.8

August
Date	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
08/01	113	2012	105	96	102	105	97	105	106	96	105	109	113
08/02	113	2012	103	100	104	108	99	105	108	102	104	111	113
08/03	113	2012	102	101	94	112	105	105	100	107	105	112	113
08/04	111	2011	102	103	102	108	103	104	91	106	105	111	110
08/05	112	2011	104	104	104	105	104	101	88	104	106	112	103
08/06	112	2011	103	104	102	104	105	103	93	105	107	112	107
08/07	109	2012*	104	106	102	107	108	100	98	105	103	109	109
08/08	109	2011	105	108	94	107	86	104	102	104	104	109	102
08/09	111	2011	106	110	86	109	98	99	106	100	107	111	110
08/10	113	1936	106	113	98	108	104	101	105	102	108	109	97
08/11	115	1936	109	115	97	106	105	99	89	104	101	93	100
08/12	112	1936	109	112	100	104	103	92	96	106	103	106	104
08/13	110	1969	106	108	102	106	104	100	92	105	105	95	100
08/14	108	1956*	108	107	105	106	105	100	94	102	105	98	101
08/15	110	1956	108	105	97	107	105	101	95	102	98	104	100
08/16	110	1943	100	104	103	110	105	98	98	103	102	106	93
08/17	109	1951	107	103	93	101	102	103	99	104	105	107	96
08/18	108	2011	104	104	97	92	101	98	95	99	107	108	89
08/19	109	1918	107	104	95	99	102	98	98	105	105	108	93
08/20	108	2011	107	102	88	104	102	98	100	103	104	108	95
08/21	109	1934	109	104	92	100	99	103	98	103	98	107	85
08/22	109	1948	100	105	100	100	99	99	96	102	87	107	89
08/23	108	1936	100	1936	97	103	95	105	98	M	101	107	95
08/24	111	2011	94	108	104	103	96	106	99	102	108	111	92
08/25	109	1922	73	106	105	102	100	104	100	105	107	103	98
08/26	108	1952*	91	103	107	103	101	103	102	105	104	107	95
08/27	109	2011	94	101	103	104	104	100	102	105	87	109	96
08/28	111	2011	93	100	102	99	104	101	97	104	88	111	97
08/29	107	1984	98	90	103	104	104	98	98	103	84	103	97
08/30	109	2011	99	96	106	105	105	98	101	104	89	109	98
08/31	111	1939	98	99	111	100	97	101	100	105	98	107	103
Avg Max	-	-	101.7	104.2	99.8	104.2	101.5	101.0	98.2	103.4	101.3	107.1	99.8

September
Date	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
09/01	110	1939	94	101	110	99	102	104	101	107	97	103	105
09/02	110	1939	96	103	110	95	103	103	101	108	74	102	106
09/03	109	2000*	96	94	109	91	106	98	106	109	77	101	106
09/04	110	2000	91	99	109	93	99	98	109	110	78	87	107
09/05	109	1998	96	101	105	100	98	99	109	99	82	83	105
09/06	107	1947	90	103	103	97	100	100	102	97	85	87	97
09/07	107	2012	83	103	103	90	101	95	102	96	87	87	107
09/08	104	1998*	89	100	104	89	98	M	104	94	89	90	87
09/09	103	1940*	85	103	103	90	98	94	M	96	88	87	93
09/10	103	2000*	87	103	101	95	88	94	M	103	86	93	94
09/11	107	2000	92	100	96	99	93	93	94	107	87	94	95
09/12	104	2011	93	99	97	98	92	96	88	96	81	104	95
09/13	108	2011	92	98	101	94	98	99	83	94	83	108	79
09/14	105	1965	87	93	100	98	101	100	94	101	88	90	64
09/15	104	1956	78	90	101	101	100	98	93	M	93	69	75
09/16	104	1956	77	74	94	95	99	98	88	M	96	72	77
09/17	101	1980	89	67	92	83	95	101	85	89	83	93	84
09/18	103	1952	89	69	95	85	99	83	90	95	80	90	83
09/19	101	1954	95	85	97	91	101	95	95	96	81	88	89
09/20	104	1954*	95	91	98	86	104	99	98	80	88	91	97
09/21	102	1956	89	87	90	93	85	100	100	89	89	91	97
09/22	102	1926	82	80	93	93	87	92	79	99	93	70	98
09/23	101	1926	93	89	100	88	89	M	84	83	80	84	94
09/24	103	1939	90	78	103	84	92	78	97	61	76	93	96
09/25	101	1939	91	80	101	90	97	84	96	66	82	84	95
09/26	102	1953	86	77	87	82	96	82	94	74	89	87	92
09/27	103	1953	74	62	98	79	98	72	96	81	91	92	75
09/28	106	1953	87	61	96	75	98	59	98	85	73	94	77
09/29	100	1953	84	66	90	75	96	61	99	85	89	98	70
09/30	99	1998*	79	71	73	82	94	66	99	89	96	81	76
Avg Max	-	-	88.3	87.6	98.6	90.3	96.9	90.8	95.9	92.5	85.4	89.8	90.5

Heat Wave and Summer Temperature Data for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

How does the current or a recent summer compare to other years with hot summers such as 1934, 1936, 1939, 1943, 1954, 1980, 2000, 2006, 2011, and 2012 for Oklahoma City? Please review the data tables below. Heat wave information is available for Lawton and Stillwater, OK, and Wichita Falls, TX.

Hottest Summers (June-July-August)			All-time Highest Temperatures for Oklahoma City, OK
Rank	Year	Avg Temp	Rank	Temperature	Date
1	2011	87.5	1 (tie)	113	August 3, 2012
2 (tie)	1980	85.9		113	August 11, 1936
	1934	85.9	3 (tie)	112	August 2, 2012
4	1936	85.5		112	August 1, 2012
5	1998	84.7		112	August 10, 1936
6	1943	84.3	6 (tie)	110	July 19, 2022
7	2006	84.0		110	August 6, 2011
8	1954	83.8		110	August 5, 2011
9	1952	83.4		110	July 9, 2011
10	2012	83.3		110	July 6, 1996
				110	August 2, 1980
				110	August 12, 1936

Number of Consecutive Days ≥ 110 Degrees (Top 5 Streaks)			Number of Days ≥ 110 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 5 Years)
Rank	Dates	Number	Rank	Year	Number
1 (tie)	August 1-3, 2012	3	1 (tie)	2012	3
	August 10-12, 1936	3		2011	3
3	August 5-6, 2011	2		1936	3
4 (tie)	July 19, 2022	1	3 (tie)	2022	1
	July 9, 2011	1		1996	1
	August 6, 1996	1		1980	1
	August 2, 1980	1

Number of Consecutive Days ≥ 105 Degrees (Top 10 Streaks)			Number of Days ≥ 105 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 10 Years)
Rank	Dates	Number	Rank	Year	Number
1 (tie)	July 29-August 4, 2012	7	1	2011	21
	July 31-August 6, 2011	7	2	1980	17
3	August 8-13, 1936	6	3	1998	14
4 (tie)	July 17-21, 2006	5	4	1936	12
	July 29-August 2, 1980	5	5	2012	11
6 (tie)	September 1-4, 2000	4	6	2006	9
	July 23-26, 1998	4	7	1947	8
	July 4-7, 1996	4	8	1964	7
	July 27-30, 1986	4	9 (tie)	1978	6
	July 16-19, 1980	4		1954	6
	August 14-17, 1956	4

Number of Consecutive Days ≥ 100 Degrees (Top 10 Streaks)			Number of Days ≥ 100 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 10 Years)
Rank	Dates	Number	Rank	Year	Number
1	August 4-25, 1936	22	1	2011	63
2	July 1-19, 1966	19	2	1980	50
3	July 18-August 4, 2012	18	3	1934	45
4	August 19-Sept. 4, 2000	17	4	1936	43
5 (tie)	July 18-August 2, 1998	16	5	1954	41
	August 3-18, 1956	16	6	1998	40
7 (tie)	July 7-20, 1980	14	7	2006	38
	August 1-14, 1937	14	8	1978	35
	June 29-July 11, 2011	13	9	2012	34
10 (tie)	July 26-August 6, 2011	12	10	2000	32
	July 30-August 10, 2006	12

May
Day	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
05/01	93	1948	78	83	85	84	68	76	78	64	81	62	85	77
05/02	94	1943	73	72	85	94	52	71	80	64	82	63	84	80
05/03	95	1920	64	80	81	87	54	76	75	71	83	72	91	61
05/04	97	2014	81	81	80	90	63	82	79	76	76	77	83	70
05/05	97	2014	74	89	80	86	73	81	75	68	68	78	89	64
05/06	92	2014*	81	83	83	84	78	84	81	82	60	85	87	76
05/07	93	2011*	88	76	74	81	68	73	80	90	68	93	69	82
05/08	96	1918	89	73	73	50	69	65	78	89	76	94	73	92
05/09	94	2011	86	73	83	55	58	74	66	72	88	94	81	89
05/10	96	1967*	72	71	93	57	53	93	79	81	69	84	82	88
05/11	94	1923	81	70	69	80	54	93	85	90	72	75	64	88
05/12	93	1992	84	76	57	72	69	88	88	79	83	81	72	89
05/13	95	1984	81	80	67	53	72	73	83	71	88	67	77	85
05/14	92	1952	55	80	74	69	77	80	85	76	76	66	79	89
05/15	93	2022	72	84	87	87	78	67	82	77	75	70	84	93
05/16	92	1966*	80	83	81	70	81	75	88	82	79	71	86	83
05/17	96	1966	86	86	79	78	69	79	87	83	85	75	87	90
05/18	95	1956	88	80	76	59	79	72	91	79	91	80	87	90
05/19	97	2006	89	79	84	61	73	76	90	67	97	80	87	92
05/20	97	2006*	89	82	90	71	66	65	89	78	97	71	73	83
05/21	98	2005	89	87	88	62	81	74	89	87	92	89	81	69
05/22	99	2005	83	84	98	65	84	75	87	98	91	92	83	69
05/23	100	2000	76	81	99	72	78	79	86	100	91	87	88	57
05/24	98	2000	82	82	94	73	75	88	90	98	94	83	90	64
05/25	96	2006	76	82	92	81	74	91	77	80	96	78	88	59
05/26	96	1953	78	80	84	83	80	90	82	88	95	76	88	76
05/27	96	1927	80	79	88	82	83	77	82	85	92	87	86	85
05/28	93	1895	88	82	85	86	78	87	91	88	92	91	92	88
05/29	94	2006*	93	84	92	75	81	82	93	93	94	89	89	88
05/30	104	1985	97	84	91	83	87	86	96	95	95	88	85	87
05/31	98	1934*	98	85	87	88	86	85	93	96	84	88	77	85
Avg Max	-	-	81.6	80.4	83.2	74.8	72.3	79.3	84.0	82.2	84.2	80.2	82.8	80.3

June
Date	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
06/01	99	1998*	95	88	81	90	81	82	99	94	86	91	66	76
06/02	105	1998	92	85	85	90	79	85	105	80	88	92	86	77
06/03	98	1998	88	79	81	92	73	84	98	76	87	95	90	78
06/04	96	2020	84	87	84	84	78	88	72	85	94	94	91	83
06/05	99	1917	93	87	82	76	86	89	72	77	92	95	90	80
06/06	102	1911	94	88	90	86	88	91	75	79	97	96	76	89
06/07	100	1911	94	91	95	89	83	96	81	83	95	96	77	84
06/08	100	1988	95	93	93	84	89	79	85	87	95	95	84	79
06/09	100	1933	96	95	96	92	89	81	92	85	96	94	88	83
06/10	102	2006	99	79	83	89	89	86	90	79	102	94	89	89
06/11	100	2006*	90	80	89	89	92	87	89	84	100	90	89	94
06/12	104	1953	91	86	81	91	94	88	97	89	91	94	85	96
06/13	101	1924	89	90	88	88	91	89	96	91	92	99	81	94
06/14	106	1953	94	95	89	86	91	92	93	85	94	100	91	90
06/15	105	1953	95	98	98	90	80	94	84	89	94	94	87	91
06/16	106	1911	91	98	98	88	88	88	91	81	95	98	91	92
06/17	103	2011	88	97	95	89	91	85	91	68	81	103	91	94
06/18	104	2011	87	101	94	91	92	93	98	73	96	104	91	93
06/19	101	2011*	98	98	86	93	92	93	99	79	95	101	89	92
06/20	104	1953*	102	99	87	91	90	89	97	88	92	96	91	93
06/21	104	1953*	100	104	86	94	92	86	97	75	92	95	80	96
06/22	107	1936	102	107	85	96	97	86	96	89	87	98	90	95
06/23	101	1934*	101	88	79	93	97	94	94	90	86	100	97	96
06/24	104	1911	99	89	89	97	96	99	96	91	92	101	99	99
06/25	105	1980	96	93	92	96	96	105	96	86	92	100	103	99
06/26	104	2012*	98	98	90	96	94	102	97	82	86	101	104	85
06/27	103	2011*	98	100	90	97	93	103	100	79	92	103	101	84
06/28	105	1980	99	97	87	91	94	105	99	79	96	94	102	87
06/29	103	1925	100	97	92	81	95	98	98	81	96	101	99	88
06/30	102	2011*	101	92	89	85	95	101	98	88	96	102	98	94
Avg Max	-	-	95.0	92.6	88.5	89.8	89.5	91.3	92.5	83.1	92.6	97.2	89.9	89.0

July
Date	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
07/01	103	1917	97	88	81	89	96	102	93	88	98	101	94	96
07/02	105	1980	99	94	85	95	98	105	101	82	97	101	95	95
07/03	105	1980	102	98	93	93	98	105	99	88	96	104	97	98
07/04	105	1996	102	98	94	95	96	102	94	90	96	102	98	98
07/05	108	1996	101	89	96	101	98	98	89	90	92	104	98	100
07/06	110	1996	91	93	99	98	101	99	102	94	90	105	100	102
07/07	108	2011	94	92	101	93	103	100	105	94	90	108	98	104
07/08	105	1964	100	94	95	88	101	101	97	96	92	100	98	104
07/09	110	2011	99	96	89	86	101	103	102	97	97	110	99	98
07/10	105	2011*	99	97	92	92	101	101	105	98	101	105	91	97
07/11	107	1933	99	97	93	92	105	104	103	99	98	104	95	100
07/12	107	2001*	100	95	94	92	107	105	96	96	97	98	97	94
07/13	106	1954	102	101	96	94	106	105	98	96	102	101	97	97
07/14	107	1954	102	105	98	92	107	105	99	95	101	102	99	101
07/15	108	1936	104	108	101	94	97	104	98	99	101	105	95	99
07/16	106	1980	102	100	102	97	103	106	95	99	102	103	95	100
07/17	106	1980	103	104	98	97	105	106	99	98	105	101	99	105
07/18	108	1936	103	108	96	99	105	106	102	99	106	101	101	101
07/19	110	2022	104	109	98	102	103	105	104	99	107	99	104	110
07/20	109	2018*	103	107	104	102	102	102	103	92	107	99	109	100
07/21	107	1939	101	95	107	103	101	99	103	87	106	100	104
07/22	107	1974	100	99	103	103	102	95	103	85	93	100	102
07/23	105	1998	99	103	93	104	103	94	105	82	93	101	101
07/24	106	1998*	105	101	98	106	100	98	106	87	98	105	100
07/25	106	1998*	102	98	98	101	104	102	106	90	104	96	103
07/26	107	1998	100	100	100	98	95	101	107	93	102	104	101
07/27	107	2011	89	102	100	99	98	96	103	82	102	107	102
07/28	108	1986	97	104	95	98	96	103	106	90	100	103	104
07/29	109	1986	102	103	90	92	99	108	104	86	99	102	106
07/30	108	1986	106	92	93	92	94	107	105	85	102	103	107
07/31	108	2012	106	91	98	98	91	107	100	88	102	105	108
Avg Max	-	-	100.4	98.7	96.1	96.3	100.5	102.4	101.0	91.7	99.2	102.5	99.9

August
Date	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
08/01	112	2012	103	93	97	101	95	108	104	90	102	107	112
08/02	112	2012	101	96	99	104	94	110	107	94	103	109	112
08/03	113	2012	99	99	95	105	100	96	91	98	100	109	113
08/04	109	2012	100	100	98	99	100	101	89	101	101	108	109
08/05	110	2011	102	101	100	99	101	101	88	100	104	110	99
08/06	110	2011	101	100	98	101	102	102	92	101	105	110	105
08/07	107	1946	102	102	96	104	102	102	95	101	101	95	106
08/08	108	2011	103	105	78	104	79	102	97	100	100	108	101
08/09	109	1936	103	109	81	105	95	103	105	98	105	102	103
08/10	112	1936	104	112	93	105	101	102	93	99	107	97	95
08/11	113	1936	103	113	92	103	103	100	94	101	97	82	96
08/12	110	1936	107	110	95	100	101	98	95	101	101	99	102
08/13	107	1936	89	107	98	102	101	100	93	100	103	92	94
08/14	106	1956	104	104	96	103	102	103	93	98	101	94	92
08/15	107	1956	104	103	95	105	101	101	96	100	95	99	99
08/16	107	1956*	104	102	99	102	102	103	99	100	100	102	96
08/17	108	1909	102	101	88	80	102	103	102	104	103	96	92
08/18	104	1918	102	102	90	88	100	99	99	91	103	103	79
08/19	106	1934	106	102	87	95	99	100	100	104	101	104	87
08/20	105	2011	104	100	81	99	100	103	101	102	96	105	88
08/21	105	1911	99	100	86	92	99	97	98	101	91	99	89
08/22	104	1922	86	101	93	94	97	99	99	100	87	103	89
08/23	106	2011	90	103	88	99	92	105	99	100	96	106	89
08/24	108	2011	78	104	97	100	95	104	100	100	103	108	89
08/25	105	2006	72	102	97	100	98	99	101	102	105	99	94
08/26	105	1999	82	99	96	101	99	101	104	104	102	103	92
08/27	105	2011	88	98	92	102	102	99	103	104	78	105	93
08/28	108	2011	89	98	94	94	101	90	99	103	90	108	93
08/29	106	1984	90	85	97	101	102	95	98	103	82	98	94
08/30	105	1947	93	91	101	101	103	100	101	103	87	103	96
08/31	105	2011	93	96	100	97	94	99	101	104	92	105	95
Avg Max	-	-	96.9	101.2	93.5	99.5	98.8	100.8	97.9	100.2	98.1	102.2	96.5

September
Date	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
09/01	106	2000	81	97	105	94	98	95	100	106	91	102	101
09/02	108	2000	89	99	104	94	100	81	98	108	76	101	102
09/03	108	2000	72	91	104	90	102	95	107	108	80	100	104
09/04	107	1998	85	97	101	92	97	97	107	106	80	84	104
09/05	106	1998	90	99	101	95	95	97	106	97	82	81	102
09/06	106	1947	75	102	99	79	97	95	104	93	84	83	98
09/07	105	2012	77	102	98	86	95	92	102	93	85	81	105
09/08	101	1922	82	98	98	84	95	93	98	92	86	86	83
09/09	99	1970*	82	99	97	86	90	93	92	94	88	84	91
09/10	101	2000	82	100	98	91	84	90	91	101	85	89	94
09/11	105	2000	89	97	93	95	89	95	93	105	87	89	93
09/12	102	1930	88	96	92	92	90	97	87	95	77	100	93
09/13	102	2011*	87	95	97	79	95	98	78	95	83	102	77
09/14	102	1965	77	89	96	92	97	94	91	101	87	84	60
09/15	100	1965*	66	90	96	94	97	96	90	88	91	65	66
09/16	101	1978	73	74	92	83	97	98	85	88	95	62	77
09/17	99	1972*	84	64	90	81	93	81	86	89	82	90	82
09/18	98	1997*	84	69	90	83	96	92	91	93	82	86	79
09/19	98	1954	91	80	91	87	98	95	93	97	81	86	87
09/20	100	1954	91	90	94	77	100	96	95	78	86	88	93
09/21	97	1998*	61	81	84	88	78	97	97	85	80	83	95
09/22	96	2000*	75	74	88	92	84	86	73	96	87	71	93
09/23	97	1931	89	87	96	81	87	74	79	80	78	83	86
09/24	98	1939	87	76	98	82	90	84	91	56	74	88	95
09/25	97	1939	86	75	97	88	93	81	92	64	80	78	93
09/26	98	1977	74	76	74	84	88	70	90	74	87	83	90
09/27	96	1953	74	54	92	80	95	59	91	79	88	87	71
09/28	104	1953	82	56	92	67	95	60	93	82	70	92	78
09/29	96	1977	78	63	82	77	94	65	93	82	83	92	72
09/30	100	1977	74	68	68	80	85	84	95	87	91	78	75
Avg Max	-	-	80.8	84.6	93.6	85.8	93.1	87.7	92.9	90.4	83.5	85.9	88

Heat Wave and Summer Temperature Data for Stillwater, Oklahoma

How does the current or a recent summer compare to other years with hot summers such as 1934, 1936, 1939, 1943, 1954, 1980, 2000, 2006, 2011, and 2012 for Stillwater? Please review the data tables below. Heat wave information is available for Oklahoma City and Lawton, OK, and Wichita Falls, TX.

Hottest Summers (June-July-August)			All-time Highest Temperatures for Stillwater, OK
Rank	Year	Avg Temp	Rank	Temperature	Date
1 (tie)	2011	87.8	1	115	August 11, 1936
	1934	87.8	2 (tie)	114	August 1, 2012
3	1936	86.0		114	August 10, 1936
4	1954	85.5	4 (tie)	113	August 5, 2011
5 (tie)	2006	84.4		113	August 2, 2011
	1956	84.4		113	July 14,1954
7	1980	83.9	7 (tie)	113	August 12, 1936
8	2012	83.7		113	July 18, 1936
9	2010	83.5	9 (tie)	112	July 19, 2022
10	1943	83.2		112	August 2, 2012
			Highs of 112 were also recorded on 8/03/2011, 7/09/2011, 7/07/1996, 7/13/1954, and 8/09/1936.

Number of Consecutive Days ≥ 110 Degrees (Top 4 Streaks)			Number of Days ≥ 110 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 5 Years)
Rank	Dates	Number	Rank	Year	Number
1	July 30-August 4, 2012	6	1	2011	9
2 (tie)	July 11-14, 1954	4	2	2012	7
	August 9-12, 1936	4	3	1936	6
4	August 1-3, 2011	3	4	1954	5
			5 (tie)	1956	3
				1934	3

Number of Consecutive Days ≥ 105 Degrees (Top 10 Streaks)			Number of Days ≥ 105 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 10 Years)
Rank	Dates	Number	Rank	Year	Number
1	July 10-20, 1954	11	1	2011	40
2 (tie)	July 27-August 4, 2012	9	2	1934	27
	July 31-August 8, 2011	9	3	1954	24
	August 7-15, 1936	9	4	1936	23
5	August 11-18, 1956	8	5	2012	21
6 (tie)	July 14-20, 1936	7	6	2006	19
	August 14-20, 1934	7	7	1956	17
8 (tie)	July 20-24, 2011	5	8	1943	13
	July 14-18, 2011	5	9	1964	11
	July 10-14, 2009	5	10 (tie)	2010	19
				2000	19
				1998	19

Number of Consecutive Days ≥ 100 Degrees (Top 10 Streaks)			Number of Days ≥ 100 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 10 Years)
Rank	Dates	Number	Rank	Year	Number
1 (tie)	June 29-July 24, 2011	26	1	2011	65
	July 25-August 19, 1956	26	2	1954	58
3 (tie)	July 2-25, 1954	24	3	1936	57
	July 29-August 21, 1934	24	4	1934	56
5	July 4-25, 1901	22	5	1956	54
6	August 7-27, 1936	21	6	2012	43
7	July 17-August 4, 2012	19	7 (tie)	2006	35
8 (tie)	August 19-Sept. 4, 2000	17		1998	35
	July 10-26, 1934	17	9	1943	33
10	July 28-August 12, 2006	16	10	1939	32

May
Day	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
05/01	93	1912	79	87	84	85	69	72	76	65	80	53	85	79
05/02	95	1895	79	79	85	93	55	74	76	72	87	65	85	74
05/03	96	1950	73	81	82	83	55	78	75	74	88	73	90	65
05/04	100	2014	67	83	83	91	64	80	81	77	69	78	87	65
05/05	98	2014	79	91	82	89	75	81	74	75	70	78	90	67
05/06	96	2014	73	88	83	86	80	82	81	80	62	84	88	76
05/07	94	2014	82	81	76	82	76	86	79	90	70	90	73	84
05/08	97	1895	87	78	78	58	68	71	76	87	80	92	75	94
05/09	97	1895	88	71	83	58	62	66	68	71	82	92	82	93
05/10	94	1910	85	70	90	61	58	74	78	80	70	85	83	93
05/11	95	1963	72	66	85	76	59	90	85	89	73	79	66	92
05/12	93	2022	79	75	62	74	71	92	85	79	83	78	73	93
05/13	93	1956	84	77	67	55	77	83	85	68	85	62	80	87
05/14	93	1895	73	77	74	67	78	71	85	74	77	67	81	91
05/15	93	2022	60	83	86	87	81	75	81	72	77	70	87	93
05/16	96	1931	72	84	83	81	80	62	87	M	77	73	89	85
05/17	95	1912	79	86	79	78	76	73	86	81	85	74	90	88
05/18	96	1956	85	84	76	59	79	74	90	77	88	77	89	93
05/19	98	2006	86	80	81	64	76	71	89	66	98	81	89	92
05/20	98	2006	88	83	89	71	69	77	85	77	98	74	82	82
05/21	95	2005*	89	87	86	68	80	69	88	85	92	86	85	70
05/22	96	2005	89	86	89	67	87	75	91	94	93	91	87	71
05/23	99	1939	81	81	99	72	84	76	86	95	92	87	93	60
05/24	95	1911	79	83	92	74	81	79	88	92	94	85	91	68
05/25	99	2006	83	83	82	80	73	89	77	79	99	79	91	60
05/26	95	2006	77	78	83	79	80	93	80	87	95	76	92	73
05/27	95	2017*	79	76	88	80	85	88	85	83	93	85	90	86
05/28	97	1895	80	83	87	83	80	80	88	87	93	89	95	89
05/29	96	1913	89	82	93	82	81	87	91	91	95	89	93	90
05/30	96	1985	94	85	93	83	88	85	95	91	92	87	89	89
05/31	101	1985	98	86	86	87	85	86	91	91	86	91	77	88
Avg Max	-	-	80.9	81.1	83.4	75.9	74.6	78.7	83.3	81.0	84.6	79.7	85.4	81.6

June
Day	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
06/01	100	1913*	96	88	84	88	80	85	93	89	88	92	66	81
06/02	100	1998	93	86	87	89	79	86	1998	75	89	91	88	81
06/03	98	1911	89	82	81	90	71	85	95	76	91	95	91	82
06/04	99	1911	85	84	85	87	78	87	66	85	96	95	94	85
06/05	100	1958*	96	86	87	76	84	87	73	75	94	96	92	83
06/06	105	1911	96	87	89	85	87	90	74	76	92	98	80	89
06/07	103	1911	96	90	94	88	83	92	79	81	95	96	79	88
06/08	102	1911	96	93	95	84	90	97	82	85	98	96	86	82
06/09	103	1988	96	94	95	89	91	78	88	85	99	95	90	87
06/10	106	2006	100	93	91	89	91	80	93	79	106	95	93	91
06/11	103	2006	91	80	87	89	93	85	87	85	103	93	93	94
06/12	101	1953	86	85	81	91	92	87	94	88	90	91	88	100
06/13	100	1958*	91	91	84	87	91	89	96	89	93	98	87	97
06/14	105	1953	98	95	85	85	91	91	90	82	98	98	95	93
06/15	105	1953	91	98	97	89	83	92	83	86	97	96	88	93
06/16	105	1953*	90	97	97	86	90	97	90	77	97	94	88	97
06/17	101	1925	87	99	96	89	94	78	91	67	85	99	93	97
06/18	102	1936	86	102	96	90	94	71	96	76	95	99	93	96
06/19	102	1914	97	99	89	92	94	87	96	80	96	101	91	94
06/20	104	1953	103	102	89	91	92	89	98	88	96	96	91	95
06/21	104	1936	102	104	85	91	94	82	95	75	95	92	82	99
06/22	106	1936	104	106	87	96	99	83	97	M	91	96	92	98
06/23	104	1934	104	101	85	93	100	85	97	90	85	100	98	99
06/24	104	1918	100	89	89	96	98	94	97	90	91	101	99	102
06/25	104	2009	98	99	93	94	98	98	97	83	93	101	102	103
06/26	105	2012*	100	100	90	95	96	105	99	81	87	102	105	85
06/27	104	2009*	100	102	92	96	96	101	101	79	93	102	101	87
06/28	103	1925	100	101	87	88	97	101	100	81	97	98	102	91
06/29	103	1980*	102	99	91	80	98	103	99	82	98	102	100	94
06/30	105	2011	103	96	89	84	98	95	89	88	98	105	99	98
Avg Max	-	-	95.9	94.3	89.2	88.9	90.7	89.3	91.2	81.8	94.2	97.1	91.5	92.0

July
Day	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
07/01	104	2011*	97	89	86	87	99	99	85	90	99	104	96	100
07/02	105	2011*	99	94	82	93	102	101	93	87	99	105	96	99
07/03	106	2011	101	99	91	93	101	101	98	90	99	106	98	100
07/04	106	2011	103	99	93	91	101	102	95	91	97	106	100	102
07/05	107	2011	103	93	94	99	101	100	92	91	94	107	101	104
07/06	110	1996	89	94	96	94	104	97	101	93	92	102	102	104
07/07	112	1996	92	95	103	94	106	99	99	92	92	103	102	108
07/08	108	1970	100	96	96	89	101	98	91	93	96	100	99	106
07/09	112	2011	99	98	94	91	104	99	98	94	90	112	100	100
07/10	109	2011	104	99	94	94	106	102	102	96	103	109	97	101
07/11	110	1954	102	98	96	93	110	101	89	96	96	107	97	104
07/12	111	1954	104	98	97	95	111	102	91	99	96	103	101	97
07/13	112	1954	105	103	100	96	112	104	93	93	99	100	101	101
07/14	113	1954	106	108	102	94	113	102	95	95	100	107	101	106
07/15	109	2011*	106	109	104	98	105	103	93	97	101	109	97	105
07/16	109	1954	105	105	103	99	109	102	92	99	102	108	97	106
07/17	109	1954	104	108	100	95	109	106	96	94	105	105	101	108
07/18	113	1936	106	113	100	100	111	104	101	97	106	106	104	104
07/19	112	2022	107	111	99	104	108	104	103	100	107	103	107	112
07/20	110	2018*	109	109	103	104	107	102	104	84	108	105	110	106
07/21	111	1939	103	94	111	105	104	100	103	86	105	106	105	106
07/22	108	1954	101	101	102	107	108	98	104	85	95	106	105	106
07/23	109	1974	102	107	92	107	107	97	103	82	94	108	103
07/24	111	2011	109	105	96	104	103	97	97	M	99	111	102
07/25	107	1998*	105	101	99	104	105	97	107	86	105	95	106
07/26	109	1998	104	102	101	101	98	98	109	91	104	106	101
07/27	109	2011	93	104	102	103	100	92	99	78	99	109	107
07/28	109	2012	98	106	93	101	99	97	100	89	105	108	109
07/29	109	2012	106	102	91	98	102	102	107	86	104	106	109
07/30	111	2012	105	94	94	96	97	109	106	85	106	104	111
07/31	111	2012	110	92	100	102	95	107	94	88	106	108	111
Avg Max	-	-	102.5	100.8	97.2	97.8	104.5	100.7	98.1	90.9	100.1	105.6	102.5

August
Day	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
08/01	114	2012	110	95	98	105	96	105	102	89	105	111	114
08/02	113	2012	105	100	102	107	97	106	108	91	106	113	113
08/03	112	2012	103	102	99	107	103	99	93	90	100	112	112
08/04	111	2012	103	103	103	101	102	96	92	96	102	108	111
08/05	113	2012	105	101	100	95	102	98	86	96	109	113	96
08/06	111	1956	104	97	100	99	100	99	89	98	109	110	106
08/07	109	1951	105	105	98	103	103	98	93	99	104	105	106
08/08	110	2011	105	108	93	105	82	100	96	99	104	110	105
08/09	112	1936	106	112	81	106	94	97	104	97	110	100	101
08/10	114	1936	107	114	92	107	103	99	93	98	111	90	95
08/11	115	1936	103	115	93	106	105	97	94	99	101	91	95
08/12	113	1936	110	113	97	102	103	98	93	98	105	99	102
08/13	109	1936	100	109	99	106	102	101	88	99	M	95	92
08/14	109	1956	107	107	95	106	105	99	90	96	M	95	82
08/15	110	1956	108	107	95	106	105	99	92	100	M	102	98
08/16	110	1956	107	104	99	100	106	96	97	100	M	107	98
08/17	108	1909	105	104	91	86	105	98	102	104	M	97	91
08/18	107	2011*	105	105	87	88	103	98	99	87	105	107	78
08/19	109	2011	107	104	84	95	103	95	98	104	103	109	90
08/20	106	1934	106	101	80	93	98	96	100	102	96	97	91
08/21	105	1911*	101	102	86	97	100	100	97	102	83	100	93
08/22	105	2003*	91	104	96	98	99	91	98	102	92	92	93
08/23	106	2011*	92	106	89	103	97	89	100	102	97	106	91
08/24	111	2011	90	105	99	101	97	96	102	103	100	111	89
08/25	107	2006	79	103	102	100	100	95	104	104	107	98	94
08/26	109	1999	85	102	98	104	103	97	104	107	101	102	91
08/27	107	2000	86	101	92	102	105	96	105	107	80	103	95
08/28	108	2011	90	96	95	94	104	99	100	105	91	108	95
08/29	106	1954	90	93	101	100	106	92	98	105	83	101	97
08/30	109	1984	94	93	105	102	105	97	101	104	90	105	98
08/31	108	2011*	94	97	104	98	96	99	103	106	93	108	95
Avg Max	-	-	100.1	103.5	95.3	100.7	100.9	97.6	97.5	99.6	99.5	103.4	96.9

September
Day	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
09/01	108	2000	91	100	105	94	100	95	102	108	91	105	101
09/02	110	1939	89	102	110	95	103	95	97	109	79	103	106
09/03	109	1998	71	98	108	91	105	80	109	108	82	101	107
09/04	108	1939	84	99	108	90	101	96	107	102	81	84	106
09/05	106	1998	89	101	105	94	99	97	106	96	84	81	103
09/06	104	1998*	76	104	102	89	101	97	104	93	86	84	99
09/07	104	1998	75	103	103	88	93	95	104	94	88	77	101
09/08	104	1939	80	99	104	83	97	93	94	94	89	84	84
09/09	102	1939	81	100	102	86	89	92	91	94	92	86	93
09/10	103	1936	79	103	101	90	83	95	90	102	91	87	94
09/11	105	2000	88	100	96	87	86	85	94	105	89	90	95
09/12	103	1930	89	98	97	96	93	94	89	94	75	100	95
09/13	105	1965	83	97	99	89	97	98	74	96	86	101	77
09/14	105	1965	74	94	99	96	94	99	89	100	90	81	62
09/15	103	1956	64	93	99	92	100	98	89	88	94	61	69
09/16	102	1956	71	88	95	83	100	98	87	89	97	60	76
09/17	102	1895	81	66	91	82	95	100	85	91	83	91	85
09/18	99	1956*	82	70	94	83	99	80	90	94	82	83	80
09/19	102	1954	92	78	94	87	102	90	94	98	78	87	88
09/20	102	1954	88	82	97	80	102	96	95	77	86	88	89
09/21	99	1956*	59	84	91	91	80	96	90	84	78	79	96
09/22	99	1933	69	80	90	95	84	97	71	95	88	73	89
09/23	98	1948	86	90	97	83	85	86	77	84	78	83	82
09/24	98	1931	87	82	97	85	90	75	90	56	76	86	93
09/25	100	1939	85	73	100	87	89	84	93	66	83	75	95
09/26	97	1898	M	79	95	86	91	78	91	77	91	80	88
09/27	97	2021*	73	65	90	82	94	67	93	83	86	86	75
09/28	105	1953	80	56	95	75	94	58	93	85	71	94	83
09/29	99	1953	76	63	89	77	93	61	95	85	87	91	74
09/30	98	1938	71	68	74	81	75	63	92	88	95	77	80
Avg Max	-	-	79.8	87.2	97.6	87.2	93.8	87.9	92.5	91.2	85.2	85.3	88.8

Heat Wave and Summer Temperature Data for Wichita Falls, Texas

How does the current or a recent summer compare to other years with hot summers such as 1934, 1936, 1939, 1943, 1954, 1980, 2000, 2006, 2011, and 2012 for Wichita Falls? Please review the data tables below. Heat wave information is available for Oklahoma City, Lawton, and Stillwater, OK.

Hottest Summers (June-July-August)			All-time Highest Temperatures for Wichita Falls, TX
Rank	Year	Avg Temp	Rank	Temperature	Date
1	2011	91.9	1	117	June 28, 1980
2	1980	88.5	2	116	June 27, 1980
3	1934	88.2	3	115	July 19, 2022
4	1952	87.2	4 (tie)	114	July 3, 1980
5	1925	87.0		114	July 2, 1980
6	2006	86.8		114	June 25, 1980
7	1943	86.7		114	July 15, 1978
8 (tie)	1954	86.5	8 (tie)	113	Juy 1, 1980
	1924	86.5		113	June 26, 1980
10	1998	86.4		113	August 6, 1964
				113	August 11, 1936

Number of Consecutive Days ≥ 110 Degrees (Top 5 Streaks)			Number of Days ≥ 110 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 5 Years)
1	June 24-July 3, 1980	10	1	2011	12
2 (tie)	July 31-August 3, 2012	4	2	1980	11
	August 2-5, 2011	4	3	2012	6
4 (tie)	June 25-27, 1972	3	4 (tie)	2022	4
	August 10-12, 1936	3		2018	4
				1936	4

Number of Consecutive Days ≥ 105 Degrees (Top 10 Streaks)			Number of Days ≥ 105 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 10 Years)
Rank	Dates	Number	Rank	Year	Number
1	June 24-July 19, 1980	26	1	2011	66
2	August 16-31, 2011	16	2	1980	41
3	July 31-August 10, 2011	11	3	2000	29
4 (tie)	June 24-August 2, 1998	10	4	2006	24
	July 6-15, 1978	10	5 (tie)	2012	20
6 (tie)	July 3-11, 2011	9		1970	20
	July 8-16, 2009	9		1964	20
	July 13-21, 2006	9		1930	20
9 (tie)	July 28-August 4, 2012	8	9 (tie)	1978	19
	July 25-August 1, 1986	8		1969	19
	July 9-16, 1969	8
	August 7-14, 1936	8

Number of Consecutive Days ≥ 100 Degrees (Top 10 streaks)			Number of Days ≥ 100 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 10 Years)
Rank	Dates	Number	Rank	Year	Number
1	June 22-August 12, 2011	52	1	2011	100
2	June 23-August 3, 1980	42	2	1980	79
3	August 2-Sept. 5, 2000	35	3	1998	73
4	July 23-August 21, 1934	30	4	1934	66
5	July 6-August 3, 1998	29	5	2000	65
6	June 26-July 21, 1969	26	6 (tie)	1939	60
7 (tie)	June 28-July 22, 1978	25		1930	60
	July 25-August 18, 1956	25		1924	60
9 (tie)	August 3-26, 1936	24	9	2006	58
	June 22-July 15, 1933	24	10	1952	56

May
Day	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
05/01	99	1948	77	89	77	87	81	78	81	71	93	63	91	84
05/02	98	2020	70	68	85	95	60	76	84	65	86	66	90	90
05/03	99	2020	77	81	83	93	58	77	75	75	86	74	97	66
05/04	103	2020	86	88	81	92	66	81	84	81	80	80	98	82
05/05	102	2014	84	93	82	91	74	86	88	81	77	83	98	78
05/06	97	2014	86	86	87	85	81	84	93	94	68	92	94	85
05/07	101	2000	88	78	81	94	68	88	86	101	75	100	76	92
05/08	103	2022*	87	78	77	57	78	70	85	98	86	103	77	103
05/09	99	2022*	88	77	88	62	68	76	78	81	91	95	83	99
05/10	104	1967	83	79	99	64	56	99	81	92	74	84	83	96
05/11	100	2000	84	84	87	85	55	94	92	100	77	82	67	93
05/12	97	2022	87	85	88	72	64	91	94	86	87	89	73	97
05/13	98	2022	90	84	70	63	72	78	85	80	90	77	81	98
05/14	100	1952	66	86	76	71	77	85	89	83	83	75	80	93
05/15	102	2022	77	92	90	93	82	63	88	94	78	77	87	102
05/16	100	1996*	83	88	81	84	80	77	92	97	82	78	91	89
05/17	103	1966	91	91	89	86	78	85	90	94	87	83	93	97
05/18	101	2013	92	85	85	76	76	72	96	88	94	97	91	100
05/19	102	2008	91	83	93	69	81	78	98	65	99	91	91	101
05/20	101	1996	90	88	97	74	74	85	97	84	98	90	90	96
05/21	104	1953	99	88	100	66	86	77	95	94	95	96	83	79
05/22	106	1939	86	87	106	62	87	79	87	103	93	101	93	75
05/23	110	2000	85	80	102	83	83	84	85	110	93	93	97	68
05/24	110	2000	78	82	97	77	67	95	94	110	97	95	100	68
05/25	100	1984	78	82	93	84	72	98	91	99	97	89	97	65
05/26	102	1990*	80	80	91	87	84	95	86	94	97	82	96	87
05/27	106	2011*	83	76	93	86	87	78	84	93	95	106	91	91
05/28	110	2011	91	78	95	90	83	89	99	92	94	110	98	98
05/29	106	1927	98	82	96	74	82	85	104	97	96	99	96	96
05/30	105	1985	100	86	95	89	89	91	103	100	95	96	89	95
05/31	108	1998	100	88	89	95	90	87	108	98	89	93	84	94
Avg Max	-	-	85.6	83.6	88.8	80.2	75.5	83.3	90.1	90.3	88.1	88.4	88.9	88.9

June
Date	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
06/01	110	1998	99	94	93	96	87	85	110	96	90	97	89	90
06/02	109	1998	91	98	90	97	82	89	109	84	92	100	97	78
06/03	102	2008*	92	86	88	98	76	89	102	82	91	101	101	77
06/04	106	2014	94	94	86	91	82	91	92	84	101	100	96	87
06/05	104	2006	98	91	89	80	91	94	77	83	104	102	95	94
06/06	103	2011	96	95	95	85	93	96	79	84	102	103	80	93
06/07	103	2011	98	96	98	89	84	102	83	88	98	103	72	90
06/08	105	1988*	99	96	97	92	90	83	94	91	98	103	87	87
06/09	105	1939	98	100	105	94	93	78	99	87	100	101	93	91
06/10	105	1958	101	84	103	93	92	86	86	86	102	100	99	97
06/11	104	1929	94	86	98	92	92	94	92	88	103	101	103	103
06/12	109	1942	100	85	97	92	95	93	102	92	100	104	86	105
06/13	108	1942	99	92	93	89	95	97	100	94	100	107	85	101
06/14	109	1953	102	94	101	92	94	98	96	84	98	108	96	99
06/15	110	1924	101	99	106	93	88	102	88	92	99	102	92	98
06/16	111	1924	98	101	105	95	96	97	99	90	99	106	95	100
06/17	111	2011	91	99	103	89	96	100	96	77	99	111	94	101
06/18	111	2011	92	100	103	93	95	104	102	74	101	111	95	99
06/19	108	2011	104	99	98	93	95	103	102	89	101	108	94	98
06/20	106	1996	105	100	92	94	94	95	103	93	94	103	93	102
06/21	107	1953	104	105	91	94	95	97	104	92	97	98	90	102
06/22	107	1936	105	107	94	97	98	92	101	93	88	100	97	102
06/23	104	2011*	104	92	95	97	98	103	98	95	90	104	99	103
06/24	112	1980	100	90	98	98	98	112	100	99	93	104	102	106
06/25	114	1980	99	94	100	97	97	114	100	98	95	106	106	105
06/26	113	1980	100	99	96	98	95	113	101	88	88	107	108	95
06/27	116	1980	99	102	92	99	94	116	104	88	92	110	105	93
06/28	117	1980	100	99	90	100	97	117	103	85	96	106	104	83
06/29	112	1980	101	99	95	81	97	112	100	82	96	104	102	94
06/30	110	1980	103	93	98	86	98	110	101	89	97	105	101	101
Avg Max	-	-	98.9	95.6	96.3	92.8	92.6	98.7	97.4	88.2	96.8	103.8	95.2	95.8

July
Date	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
07/01	113	1980	101	92	99	91	100	113	101	82	98	103	96	102
07/02	114	1980	101	94	98	96	100	114	103	92	96	103	95	102
07/03	114	1980	105	99	100	96	98	114	100	91	96	105	100	100
07/04	108	1980	102	100	100	99	93	108	94	95	94	106	101	101
07/05	108	1996	104	86	104	99	100	106	88	98	97	107	102	104
07/06	109	1996	100	90	105	104	101	106	101	98	97	108	102	107
07/07	110	1996*	99	94	108	102	104	107	104	99	94	109	104	107
07/08	110	2022*	104	95	110	94	98	108	101	101	95	110	102	110
07/09	111	2011	101	97	96	87	102	109	100	102	101	111	96	105
07/10	109	1964	99	99	97	93	104	108	101	102	103	105	94	103
07/11	110	1933	100	98	96	94	106	109	104	104	105	105	98	105
07/12	109	1969	102	97	95	96	107	108	105	106	103	104	98	104
07/13	109	1969	104	102	96	99	106	107	102	104	108	107	99	104
07/14	109	1925	105	105	104	95	100	108	101	102	106	107	100	108
07/15	114	1978	104	103	107	99	102	107	103	104	105	109	99	103
07/16	109	2000*	103	97	106	102	103	109	101	109	106	107	98	104
07/17	110	2022	104	101	101	102	105	109	100	108	108	105	102	110
07/18	110	2022	105	106	102	103	105	108	102	105	109	105	103	110
07/19	115	2022	106	111	103	103	105	105	104	107	107	105	104	115
07/20	112	2018	104	106	110	104	101	104	103	108	108	104	108	111
07/21	111	2018*	103	102	110	105	101	101	102	102	107	105	111
07/22	112	2018	98	101	109	106	103	101	103	98	97	104	104
07/23	110	1974	101	100	98	106	103	101	104	93	97	106	103
07/24	109	1969	106	102	99	106	106	106	106	98	100	107	102
07/25	111	1964	101	100	102	101	110	107	105	102	104	108	105
07/26	109	2011*	101	99	103	103	102	107	105	106	102	109	99
07/27	110	1944	103	104	102	100	98	102	105	97	107	109	102
07/28	110	2008	100	101	102	99	99	107	105	104	101	107	105
07/29	108	1986*	104	104	97	91	99	108	105	92	103	105	107
07/30	110	1986*	108	98	102	99	94	110	105	94	105	103	108
07/31	110	2012	106	92	100	101	90	108	105	96	104	106	110
Avg Max	-	-	102.7	99.2	102	99.2	101.5	107.3	102.2	100	102	106.3	101.8

August
Date	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
08/01	112	2012	103	95	99	103	94	107	105	98	104	107	112
08/02	112	2012	101	99	101	107	96	108	107	104	104	111	112
08/03	112	1943	101	100	99	112	102	102	103	107	105	111	111
08/04	111	2011	103	102	100	109	101	98	88	107	106	111	108
08/05	110	2011*	104	103	102	103	102	102	86	105	105	110	104
08/06	113	1964	102	104	100	103	104	104	91	106	105	109	106
08/07	110	2003	102	105	100	105	105	102	96	107	102	108	107
08/08	109	2011*	104	107	77	105	92	102	101	104	103	109	98
08/09	112	1970	105	108	93	107	94	105	104	100	106	111	110
08/10	111	1936	103	111	99	107	102	100	106	104	107	108	97
08/11	113	1936	105	113	102	107	103	90	90	106	104	100	101
08/12	111	1936	107	111	103	103	102	98	94	107	101	106	109
08/13	112	1969	105	106	104	104	102	101	94	107	104	93	102
08/14	107	1930	106	105	104	104	102	102	93	103	104	99	106
08/15	109	1930	105	101	103	105	102	102	97	103	98	104	97
08/16	110	1943	103	102	104	110	101	105	101	104	102	106	83
08/17	108	1951	103	101	94	88	100	102	99	106	107	106	94
08/18	107	2011	103	102	98	93	100	100	91	103	106	107	95
08/19	108	2011	105	100	102	100	99	101	98	106	105	108	93
08/20	106	2011	105	100	85	104	100	105	100	103	104	107	92
08/21	107	1934	107	101	95	100	100	104	98	105	100	106	81
08/22	108	1980	99	101	94	102	98	108	96	103	94	106	87
08/23	108	2011	102	101	96	103	95	106	98	101	105	108	92
08/24	109	2006	86	105	103	104	97	108	100	101	109	108	91
08/25	108	2006	80	103	103	103	99	103	100	105	108	106	96
08/26	108	2019	89	100	105	104	100	101	102	105	104	107	90
08/27	109	2011	96	99	99	104	102	100	102	105	89	109	98
08/28	110	2011	92	98	99	102	101	93	95	103	88	110	97
08/29	108	2011	97	91	101	106	101	99	100	102	86	108	97
08/30	109	2011	97	97	103	105	105	103	101	104	92	109	98
08/31	108	1939	95	96	108	99	96	102	100	105	100	106	100
Avg Max	-	-	100.5	102.2	99.2	103.6	99.9	102	97.9	104.2	101.8	106.9	98.8

September
Date	Rec Max	Rec Year	1934	1936	1939	1943	1954	1980	1998	2000	2006	2011	2012	2022
09/01	108	2000*	97	98	108	100	100	101	101	108	98	102	103
09/02	108	2000*	99	100	108	95	102	101	101	108	77	102	103
09/03	108	2000	76	83	107	90	103	98	106	108	76	101	103
09/04	111	2000	93	98	107	94	96	98	108	111	73	86	104
09/05	108	1998	98	99	104	100	96	100	108	103	84	83	104
09/06	105	1948*	77	100	101	86	98	98	101	97	86	86	98
09/07	109	2012	81	98	102	90	99	92	101	96	88	89	109
09/08	104	1968*	90	97	100	89	96	90	102	94	92	90	86
09/09	104	1940	88	102	102	90	102	91	96	97	89	89	91
09/10	104	2000	90	101	96	93	90	92	92	104	86	92	92
09/11	107	2000	95	98	95	97	90	96	89	107	89	95	94
09/12	106	1930	95	98	95	98	91	98	85	100	84	104	94
09/13	105	2011	94	96	99	86	96	100	84	95	83	105	77
09/14	107	1965	83	91	98	101	97	98	93	100	90	87	64
09/15	106	1965	68	83	99	99	98	100	95	93	94	69	71
09/16	102	1965*	79	79	90	89	98	101	84	92	97	77	74
09/17	103	1997	92	68	91	84	93	84	87	91	87	94	82
09/18	101	1971	86	76	93	86	97	97	93	96	80	90	81
09/19	100	2017*	95	88	94	93	99	100	97	97	83	87	87
09/20	103	1954*	96	87	95	84	103	100	99	85	89	91	94
09/21	103	1998	73	86	88	93	84	101	103	91	91	92	94
09/22	101	2000*	88	82	98	93	86	92	85	101	96	70	98
09/23	102	1926	92	91	99	90	88	72	84	90	83	84	93
09/24	101	1926	91	77	100	84	90	84	98	63	75	94	95
09/25	103	1977	91	84	98	86	94	84	98	66	84	85	94
09/26	105	1977*	72	75	85	76	96	69	95	75	90	84	91
09/27	103	1977	79	65	97	76	95	55	97	83	92	91	77
09/28	106	1953	90	59	97	71	96	55	99	85	74	94	76
09/29	104	1977	91	64	68	80	94	65	99	86	90	99	70
09/30	108	1977	78	67	72	84	91	79	99	90	97	81	75
Avg Max	-	-	87.2	86.3	96.2	89.2	95.3	89.7	96	93.7	86.6	89.8	89.1

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Significant Weather

Heavy Snow

Heat Bursts

Heavy Snow in Oklahoma - Where, When, and How Often?

Introduction

Note: The following information is based on a long-term snowfall study conducted by WFO Norman staff. The study was used to write a technical memorandum entitled "Monthly and Geographic Distribution of Heavy Snow Events in Oklahoma, 1951-2001." within the Special Topics tab.

After sifting through more than 50 years of daily snowfall reports in Oklahoma, forecasters at WFO Norman have identified 225 heavy snow events that occurred within the Sooner State between January 1951 and April 2001. "Heavy" snow events are defined here as those which produced at least one 24-hour snowfall report of 6 inches or more, or at least two 24-hour snowfall reports of 4 inches or more. (Note that there may have been additional events that were not reported. Heavy snow sometimes falls in very localized areas, in which case the heaviest amount may not fall at a reporting station.)

For the entire state, the average number of events per season is somewhere between 4 and 5. But the range is from none at all (in 1962-63 and 1974-75) to a maximum of 11 (1972-73).

The 225 events were sorted by calendar month to produce a graph of the relative monthly distribution of Oklahoma heavy snow events. Heavy snow has fallen in the state as early as the second week of October (8-9 October 1970) and as late as the first week of May (3 May 1978). The frequency increases gradually from October through December, to a peak in January. But from there the frequency levels off through February and March, before falling sharply in April. An interesting note is that "major" snowstorms, producing maximum storm totals of 16 inches or more, show a marked preference for March. In fact, five of the top ten snowstorms (based on maximum reported storm totals) in Oklahoma since 1951 occurred in March. These storms are listed in the following table.

Top Ten Oklahoma Snowstorms (1951-2001)
Rank	Date(s)	Max	Location
1.	21-22 February 1971	36	Buffalo
2.	24-25 Nov 1992	22	Laverne
3.	16 March 1970	20	Bartlesville
	16-17 January 2001	20	Kenton
5.	8-9 March 1994	19	Stillwater
	12-14 March 1999	19	Medford
7.	4-5 March 1989	18	Kansas
	18-19 January 1990	18	Goodwell
	22-24 December 1997	18	Laverne
	18-19 March 1999	18	Kenton

Each of the 225 events was mapped by plotting all available storm-total snowfall amounts, and highlighting the counties which were affected - wholly or in large part - by snowfall of 4 inches or more. An example can be seen here, which shows the distribution of snowfall during the major winter storm of late December 2000. (Note: This event will be remembered most for the crippling ice storm across much of southern and eastern Oklahoma. But the map only shows snowfall, not ice accumulation.)

Once we identify and map each event, the same way we did for the late-December 2000 event, we can obtain the total number of events in each county, by month and by season, over the entire 51-plus year period. The results will give us a reasonably good idea of things like: How often we can expect heavy snowfall, what month (or months) it is most likely to fall in, and how the frequencies vary across different parts of the state.

The total number of events in each county shows that most Oklahoma heavy snowstorms affect the panhandle and northwest. Counties along the Red River in south central and southeast Oklahoma received the fewest events, but even in these counties there were more than a dozen events over the 51-year period. The numbers can be divided by the period of record (51 years) to obtain an estimate of the annual frequency of heavy snow events in a given county. For example, the numbers for Oklahoma and Tulsa counties are 38 and 44 respectively, which when divided by 51 yield numbers which are less than 1 but greater than 0.5. This translates into an average frequency of less than one event every year, but more than one every two years. Thus, heavy snow events occur in both the Oklahoma City and Tulsa areas roughly once every 1 to 2 years. For the panhandle and most of northwest Oklahoma, the frequencies are higher, averaging something between 1 and 2 heavy snow events per year. This is more than 5 times higher than the frequency in the counties in far southeast Oklahoma, where heavy snow occurs on average about once every 3 to 4 years.

We also looked at the county-by-county frequency of storms which produced maximum snowfall totals of 8 inches or more. The county totals for 8-inch events show a similar distribution to that of 4-inch events, except that the numbers are, of course, much lower (8-inch events are far less frequent). The numbers suggest that 8-inch snowstorms affect the panhandle counties about once every 1 to 2 years on average, but that the Red-River counties average only one such event every 20 years or so.

The monthly frequency of heavy snow varies across different parts of the state. To look at this variation, we divided the state into 17 regions and calculated the average number of events by month in each region. This resulted in 17 monthly-distribution graphs, each similar to the one seen earlier for the entire state. (We left May off of these graphs, since there was only one May event and it was confined to the western panhandle.) Comparison of the graphs shows that January is the peak month across most of southern and east-central Oklahoma, but February is the peak month across most of west-central and north-central Oklahoma. In between, peak frequencies generally are split between January and February across much of southwest, central, and northeast Oklahoma (including the Lawton, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa areas). In far northwest Oklahoma, including the panhandle, the peak month is March. But there are slight indications of two peaks, with an earlier peak suggested in December or January, followed by a relative minimum in January or February. This suggests that heavy snow may be more likely either early or late in the cold season than it is in mid-winter in far northwest Oklahoma.

The double peak also shows up in the distribution of 8-inch events (darker bars in the 17 regional graphs ) across northwest Oklahoma, and also appears in northeast Oklahoma. In fact, March emerges in northeast Oklahoma as the most likely month for 8-inch snowfalls.

Summary:

The probability of heavy snow in Oklahoma increases gradually through fall and early winter to a peak in January, then remains high through March before dropping sharply in April.

The panhandle and northwest counties are the most likely areas to receive heavy snow, averaging one to two 4-inch or greater snow events per year, and one 8-inch event every 1 to 2 years.

Counties along the Red River in southern Oklahoma are least likely to experience heavy snowfall, but still can expect one 4-inch or greater snowfall on average every 3 to 4 years. Snowfalls of 8 inches or more occur on average in these areas only about once every two decades.

The three largest population centers in Oklahoma - Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Lawton - all average one 4-inch or greater snowfall event every 1 to 2 years. Eight 8-inch or greater events average roughly one every 5 years in Tulsa, one every 5 to 10 years in Oklahoma City, and one every 10 to 20 years in Lawton.

The peak month for 4-inch or greater events varies from January across southern and east central Oklahoma, to February in west-central and north-central Oklahoma, to March in the panhandle and far northwest. There may be a secondary early-season peak (December or January) in the far northwest.

Peak months for 8-inch or greater events are generally the same as those for 4-inch events - except in northeast Oklahoma, where the 8-inch peak shifts to March.

The most likely place and time to experience heavy snow in Oklahoma: The Panhandle in March.

All About Heat Bursts

A heat burst is a meteorological phenomenon in which air descending from a decaying thunderstorm causes a rapid temperature increase and strong straight-line winds at the surface. This page explains how heat bursts form, shows radar and mesonet observations from a recent event, and answers some common questions about heat bursts.

How Heat Bursts Work | An Example: June 9, 2011, Enid, OK | Common Heat Burst Questions

How Heat Bursts Work

A Dying Storm

A heat burst typically begins with a dying thunderstorm, which often takes on a “serpentine” shape on radar (see image). As in many decaying thunderstorms, air high in the storm is cooled by evaporation of some of the water in it (just as evaporation of sweat cools your skin). As the air cools, it becomes denser than the air around it and begins to sink.

Serpentine Radar Echo Near Chickasha, OK in May 1996
“Serpentine” radar echo from May 23, 1996 heat burst

It Begins Like a Downburst…

Normally, sinking air will be compressed by the weight of the air above it and will warm as it sinks. In a dying thunderstorm, however, the cooling of the air by evaporation offsets the warming caused by compression. End result: As long as there is still evaporation going on, the air inside the thunderstorm stays cooler than the air around it and keeps on sinking.

If the air around the thunderstorm is very dry, then rapid evaporation can cause large amounts of cooling, causing the air inside the storm to sink at very high speed. A downburst, characterized by strong winds and cool, moist air, occurs when this rapidly sinking air hits the ground while evaporational cooling is still occurring (i.e. while it still contains liquid water).

A Trick Up Nature’s Sleeve

In a heat burst, all of the water in the sinking air is evaporated before it reaches the ground. At this point, the air begins to warm due to compression without any evaporation to counter it. This warming slows the descent of the downdraft. However, if it has sufficient momentum built up, the hot, bone-dry air will still push its way down to the surface, hitting and spreading out as a sudden burst of hot, gusty wind.

An Example: June 9, 2011 near Enid, OK

Below are some images from a heat burst event that occurred in late spring 2011 near Enid, OK.

A weakening area of convection moved through North Central Oklahoma. A typical "serpentine" radar signature is visible, with the tip of the radar echo located near Breckenridge, where large wind and temperature increases were measured.

These graphs show the air temperature, relative humidity, and maximum wind gusts in Breckenridge, OK from 10 PM to 1 AM. The heat burst caused a 15 degree temperature increase and a 31% drop in relative humidity in 20 minutes. At the same time that the temperature was spiking, wind gusts reached 50 mph.

Radar reflectivity and radial velocity from Vance AFB

Doppler radar radial velocities of up to 64 mph were detected near Breckenridge in association with the end of the serpentine radar echo. At this location, the radar is detecting wind speeds approximately 2300 ft above ground level.

Common Heat Burst Questions

When do heat bursts typically occur in our area?

Most heat bursts happen at night or during the early morning, when surface temperatures are cooler. The most common times of year for a heat burst to occur are late spring and summer. During those seasons, we frequently see strong thunderstorms move into our area and die off overnight – a sequence of events that sets the stage for heat bursts.

How strong are heat bursts?

Just as “rain” encompasses everything from light sprinkles to a heavy downpour, heat bursts vary in intensity from very weak to very strong. Heat bursts that produce 10 ° F temperature increases and 50-plus mph winds are not uncommon.

On May 22, 1996, one of the strongest heat bursts ever recorded in our area occurred between Lawton and Chickasha, OK. Temperatures in Chickasha increased from 87 to 102 degrees, and winds in Tipton, OK gusted to 105 mph. The Lawton area alone suffered $15 million in damage from the straight-line winds produced by the event.

How common are heat bursts?

Once thought to be fairly rare, dense observation networks such as the Oklahoma Mesonet have shown that, while they are strange, heat bursts are actually fairly common in late spring and summer in Oklahoma and Western North Texas. An Oklahoma Climatological Survey study found that more than a dozen heat bursts typically occur every year in Oklahoma alone.

How does a heat burst compare to a downburst?

You are probably familiar with downbursts- strong wind events caused by cold, wet air flowing out of a thunderstorm. Downbursts and heat bursts have some similar characteristics. In fact, both typically begin in exactly the same way – with cold, moist air sinking inside a thunderstorm. However, by the time they reach the surface, they are very different events.

Similarities:

Both are caused by thunderstorms.
Both involve downward-rushing air hitting the surface and spreading out.
Both originate as an area of cool, moist air falling downward through a thunderstorm.
Both can cause damaging winds at the surface.

Differences:

When downbursts reach the surface, they contain cool, moist air, frequently with rain or even hail.
When heat bursts reach the surface, they contain hot, dry air.

What ingredients are necessary for a heat burst?

These are the basic ingredients of a heat burst. Even with all of these ingredients, a heat burst will not occur unless the local environment is just right.

Time: Late night or early morning
Decaying thunderstorm
Deep layer of very dry air aloft
Low level inversion (temperatures at the surface are cooler than just above the surface)

Special Topics

The Seasons

La Nina's Influence on Winter Season

Monthly and Geographic Distribution of Heavy Snow Events in Oklahoma, 1951-2001

The Seasons - Oklahoma and Western North Texas

Thanks to the tilt of the Earth at ~23.5°, we get to experience 4 seasons. Some of the seasons seem longer than others (think summer) over Oklahoma and western north Texas, but we have 4 pretty distinct seasons. The types of weather we experience usually revolve on the amount of sunshine that is received. For several months of the year,the northern hemisphere receives more direct rays of the sun (June through September) than the other half (December through March). The other four months are our "transition" months. Below is what we can expect with the changing seasons.

What is happening at the beginning of each season?

Spring (Vernal) Equinox

Around March 21 (or between March 20-22), the sun passes directly over the equator. Almost equal amounts of sunshine occur over all areas. Those of us north of the Equator are getting ready for warmer weather, while those to the south are looking for the winter jackets. The sun's more direct warming rays are crossing from the southern hemisphere to the north. These rays of sunshine will help get the grass growing again (or at least accelerate it) and the plants blooming. In Oklahoma, it is our wet season, but also spans much of the severe weather season.

Summer Solstice

Around June 21 (or between June 20-22) is the first of two equinoxes, or the beginning of summer. Ahh, the day with most amount of sunshine, but also the start of what is usually some very, very hot weather over Oklahoma and western north Texas. On this day, the sun reaches its furthest north point in the sky, and slowly begins to set further and further south. But the rays of sunshine are hitting us in full force, which usually leads to temperatures in the 90s to over 100 degrees at times.

Fall (Autumnal) Equinox

Around September 21 (or between September 20-23) marks the second equinox of the year. The sun is crossing the equator, going from the northern Hemisphere into the southern Hemisphere. All areas of the Earth will receive approximately the same amount of the sun's rays. Normally a welcome time of the year, as summers over Oklahoma and western north Texas are usually quite hot. The northern hemisphere begins to tilt away from the sun's direct energy, which finally should begin to cool us off. The north pole (think Santa) will point further and further from the sun, which means shorter daylight hours, and in some cases (Alaska), the daylight hours diminish faster and faster.

Winter Solstice

Around December 21 (or between December 20-22), we experience our second solstice of the year. Even with the proximity of the Earth to the Sun being at its closest point, the northern hemisphere is facing away from the sun, which means a prolonged period of cooler (or colder) weather. The first day of winter also has the fewest amount of daylight hours. However, the number of daylight hours slowly increases as we get closer to Spring.

Shown below is an image showing the placement of the Earth at the beginning of each season. The dates shown are approximate.

La Nina's Influence on the Winter Season in Oklahoma

La Niña is the term used to describe cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures across the eastern two-thirds of the tropical Pacific. The more familiar El Niño, refers to warmer than average conditions. Both La Niña and El Niño influence global weather patterns, bringing floods to some and drought to other regions.

Since the early 1950s, twenty cold episodes (La Niña) have been observed during the winter months (December – February). Temperature and precipitation data from 5 climate divisions (OK02, OK04, OK05, OK07 & OK08 cover most of the NWS Norman forecast area) were analyzed to see how La Niña influences the weather across parts of Oklahoma.

Monthly temperatures averaged near normal to above average for practically every event during the month of December, especially the two southern climate divisions. Monthly temperatures for January and February were more fickle, especially February, when very warm and very cold temperatures are more likely to occur.

Precipitation data were ambiguous. However, many of the early episodes (1950-mid 1970s) were generally dry or below average with recent years near normal to above normal, especially during the month of December.

Oklahoma Climate Division Map
Source: Oklahoma Climatological Survey

Winter Season Precipitation and Temperature Trends for Oklahoma Climate Division 2

December Precipitation Trend	January Precipitation Trend	February Precipitation Trend
December Temperature Trend	January Temperature Trend	February Temperature Trend

Winter Season Precipitation and Temperature Trends for Oklahoma Climate Division 4

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Winter Season Precipitation and Temperature Trends for Oklahoma Climate Division 5

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December Temperature Trend	January Temperature Trend	February Temperature Trend

Winter Season Precipitation and Temperature Trends for Oklahoma Climate Division 7

December Precipitation Trend	January Precipitation Trend	February Precipitation Trend
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Winter Season Precipitation and Temperature Trends for Oklahoma Climate Division 8

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Monthly and Geographic Distribution of Heavy Snow Events in Oklahoma, 1951-2001

Introduction

Heavy snowfall events are rare in Oklahoma relative to other parts of the United States, but they occur with sufficient frequency to create a significant forecasting challenge. The purpose of this study is to quantify the frequency of heavy snow events in Oklahoma, in terms of monthly and seasonal trends as well as geographic distribution within the state.

Methodology

Monthly climatological data summaries, compiled by the National Climatic Data Center, include daily 24-h snowfall totals from available first-order and cooperative observer stations in Oklahoma. Summaries typically include daily reports from 100 or more stations. The actual number varies from month to month, due to missing or incomplete data, relocation of observing sites, and/or changes in active status of some sites over the years.

Heavy snow events, for purposes of this study, are defined as those which produce at least one observed 24-h total of six inches or more in the state, or at least two observed 24-h totals of four inches or more. Once either of these criteria were met, snowfall totals were examined for every available observing site from that date and the dates immediately preceding and following it. Storm totals were determined at each site by adding all measurable snowfall totals on consecutive days including and surrounding the date identified. Each event was identified using the first and last calendar dates in which measurable snowfall was reported, e.g., 5-7 January 1988. (Note that some events did not occur entirely within a single calendar month, e.g., 31-December 2000-1 January 2001. Such events were assigned to either a] the month with the most calendar days affected, or b] the month in which they began. So the above example was a December event, while one occurring over, say, 31 January - 2 February would be a February event. Surprisingly, there were very few such "end-of month" events.)

Geographic distribution of snowfall for each event was determined by identifying the counties which were wholly or largely affected by storm totals of four inches or more and eight inches or more. A certain amount of subjectivity was necessary, due to variations in the number and distribution of available reports. For each event, there were enough data points to develop a reasonably accurate subjective analysis of geographic snowfall distribution for that event. But there were very few data points for which data were available consistently throughout the entire 50-year period of study. Many sites either closed, opened, relocated, or had missing reports at some point during the period. As such, it was not possible to develop long-term objective numbers of events for each specific observing site.

All available storm totals were plotted and subjectively analyzed for each event, providing a map of the geographic distribution of snowfall for that event. Counties affected by the event were then identified based on the analysis. An example is shown in Fig. 1. Note that in many cases there were counties which did not contain any data points, so it became necessary to evaluate the analyses to determine whether those data-void counties were affected by the event. (The process of determining counties affected is qualitatively similar to determining which counties are to be included in a severe thunderstorm or tornado watch. The process arguably is subjective in many cases, but should yield meaningful data given a sample size of over 200 events.) Seasonal and monthly frequencies of events for each county were then determined by simply adding up the total number of events affecting the given county.

Figure 1. Storm-total snowfall (inches), 25-27 December 2000. Contours are drawn every two inches. Counties which received totals over four (eight) inches over all or a large part of their area are shaded in light (dark) gray.

Monthly and Seasonal Distribution

A total of 225 heavy snow events were identified between January 1951 and April 2001, a period of just over 51 years. This results in an average of between four and five events per season. There have been only two winter seasons without a heavy snow event in Oklahoma: 1962-63 and 1973-74. In other words, heavy snow has fallen somewhere in Oklahoma in roughly 95 percent of all winter seasons. Of the 225 events which produced storm totals of four inches or more, 189 produced these amounts somewhere in the main body of Oklahoma; heavy snowfall in the remaining 36 events was confined to the three counties of the Oklahoma panhandle.

Heavy snow events have occurred as early as October and as late as May. The earliest event occurred on 8-9 October 1970, while the latest occurred on 3 May 1978. (Both were limited to the far western panhandle.) The overall frequency of events increases gradually to a peak in January, then remains relatively constant through February and March, before dropping much more abruptly in April (Fig. 2).

Figure 2. Total number of heavy snowfall events in Oklahoma by month.

Of the 225 events, 102 produced maximum totals of 8 inches or more (two per year), 48 produced a foot or more somewhere (nearly one per year), and 14 produced a maximum storm total of 16 inches or more (about once every three years). The monthly distribution of eight- and 12-inch events (Fig. 2) shows a relatively constant frequency throughout the peak months of December through March. But the distribution of 16-inch events shows an interesting late-season peak, with a maximum in March. This apparent preponderance of "mega" snowstorms late in the winter season is further demonstrated in the list of ten heaviest snowstorms in Table 1 (as ranked by maximum storm total): Five of the ten heaviest events occurred in March.

Table 1. Heaviest snowfall events in Oklahoma, 1951-2001. Rankings are based on maximum storm totals (Max, inches). Location of the maximum reported storm total for each event is given.

Rank	Date(s)	Max	Location
1.	21-22 February 1971	36	Buffalo
2.	24-25 Nov 1992	22	Laverne
3.	16 March 1970	20	Bartlesville
	16-17 January 2001	20	Kenton
5.	8-9 March 1994	19	Stillwater
	12-14 March 1999	19	Medford
7.	4-5 March 1989	18	Kansas
	18-19 January 1990	18	Goodwell
	22-24 December 1997	18	Laverne
	18-19 March 1999	18	Kenton

Geographic Distribution

The numbers in Fig. 3 were obtained for each county by tallying the number of times the given county was "hit" by heavy snowfall during the period. They thus represent the number of heavy snow events which produced four-inch or greater storm totals over at least a part of the county. With the period of study being just over 51 years, one can divide the numbers shown by 51 to obtain an approximate annual (or seasonal) frequency of four-inch or greater events. These frequencies are depicted by contours representing "turnaround times," i.e., the average time between four-inch snowfall events in the given area.

Figure 3. Number of 4-inch or greater snow events by county, 1951-2001. Contours are frequencies, given as average turnaround times for a single event.

(Note: It is reasonable to expect that larger counties would have more events than smaller ones, simply by virtue of the fact that they are larger "targets." However, the data do not show a distinct size bias in most cases, probably because the counties of Oklahoma are, for the most part, similar in size. One exception was made for Osage county in northeast Oklahoma, which is noticeably larger than surrounding counties. In order to minimize any potential size bias, Osage county was split into north and south sections for this study. The dividing line is an eastward extension of the border between Kay and Noble counties, the two counties immediately west of Osage county.)

Figure 3 shows a marked preference for heavy snow in northwest Oklahoma. Much of the northwest one-fourth of the state experiences heavy snow more than once per year, on average. In the western and central panhandle, the average is closer to two per year. These frequencies are more than five times greater than those along the Red River counties in far south central and southeast Oklahoma, where heavy snow falls on average only about once every three to four years. For much of the rest of Oklahoma, including the larger population centers around Lawton, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa, heavy snow events occur, on average, once every one to two years.

Figure 4, obtained in the same manner as Fig. 3, shows the frequency of eight-inch or greater snowfall events. Geographic distribution generally is similar, with greatest frequencies in the panhandle and northwest. Snow events of eight inches or more occur on average more than once every other year in the panhandle. Lowest frequencies extend along the entire Red River region, where the data suggest eight-inch snowfall events occur on average only once every 20 years or so. Most of the counties in west central, central, and northeast Oklahoma average around 5 to 10 years between eight-inch snowfall events.

Figure 4. Number of 8-inch or greater snow events by county, 1951-2001. Contours are frequencies, given as average turnaround times for a single event.

In order to look at geographic variations by month, the numbers in Figs. 3 and 4 were broken down by month. (Actually, the monthly totals were derived first; Figs. 3 and 4 were obtained later by adding up the respective monthly totals.) The monthly results constituted another eight pairs of figures similar to Figs. 3-4. In the interest of condensing the presentation of all these data into a more manageable form, it was decided to divide the state into a number of regions, and calculate monthly numbers for each region by averaging the monthly totals from each of the counties in that region. These numbers then could be plotted in the form of bar graphs for each region, and displayed on a single figure which would show frequency variations by month and by region. The result is shown in Fig. 5.

Subdivision of the state began with the nine standard geographic divisions used by the Oklahoma Climatological Survey (OCS) in their data publications. A further subdivision was performed by splitting eight of the divisions in half again (all but the southeast division). The final result is 17 subdivisions as shown in Fig. 5, with solid lines outlining the OCS regions and dashed lines indicating the subdivisions.

Looking at the distribution of four-inch or greater events (light gray bars on the graphs in Fig. 5), it is clear that January is the peak month across southern and east central Oklahoma. But the peak month shifts to February from west central to north central Oklahoma. In between, much of southwest, central, and northeast Oklahoma is equally split between January and February. In the panhandle and far northwest, the peak month is March. In fact, the highest frequencies for any month and any region are in the panhandle region in March. But there is evidence of a bi-modal distribution in the far northwest, which includes a secondary earlier peak in December or January.

Figure 5. Monthly distribution of four-inch (light) and eight-inch (dark) snow events by region.

Evidence for a dual peak in frequencies in far northwest Oklahoma is more evident in the distribution of eight-inch events (darker bars in Fig. 5). A relative minimum in January or February is present in the three northwestern-most regions, and in fact extends eastward into northeastern Oklahoma. In general, frequency distributions for eight-inch events are consistent with those for four-inch events. But the data show that in northeastern Oklahoma, the peak time for eight-inch snow events shifts from January/February to March. These findings are consistent with the fact that a larger number of "big" snow events occur later in the season (section 3 and Table 1).

Summary

Oklahoma averages between four and five heavy snow events per season. They are most likely to occur in northwest Oklahoma, where most counties can expect one to two snowfalls of four inches or more per season. Far south-central and southeast Oklahoma are the least likely areas to receive heavy snow, but even these areas can expect a four-inch or greater snowfall about once every three to four years. On a seasonal basis, heavy snow can occur in the state as early as October or as late as early May (at least in the panhandle).

For the state as a whole, the frequency of heavy snow events increases gradually through fall and early winter to a peak in January, then levels off through February and March before dropping sharply in April. But the peak frequency varies by region - January in southern and east-central Oklahoma, to February in west central and north-central Oklahoma, to March in the panhandle. The most likely time and place for a heavy snow event in the state is in the panhandle in March. The panhandle area may experience a dual peak in heavy snow frequency, with the maximum in March preceded by a weaker maximum in December or January and a relative minimum in January or February.

The monthly frequency of "big" snow events, which produce eight inches or more, generally is similar to that of four-inch events - except in northeast Oklahoma, where the peak frequency shifts to March. Data on even larger "mega-snow" events, producing storm totals of 16 inches or more, suggest that March is the most likely month of occurrence in Oklahoma.

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NWS Weather Facts for Christmas Day at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The following are some numbers related to Christmas Day weather in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The numbers are based on records going back to 1890.

Some of the more memorable weather events on Christmas Day in recent years include...

1955: The high of 54 was above average, but was a 32-degree drop-off from the previous day. A high of 86 on Christmas Eve was 38 degrees above the long-term average, and still stands as the all-time record high temperature for December.

1975: Rain changed to snow on Christmas Eve, with heavy snow falling that afternoon and continuing into early Christmas morning. Nearly 3 inches fell during the storm, but temperatures hovered just above freezing, and much of the snow melted when it reached the ground.

1983: Bitter cold with wind chills as low as 27 below occurred during the pre-dawn hours of Christmas Day. The high of 13 was an improvement over the previous day, as the high on Christmas Eve was 3 above zero. The low was zero, and wind chills dropped as low as minus 45 as north winds gusted to 38 mph.

1987: Freezing rain and sleet began before sunrise, and was the start of an infamous 2-day ice storm that left parts of Oklahoma without power for over a week. Sleet prevailed across the western and northern parts of Oklahoma City, while freezing rain devastated southern and eastern parts of the metro area. Despite heavy sleet and ice accumulations of up to 2 inches, total snowfall was only a trace.

1989: Christmas Day was a sunny, mild day with Temperatures in the 50s. But what made this Christmas memorable was the dramatic warm-up that was in progress. Three days earlier the temperature fell to minus 4, a new all-time record low for December. Winds of 20 mph at the time dropped wind chills to near 50 below. The next night, the December low temperature record was broken again when the temperature fell to minus 8. Two days later on Christmas Day, the temperature reached 57, giving Oklahoma City a 65-degree warm-up in two days.

2000: A major winter storm affected much of Oklahoma on December 25-26, with impacts similar to the storm in 1987. The storm began on Christmas Day across the region, with significant accumulations of snow and ice occurring Christmas night and into December 26. Heavy snow, accumulating 8 to 12 inches, fell across northwest Oklahoma. Meanwhile, a combination of snow, sleet, and freezing rain fell across west-central, central and north-central Oklahoma, with accumulations ranging from 2 to as much as 8 inches. One of the worst ice storms to ever affect the state of Oklahoma occurred in south-central and southeast Oklahoma, where ice and sleet accumulations from 1 to 2 inches were common. Statewide, around 170,000 residents were without electricity right after the storm, and power was not restored in some locations until almost 2 weeks later.

2009: Although no snow technically fell on Christmas Day, the record-setting blizzard that affected a large part of Oklahoma on Christmas Eve was fresh on everyone's mind. Snow accumulated between 5 and 7 inches from southwest into central Oklahoma, with several locations reporting over 10 inches! The snowstorm was made worse by the near continuous winds that were sustained near 40 mph with gusts as high as 60 mph. All major highways were shut down by early afternoon, stranding thousands of holiday travelers and last-minute Christmas shoppers. The snow finally moved east during the early evening hours, leaving behind snow drifts as high as five feet, and streets littered with abandoned cars.

Christmas Day Snowfall/Snow Depth for Oklahoma City (1890-Present)

Statistic	Value	Year	% of years
Average Temperature	37.2 °F
Average Max Temp	47.2 °F
Average Min Temp	27.1 °F
# MaxTemps <= 32	14		11%
# MaxTemps >= 70	3		2%
# MinTemps <= 0	2		2%
Warmest MaxT	73 °F	1922
Coldest MaxT	13 °F	1983
Warmest MinT	49 °F	1936
Coldest MinT	-1 °F	1983

# Days with Precip	27		22%
# Days with Snow	11		9%
Rainfall > 0.10	5		4%
Rainfall > 0.50	1		1%
Rainfall > 1.00	1		1%
Snowfall > 0.1	4		3%
Snowfall > 0.5	2		2%
Snowfall > 1.0	1		1%
Snowfall > 2.0	1		1%
Snowfall > 3.0	1		1%
Snow depth >= T	11		9%
Snow depth >= 1	6		5%
Max Precip	1.05 in	1987
Max Snowfall	6.5 in	1914
Max Snow Depth	14 in	2009

Years with Snowfall on Christmas Day		Snow on Ground on Christmas Morning
1913	Trace	1913	Trace
1914	6.5 inches	1914	6 inches
1937	Trace	1918	5 inches
1939	0.3 inches	1939	Trace
1948	Trace	1943	1 inch
1952	Trace	1962	Trace
1962	Trace	1975	1 inch
1975	0.5 inches	1983	Trace
1987	Trace	1987	Trace
2000	Trace	1990	Trace
2012	0.6 inches	2002	2 inches
		2009	14 inches

NWS Weather Facts for Christmas Day at Wichita Falls, Texas

The following are some numbers related to Christmas Day weather in Wichita Falls, TX. The numbers are based on records going back to 1923.

Some of the more memorable Christmas Days in recent years include...

1955: The high of 57 was above average by about 5 or 6 degrees, but it was a 30-degree drop-off from the previous day. A high of 87 on Christmas Eve was around 35 degrees above the long-term average, and is tied for the 2nd warmest daily temperature for December.

1983: Bitter cold with wind chills well below zero occurred during the pre-dawn hours of Christmas Day. The high of 14 was an improvement over the previous day, as the high on Christmas Eve was 11 degrees.

1989: Christmas Day was a sunny, mild day with Temperatures well into the 60s. But what made this Christmas memorable was the dramatic warm-up that was in progress. Three days earlier the temperature fell to minus 4, breaking the previous all-time record low for December by two degrees. The next night, the December low temperature record was broken again when the temperature fell to minus 7. Two days later on Christmas Day, the temperature reached 65, giving Wichita Falls a a 72-degree warm-up in just two days.

2009: Although no snow technically fell on Christmas Day, the record-setting blizzard that affected parts of north Texas on Christmas Eve was fresh on everyone's mind. Snow accumulated between 5 and 7 inches over a large area, with locations in Wichita and Clay counties reporting 7-10 inches! The snowstorm was made worse by the near continuous winds that were sustained near 40 mph with gusts as high as 60 mph. Most roadways were shut down by early afternoon, stranding thousands of holiday travelers and last-minute Christmas shoppers. The snow finally moved east during the early evening hours, leaving behind snow drifts as high as five feet, and streets littered with abandoned cars.

Statistic	Value	Year	% of years
Average Temperature	41.2 °F
Average Max Temp	53.0 °F
Average Min Temp	29.5 °F
# MaxTemps <= 32	2		2%
# MaxTemps >= 70	7		7%
# MinTemps <= 0	0		0%
Warmest MaxT	75 °F	1942
Coldest MaxT	14 °F	1983
Warmest MinT	50 °F	1959
Coldest MinT	5 °F	1983

# Days with Precip	22		21%
# Days with Snow	8		7%
Rainfall > 0.10	6		6%
Rainfall > 0.50	2		2%
Rainfall > 1.00	1		1%
Snowfall > 0.1	3		3%
Snowfall > 0.5	2		2%
Snowfall > 1.0	1		1%
Snowfall > 2.0	1		1%
Snowfall > 3.0	0		0%
Snow depth >= T	4		9%
Snow depth >= 1	2		5%
Max Precip	1.97 in	1987
Max Snowfall	2.5 in	2012
Max Snow Depth	8 in	2009

Years with Snowfall on Christmas Day
1939	Trace
1975	0.3 inches
1983	Trace
1985	Trace
1987	1.0 inch
1997	Trace
2007	Trace
2012	2.5 inches

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