Check this out ... the public information statement from OKC.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
500 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2011
...JULY 2011 WAS THE HOTTEST SINGLE MONTH SINCE RECORDS BEGAN AT
BOTH OKLAHOMA CITY AND WICHITA FALLS...
AFTER A RECORD BREAKING JUNE...JULY WAS ANOTHER MONTH OF
UNPRECEDENTED HEAT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. MANY RECORDS WERE
TIED OR BROKEN AT WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT IN OKLAHOMA CITY
OKLAHOMA AND SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE IN WICHITA FALLS TEXAS. THE
HIGHEST DAILY TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 111 DEGREES...RECORDED
AT WICHITA FALLS ON THE 9TH. OKLAHOMA CITY REACHED 110 DEGREES THAT
SAME DAY. MOST IMPRESSIVELY...BASED ON THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE...BOTH LOCATIONS CLAIMED NEW RECORDS FOR THEIR WARMEST
JULY AND WARMEST SINGLE CALENDAR MONTH SINCE RECORDS BEGAN.
PERIOD OF RECORD
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TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS AT OKLAHOMA CITY BEGAN IN 1890.
TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT WICHITA FALLS BEGAN IN 1923.
PRECIPITATION RECORDS AT WICHITA FALLS EXIST...WITH SOME GAPS...BACK
TO 1897. CONTINUOUS PRECIPITATION RECORDS BEGAN AT WICHITA FALLS IN
1924.
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS & NOTABLE STREAKS
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BELOW IS A LIST OF THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS THAT
WERE TIED AND BROKEN DURING JULY 2011...AT BOTH OKLAHOMA CITY AND
WICHITA FALLS.
OKLAHOMA CITY...
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WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE ON RECORD...NOW 89.2 DEGREES.
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 88.7 DEGREES IN AUGUST 1936.
WARMEST JULY ON RECORD. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 88.3 DEGREES IN 1934 AND
1980.
RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES SET ON THE 7TH...9TH...AND
27TH...AND TIED ON THE 10TH.
THE 110-DEGREE READING MEASURED ON JULY 9TH OF 2011 TIED AS THE
WARMEST JULY TEMPERATURE ON RECORD AND TIED AS THE THIRD WARMEST
TEMPERATURE RECORDED DURING ANY MONTH.
DAILY RECORD WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES BROKEN ON THE
7TH...8TH...10TH...AND 27TH...AND TIED ON THE 16TH.
MEASURABLE RAIN WAS RECORDED ON ONLY TWO DAYS...BUT THE 2.91 INCHES
OF RAIN THAT FELL ON JULY 12TH SHATTERED THE PREVIOUS RECORD
RAINFALL FOR THAT DATE...WHICH HAD BEEN 1.80 INCHES IN 1926.
13-DAY STREAK OF MAXIMUM DAILY TEMPERATURES ABOVE 100 DEGREES
OBSERVED FROM JUNE 29 TO JULY 11.
AS OF JULY 31ST...THE TEMPERATURE HAD REACHED 100 DEGREES ON 38 DAYS
DURING 2011. THE RECORD FOR A YEAR IS 50 DAYS IN 1980. THE CURRENT
TOTAL OF 38 DAYS IN 2011...IS 9 DAYS AHEAD OF THE 1980 PACE AS OF
JULY 31ST.
WICHITA FALLS...
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WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE ON RECORD...AND WARMEST JULY ON
RECORD...NOW 92.9 DEGREES. BOTH RECORDS WERE PREVIOUSLY 91.9 DEGREES
IN JULY 1980.
WARMEST DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON RECORD...NOW 88 DEGREES ON JULY
26...2011. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 87 DEGREES ON AUGUST 16...1952.
DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES SET ON THE 9TH...AND TIED ON
THE 8TH AND 26TH.
THE 111-DEGREE READING MEASURED ON JULY 9TH TIED WITH FOUR OTHER
DATES AS THE 5TH WARMEST JULY TEMPERATURE ON RECORD...AND AS THE
17TH WARMEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED DURING ANY MONTH.
DAILY RECORD WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES BROKEN ON THE
10TH...13TH...14TH...23RD...26TH AND 27TH...AND TIED ON THE 24TH.
ONLY A TRACE OF RAIN FELL...WHICH TIED AS THE 2ND DRIEST JULY ON
RECORD. JULY OF 2003 SAW ZERO PRECIPITATION AND NO TRACE AMOUNTS.
THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 100 DEGREES ON ALL 31 DAYS DURING JULY 2011.
A STREAK OF 40 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH 100 DEGREE READINGS BEGAN ON
JUNE 22...2011...AND IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO AUGUST. THE LONGEST
SUCH STREAK ON RECORD AT WICHITA FALLS IS 42 DAYS IN 1980. THE
CURRENT STREAK MUST LAST ONLY TO AUGUST 3RD TO BREAK THE RECORD.
A STREAK OF DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION BEGAN ON JUNE
15...2011. TRACE AMOUNTS FELL ON 5 DAYS. THE STREAK WITHOUT
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION HAD REACHED 47 DAYS AS OF JULY 31ST. IF
THIS STREAK CONTINUES THROUGH AUGUST 8TH...IT WILL TIE WITH TWO
OTHER PERIODS AS THE 9TH LONGEST STREAKS WITHOUT MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION. THE LONGEST STREAK WAS 75 DAYS FROM DECEMBER
19...1913 TO MARCH 3...1914.
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