The summer doldrums were absent during August with plenty of rainfall and relatively cool weather on tap for Oklahoma. Abundant rains in the north central parts of the state propelled the month to finish as the 25th wettest since 1895. The rains and a few unusually strong fronts helped cool things down from the normal August heat - the month finished as the 21st coolest on record. With the rain came a goodly amount of severe weather, mostly flooding and high wind reports. Cloud-to-ground lightning strikes were especially prevalent with the August storms. The summer season finished a little cool and wet as well, and ranked as the 40th coolest and 48th wettest on record.

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