Monthly Climatological Summary
Norman 3SE, Cleveland Co., OK (Lat 35^10'57"N, Lon 97^25'27"W, elev 1130)
August 2001
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Temperature Precipitation Snow AM PM
Max Min Water Snow Depth Wx Wx
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01 99.1 74.7 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
02 97.5 76.8 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
03 97.0 70.3 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
04 99.1 70.9 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
05 99.0 72.7 .00 0.0 0 SKC FEW
06 96.3 71.8 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
07 94.6 71.1 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
08 98.2 74.7 .00 0.0 0 SKC BKN
09 101.8 75.9 .00 0.0 0 SCT TS
10 97.7 70.7 .67 0.0 0 SCT +TSRA
11 89.4 72.1 .01 0.0 0 -RA BKN
12 91.8 72.3 .39 0.0 0 TSRA -TSRA
13 92.3 72.9 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
14 93.0 68.4 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
15 96.8 70.5 T 0.0 0 SCT BKN
16 92.8 71.2 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
17 95.0 70.0 T 0.0 0 SCT -TSRA
18 92.8 68.0 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
19 99.5 68.4 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
20 98.6 69.3 .00 0.0 0 SCT SKC
21 99.3 73.4 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
22 99.5 75.4 T 0.0 0 BKN -TSRA
23 94.3 71.2 .08 0.0 0 -RA -TSRA
24 97.7 74.3 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
25 99.5 67.6 1.12 0.0 0 SCT +TSRA
26 86.5 68.4 .26 0.0 0 TSRA OVC
27 91.8 69.6 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
28 93.2 69.4 .00 0.0 0 SKC BKN
29 88.0 67.3 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
30 86.5 68.4 .00 0.0 0 OVC SCT
31 84.7 68.4 .00 0.0 0 OVC BKN
KEY TO AM/PM WX: SKC - sky clear, FEW - few clouds, SCT -
partly cloudy, BKN - mostly cloudy, OVC - overcast, RA -
rain, TSRA - thunderstorm with rain.
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Means and Totals for August 2001
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Average Maximum Temperature: 94.9
Average Minimum Temperature: 71.4
Mean Temperature: 83.2
Maximum Temperature: 101.8 (8-09-01)
Minimum Temperature: 67.3 (8-29-01)
Days with max temperature 90.0F+: 26 Year: 74
Days with max temperature <32.0F: 0 Year: 3
Days with min temperature <32.0F: 0 Year: 39
Days with min temperature <0.0F: 0 Year: 0
Precipitation: 2.53 Year: 17.77
Greatest one-day precipitation: 1.12 (8-25-01)
Snowfall: 0.0 Year: 1.5
Greatest one-day snowfall: 0.0
Maximum snow depth at midnight: 0
Days with measureable pcpn: 6 Year: 51
Days with pcpn 1.00"+: 1 Year: 5
Days with measureable snowfall: 0 Year: 1
Days with snowfall 1"+: 0 Year: 1
Days with glaze ice: 0 Year: 5
Days with damaging wind: 2 Year: 10
Days with hail: 0 Year: 2
Days with thunderstorms: 8 Year: 40
Days with fog: 0 Year: 13
NOTICE: All temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit and all precipitation values in inches. Snowfall totals denoted by an asterisk indicate hail.
Summary....Temperatures were slightly above average in central Oklahoma in Aug 2001 while precipitation was near average. Thunderstorms hit Norman on eight separate days during the month, with two storms that stand out in particular. A cluster of storms developed over Norman on the afternoon of the 10th. Here in the southeast part of the city we had two-thirds of an inch of rain in about 10 minutes, but other parts of the city reportedly had almost 2 inches of rain and 50 mph winds. On the evening of the 25th, continuous lightning flashed to the north and northeast during the Oklahoma/North Carolina football game. The game was delayed for several minutes during the third quarter when a stray lightning bolt struck just south of the stadium. The rain held off until the final seconds of the fourth quarter, which was fortunate since we received over an inch of rain between 10:30pm and midnight.
Turlock CA had no measureable rain during Aug 2001. The total for the 2001-02 season is still .07 inch.