Fri, Mar 30, 2012
OK Regents Summer Academies This summer, invite your students to spend time at an Oklahoma college or university and discover the fascinating worlds of aeronautics,… Read More »
Fri, Mar 23, 2012
Drought Ends for Much of Oklahoma Drought Ends for Much of Oklahoma Thu, Mar 22, 2012 Heavy rain associated with this week’s slow-moving storm… Read More »
Thu, Mar 01, 2012
Warm February Closes Out Eleventh Warmest Winter in Oklahoma Golf clubs replaced parkas as the outdoor accessory of choice this winter, and Oklahoma’s kids can only dream of missed… Read More »
Fri, Feb 17, 2012
Oklahoma Mesonet Weather Camp Oklahoma Mesonet Weather Camp June 10-15, 2012 at the University of Oklahoma Application Deadline is March 30th Know a… Read More »
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
EarthStorm-Job Shadow Program for Meteorology Careers Applications for the 2012 Job Shadow Day are available at: http://www.mesonet.org/index.php/earthstorm/page/job_shadow. Deadline: February 3rd, 2012 Job Shadow Day: February… Read More »
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
A Year of Extremes Extreme weather grabbed headlines across the globe during 2011 and nowhere more so than right here in Oklahoma. The… Read More »
Tue, Nov 29, 2011
Walters Mesonet Station to Move Planned construction near our Walters Mesonet station has prompted us to relocate the site. We have been working with the… Read More »
Tue, Nov 01, 2011
Rains Ease Drought Woes During October September brought Oklahomans relief from the heat and October did its part with a bit of drought relief. The drought… Read More »
Tue, Nov 01, 2011
EarthStorm-ScienceFest 2012 Register now for ScienceFest 2012 ScienceFest will be held at the Oklahoma City Zoo on April 19, 2012. ScienceFest is a… Read More »
Tue, Oct 18, 2011
EarthStorm - National Weather Festival Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. National Weather Center, 120 David L Boren Blvd. (corner of… Read More »
Fri, Oct 07, 2011
University of Oklahoma Selected to Host One of Eight Regional Climate Science Centers Nationwide The University of Oklahoma has been selected by the U.S. Department of the Interior as the site of one of… Read More »
Fri, Sep 30, 2011
September Sees Relief on the Thermometer, Not the Rain Gauge While little relief from drought was found in September, the reprieve from the intense summer heat was nearly instantaneous. After… Read More »
Mon, Sep 12, 2011
EarthStormNews - NSTA Webinar for CoCoRaHS Two citizen science networks will be presented during this web seminar. Both involve networks that collect weather observations. One is… Read More »
Fri, Sep 09, 2011
La Nina Returns, Continuation of Drought Likely for Oklahoma La Nina has officially returned to the equatorial pacific waters according to the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC).… Read More »
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
EarthStormNews - Teacher VIP at Science Museum Oklahoma Teachers! You are invited to join us for a special teacher VIP night at Science Museum Oklahoma! Reservations are… Read More »
Thu, Sep 01, 2011
Record August Puts Exclamation Point on Hottest Oklahoma Summer To get a sense of the state’s legendary heat waves of its past, Oklahoma’s youngest generation would normally turn to… Read More »
Fri, Aug 12, 2011
Oklahoma July Warmest on Record for U.S. Grover Cleveland was serving his second term as President in 1895. Victoria was the Queen of England and Will… Read More »
Mon, Aug 01, 2011
July Heat Becomes Historic Fueled by exceptional drought and a seemingly impenetrable heat-dome, July roared through Oklahoma’s legendary heat waves of the past to… Read More »
Tue, Jul 12, 2011
Hot Enough for You? Oklahomans are used to 100-degree days, but typically not so many during June and certainly not for this long. In… Read More »
Fri, Jul 08, 2011
Welcome USGS Leaders! On Monday, July 11, the University of Oklahoma (OU) will host a team of leaders from the U.S. Geological Survey… Read More »
Tue, Jul 12, 2011
Oklahomans are used to 100-degree days, but typically not so many during June and certainly not for this long. In Altus, for example, the high temperature for June 2011 averaged 104.8 degrees. Oklahoma City broke its high temperature record on five days during June (on the 17th at 103 deg, 18th at 104, 19th at 101, 27th at 103, and 27th at 106).
When will it end? We wish we knew (so that we can take a long vacation to somewhere cool until then). But the long-term outlooks do not look good. The 6-10 day outlook shows relatively high confidence that we will continue being warmer-than-normal across the state, and drier-than-normal in northwest Oklahoma, including the Panhandle, for the next two weeks:
That prediction does not bode well for those already suffering from drought. One-third of Oklahoma is experiencing exceptional drought conditions (a 4 on a scale of 0 to 4):
So, with all of this heat, it's important to remember safety tips:
