Monthly Climatological Summary
Norman 3SE, Cleveland Co., OK (Lat 35^10'57"N, Lon 97^25'27"W, elev 1130)
October 2001
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Temperature Precipitation Snow AM PM
Max Min Water Snow Depth Wx Wx
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01 76.3 46.9 .00 0.0 0 SKC SKC
02 78.1 51.4 .00 0.0 0 SKC FEW
03 81.5 55.2 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
04 84.4 62.1 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
05 72.1 43.9 .00 0.0 0 OVC SCT
06 64.0 37.4 .00 0.0 0 SKC SKC
07 67.6 40.6 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
08 76.5 51.8 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
09 71.6 63.3 .29 0.0 0 OVC +TSRA
10 72.1 54.5 1.55 0.0 0 +TSRA -TSRA
11 68.2 52.3 T 0.0 0 BKN SCT
12 74.7 50.9 .39 0.0 0 BKN +TSRA
13 66.9 48.9 .00 0.0 0 BKN FEW
14 70.3 48.7 .00 0.0 0 SCT SKC
15 68.2 39.7 .00 0.0 0 SCT BLDU
16 63.9 37.0 .00 0.0 0 SKC FEW
17 66.4 41.0 .00 0.0 0 SKC FEW
18 74.3 50.0 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
19 68.9 48.7 .00 0.0 0 OVC SCT
20 77.5 49.5 .00 0.0 0 FG SCT
21 77.5 58.5 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
22 80.4 60.4 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
23 79.9 62.8 .00 0.0 0 SCT SKC
24 68.9 44.1 .00 0.0 0 SKC SKC
25 64.6 38.1 .00 0.0 0 SKC FEW
26 69.1 36.5 .00 0.0 0 SKC FEW
27 64.8 40.1 .00 0.0 0 SKC SKC
28 70.2 48.4 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
29 72.0 50.5 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
30 71.8 46.4 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
31 71.4 53.4 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
KEY TO AM/PM WX: SKC - sky clear, FEW - few clouds, SCT -
partly cloudy, BKN - mostly cloudy, OVC - overcast, TSRA -
thunderstorm with rain, FG - fog, BLDU - blowing dust
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Means and Totals for October 2001
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Average Maximum Temperature: 72.1
Average Minimum Temperature: 48.8
Mean Temperature: 60.4
Maximum Temperature: 84.4 (10-04-01)
Minimum Temperature: 36.5 (10-26-01)
Days with max temperature 90.0F+: 0 Year: 77
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: 2.23 Year: 26.94
Greatest one-day precipitation: 1.55 (10-10-01)
Snowfall: 0.0 Year: 1.5
Greatest one-day snowfall: 0.0
Maximum snow depth at midnight: 0
Days with measureable pcpn: 3 Year: 60
Days with pcpn 1.00"+: 1 Year: 9
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: 0 Year: 11
Days with hail: 0 Year: 3
Days with thunderstorms: 3 Year: 49
Days with fog: 1 Year: 16
NOTICE: All temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit and all precipitation values in inches. Snowfall totals denoted by an asterisk indicate hail.
Summary....October 2001 was mostly a quiet month weatherwise for central Oklahoma with below average temperatures and near average precipitation. All of the month's precipitation fell during a wild span of four days during the second week of the month. At least 19 tornadoes touched down in the western half of Oklahoma on the 9th. Slow moving thunderstorms dropped heavy rain over the OKC area on the 10th. A large squall line broke out across central and eastern Oklahoma on the evening of the 12th. Other notable weather events included a dust storm which turned the sky a pinkish color on the 15th and a San Joaquin Valley style dense fog outbreak on the 20th.
Turlock CA had .22 inch of rain during the month, all of which fell on the 30th. The 2001-02 season total there through the end of the month was .53 inch.