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To: Brumar89 who wrote (22477)

8/6/2012 8:00:40 PM

From: koan

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Temp

Heat Wave and Summer Temperature Data
for Oklahoma City, OK How does the summer of 2012 compare to other years with hot summers such as 1934, 1936, 1943, 1954, 1980, 2000, 2006 and 2011 for Oklahoma City? Please review the data tables below. Heat wave information for Wichita Falls, TX is available here.

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	85.4		112	August 1, 2012
5	1998	84.7		112	August 10, 1936
6	1943	84.2	6 (tie)	110	August 6, 2011
7	1954	83.7		110	August 5, 2011
8	1918	83.2		110	July 9, 2011
9	1937	83.0		110	July 6, 1996
10	1952	82.5		110	August 2, 1980
				110	August 12, 1936

Number of Consecutive Days = 110 Degrees (Top 10 Streaks) Number of Days = 110 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 10 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 9, 2011	1	3 (tie)	1996	1
	July 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	July 31-August 6, 2011	7	1	2011	21
1 (tie)	July 29-August 4, 2012	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	2006	9
6 (tie)	September 1-4, 2000	4	6 (tie)	2012	8
	July 23-26, 1998	4		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-September 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	2000	32
10 (tie)	July 26-August 6, 2011	12	10 (tie)	1943	28
	July 30-August 10, 2006	12		1918	28

Number of Consecutive Days = 95 Degrees (Top 10 Streaks) Number of Days = 95 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 10 Years) Rank Dates Number Rank Year Number

1	June 29-August 10, 2011	43	1	2011	85
2	July 24-August 27, 1980	35	2	1980	81
3	June 29-July 29, 1954	31	3	1998	80
4	June 24-July 22, 1980	29	4	1954	79
5 (tie)	July 28-August 20, 2006	28	5	1936	77
	July 6-August 2, 1998	28	6	2006	68
7	August 2-28, 1936	27	7 (tie)	1956	67
8 (tie)	July 16-August 10, 2001	26		1934	67
	June 25-July 20, 1966	26	9	1931	65
10	August 15-September 8, 1998	25	10 (tie)	1939	61
				1918	61

Number of Consecutive Days = 90 Degrees (Top 10 streaks) Number of Days = 90 Degrees in a Calendar Year (Top 10 Years) Rank Dates Number Rank Year Number

1 (tie)	June 1-August 10, 2011	71	1	1998	113
	June 23-September 1, 1980	71	2	2011	109
3	June 27-August 21, 2006	56	3	2006	108
4	July 6-August 28, 1936	54		1954	107
5	July 14-September 4, 1999	53	5	1980	102
6	June 17-August 7, 1954	52	6	1956	101
7	June 22-August 6, 2012 (ongoing)	46	7	1939	100
8 (tie)	July 13-August 23, 2010	45	8	1931	99
	August 1-September 14, 2000	45	9	1936	98
10	July 3-August 16, 1923	42	10	1963	96

Number of 90°, 95° 100°, 105° & 110° Days by Month for 2012 (through 8/06/2012) Days Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total = 90° = 95° = 100° = 105° = 110°

3	17	31	6	-	-	-	-	57
0	8	29	6	-	-	-	-	43
0	4	15	5	-	-	-	-	24
0	0	4	4	-	-	-	-	8
0	0	0	3	-	-	-	-	3

The following tables show a comparison of high temperatures in 2012 to the years of 1934, 1936, 1943, 1954, 1980, 1998, 2000, 2006 and 2011 for the months of May, June, July, August and September (red values indicate current records for the day).

May Day Rec Max 1934 1936 1943 1954 1980 1998 2000 2006 2011 2012 Avg Max - 81.6 80.4 74.8 72.3 79.3 84.0 82.2 84.2 80.2 82.8

05/01	93	78	83	84	68	76	78	64	81	62	85
05/02	94	73	72	94	52	71	80	64	82	63	84
05/03	95	64	80	87	54	76	75	71	83	72	91
05/04	93	81	81	90	63	82	79	76	76	77	83
05/05	94	74	89	86	73	81	75	68	68	78	89
05/06	92	81	83	84	78	84	81	82	60	85	87
05/07	93	88	76	81	68	73	80	90	68	93	69
05/08	96	89	73	50	69	65	78	89	76	94	73
05/09	94	86	73	55	58	74	66	72	88	94	81
05/10	96	72	71	57	53	93	79	81	69	84	82
05/11	94	81	70	80	54	93	85	90	72	75	64
05/12	93	84	76	72	69	88	88	79	83	81	72
05/13	95	81	80	53	72	73	83	71	88	67	77
05/14	92	55	80	69	77	80	85	76	76	66	79
05/15	90	72	84	87	78	67	82	77	75	70	84
05/16	92	80	83	70	81	75	88	82	79	71	86
05/17	96	86	86	78	69	79	87	83	85	75	87
05/18	95	88	80	59	79	72	91	79	91	80	87
05/19	97	89	79	61	73	76	90	67	97	80	87
05/20	97	89	82	71	66	65	89	78	97	71	73
05/21	98	89	87	62	81	74	89	87	92	89	81
05/22	99	83	84	65	84	75	87	98	91	92	83
05/23	100	76	81	72	78	79	86	100	91	87	88
05/24	98	82	82	73	75	88	90	98	94	83	90
05/25	96	76	82	81	74	91	77	80	96	78	88
05/26	96	78	80	83	80	90	82	88	95	76	88
05/27	96	80	79	82	83	77	82	85	92	87	86
05/28	93	88	82	86	78	87	91	88	92	91	92
05/29	94	93	84	75	81	82	93	93	94	89	89
05/30	104	97	84	83	87	86	96	95	95	88	85
05/31	98	98	85	88	86	85	93	96	84	88	77

June Date Rec Max 1934 1936 1943 1954 1980 1998 2000 2006 2011 2012 06/01 06/02 06/03 06/04 06/05 06/06 06/07 06/08 06/09 06/10 06/11 06/12 06/13 06/14 06/15 06/16 06/17 06/18 06/19 06/20 06/21 06/22 06/23 06/24 06/25 06/26 06/27 06/28 06/29 06/30 Avg Max - 95.0 92.6 89.8 89.5 91.3 92.5 83.1 92.6 97.2 89.9

99	95	88	90	81	82	99	94	86	91	66
105	92	85	90	79	85	105	80	88	92	86
98	88	79	92	73	84	98	76	87	95	90
95	84	87	84	78	88	72	85	94	94	91
99	93	87	76	86	89	72	77	92	95	90
102	94	88	86	88	91	75	79	97	96	76
100	94	91	89	83	96	81	83	95	96	77
100	95	93	84	89	79	85	87	95	95	84
100	96	95	92	89	81	92	85	96	94	88
102	99	79	89	89	86	90	79	102	94	89
100	90	80	89	92	87	89	84	100	90	89
104	91	86	91	94	88	97	89	91	94	85
101	89	90	88	91	89	96	91	92	99	81
106	94	95	86	91	92	93	85	94	100	91
105	95	98	90	80	94	84	89	94	94	87
106	91	98	88	88	88	91	81	95	98	91
103	88	97	89	91	85	91	68	81	103	91
104	87	101	91	92	93	98	73	96	104	91
101	98	98	93	92	93	99	79	95	101	89
104	102	99	91	90	89	97	88	92	96	91
104	100	104	94	92	86	97	75	92	95	80
107	102	107	96	97	86	96	89	87	98	90
101	101	88	93	97	94	94	90	86	100	97
104	99	89	97	96	99	96	91	92	101	99
105	96	93	96	96	105	96	86	92	100	103
104	98	98	96	94	102	97	82	86	101	104
103	98	100	97	93	103	100	79	92	103	101
105	99	97	91	94	105	99	79	96	94	102
103	100	97	81	95	98	98	81	96	101	99
102	101	92	85	95	101	98	88	96	102	98

July Date Rec Max 1934 1936 1943 1954 1980 1998 2000 2006 2011 2012 07/01 07/02 07/03 07/04 07/05 07/06 07/07 07/08 07/09 07/10 07/11 07/12 07/13 07/14 07/15 07/16 07/17 07/18 07/19 07/20 07/21 07/22 07/23 07/24 07/25 07/26 07/27 07/28 07/29 07/30 07/31 Avg Max - 100.4 98.7 96.3 100.5 102.4 101.0 91.7 99.2 102.5 99.9

103	97	88	89	96	102	93	88	98	101	94
105	99	94	95	98	105	101	82	97	101	95
105	102	98	93	98	105	99	88	96	104	97
105	102	98	95	96	102	94	90	96	102	98
108	101	89	101	98	98	89	90	92	104	98
110	91	93	98	101	99	102	94	90	105	100
108	94	92	93	103	100	105	94	90	108	98
105	100	94	88	101	101	97	96	92	100	98
110	99	96	86	101	103	102	97	97	110	99
105	99	97	92	101	101	105	98	101	105	91
107	99	97	92	105	104	103	99	98	104	95
107	100	95	92	107	105	96	96	97	98	97
106	102	101	94	106	105	98	96	102	101	97
107	102	105	92	107	105	99	95	101	102	99
108	104	108	94	97	104	98	99	101	105	95
106	102	100	97	103	106	95	99	102	103	95
106	103	104	97	105	106	99	98	105	101	99
108	103	108	99	105	106	102	99	106	101	101
109	104	109	102	103	105	104	99	107	99	104
109	103	107	102	102	102	103	92	107	99	109
107	101	95	103	101	99	103	87	106	100	104
107	100	99	103	102	95	103	85	93	100	102
105	99	103	104	103	94	105	82	93	101	101
106	105	101	106	100	98	106	87	98	105	100
106	102	98	101	104	102	106	90	104	96	103
107	100	100	98	95	101	107	93	102	104	101
107	89	102	99	98	96	103	82	102	107	102
108	97	104	98	96	103	106	90	100	103	104
109	102	103	92	99	108	104	86	99	102	106
108	106	92	92	94	107	105	85	102	103	107
108	106	91	98	91	107	100	88	102	105	108

August Date Rec Max 1934 1936 1943 1954 1980 1998 2000 2006 2011 2012 08/01 08/02 08/03 08/04 08/05 08/06 08/07 08/08 08/09 08/10 08/11 08/12 08/13 08/14 08/15 08/16 08/17 08/18 08/19 08/20 08/21 08/22 08/23 08/24 08/25 08/26 08/27 08/28

112	103	93	101	95	108	104	90	102	107	112
112	101	96	104	94	110	107	94	103	109	112
113	99	99	105	100	96	91	98	100	109	113
109	100	100	99	100	101	89	101	101	108	109
110	102	101	99	101	101	88	100	104	110	99
110	101	100	101	102	102	92	101	105	110
107	102	102	104	102	102	95	101	101	95
108	103	105	104	79	102	97	100	100	108
109	103	109	105	95	103	105	98	105	102
112	104	112	105	101	102	93	99	107	97
113	103	113	103	103	100	94	101	97	82
110	107	110	100	101	98	95	101	101	99
107	89	107	102	101	100	93	100	103	92
106	104	104	103	102	103	93	98	101	94
107	104	103	105	101	101	96	100	95	99
107	104	102	102	102	103	99	100	100	102
108	102	101	80	102	103	102	104	103	96
104	102	102	88	100	99	99	91	103	103
106	106	102	95	99	100	100	104	101	104
105	104	100	99	100	103	101	102	96	105
105	99	100	92	99	97	98	101	91	99
104	86	101	94	97	99	99	100	87	103
106	90	103	99	92	105	99	100	96	106
108	78	104	100	95	104	100	100	103	108
105	72	102	100	98	99	101	102	105	99
105	82	99	101	99	101	104	104	102	103
105	88	98	102	102	99	103	104	78	105
108	89	98

To: Brumar89 who wrote (22477)	8/6/2012 8:02:59 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

<<I'll give you the best prediction you'll ever see ... somewhere in the world in the coming year there will be blizzards and heavy snowfalls, heat waves, droughts, forest fires, floods, tropical storms, tsunamis, earthquakes and AGW alarmists will point at everyone of those things and say, See, what more do you need? We're facing catastrophe if we don't adopt a crash course to change the entire energy basis of our civilization.>. You still are not getting it. It used to by .1 or .2 of the world with extreme temperatures and now it is 10%. See the difference?