Monthly Climatological Summary
Norman 3SE, Cleveland Co., OK (Lat 35^10'57"N, Lon 97^25'27"W, elev 1130)
November 2001
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Temperature Precipitation Snow AM PM
Max Min Water Snow Depth Wx Wx
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01 78.4 61.0 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
02 80.1 58.8 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
03 74.5 61.2 .75 0.0 0 +TSRA OVC
04 72.1 59.4 .00 0.0 0 FG BKN
05 72.0 52.7 .00 0.0 0 FG SCT
06 76.3 51.8 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
07 73.6 51.1 .00 0.0 0 SCT SKC
08 61.5 47.5 T 0.0 0 BKN -TSRA
09 57.0 43.2 .00 0.0 0 OVC SCT
10 69.4 39.0 .00 0.0 0 SKC SKC
11 72.3 46.2 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
12 70.9 60.4 .00 0.0 0 OVC OVC
13 65.7 59.4 T 0.0 0 -DZ FG OVC
14 70.7 56.5 .00 0.0 0 OVC BKN
15 73.2 50.7 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
16 70.2 52.0 .04 0.0 0 -RA BKN
17 68.2 52.5 .11 0.0 0 OVC -RA
18 70.5 54.5 .00 0.0 0 OVC SCT
19 62.2 33.4 .18 0.0 0 RA FEW
20 53.8 27.1 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
21 61.7 33.1 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
22 63.9 41.9 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
23 70.7 49.1 .05 0.0 0 BKN -RA
24 64.4 40.8 .00 0.0 0 FEW SCT
25 68.5 35.1 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
26 57.9 35.1 .00 0.0 0 OVC OVC
27 35.1 27.3 .10 1.1 1 OVC -SN DRSN
28 30.0 23.0 .32 3.9 5 +SN DRSN -SN
29 36.7 26.2 .00 0.0 2 BKN SCT
30 53.8 29.5 .00 0.0 0 FEW SKC
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, FG - fog, DZ- drizzle,
SN - snow, DRSN - drifting snow
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Means and Totals for November 2001
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Average Maximum Temperature: 64.5
Average Minimum Temperature: 45.3
Mean Temperature: 54.9
Maximum Temperature: 80.1 (11-02-01)
Minimum Temperature: 23.0 (11-28-01)
Days with max temperature 90.0F+: 0 Year: 77
Days with max temperature <32.0F: 1 Year: 4
Days with min temperature <32.0F: 5 Year: 44
Days with min temperature <0.0F: 0 Year: 0
Precipitation: 1.55 Year: 28.49
Greatest one-day precipitation: .75 (11-03-01)
Snowfall: 5.0 Year: 6.5
Greatest one-day snowfall: 3.9 (11-28-01)
Maximum snow depth at midnight: 5 (11-28-01)
Days with measureable pcpn: 7 Year: 67
Days with pcpn 1.00"+: 0 Year: 9
Days with measureable snowfall: 2 Year: 3
Days with snowfall 1"+: 2 Year: 3
Days with glaze ice: 0 Year: 5
Days with damaging wind: 0 Year: 11
Days with hail: 0 Year: 3
Days with thunderstorms: 2 Year: 51
Days with fog: 3 Year: 19
NOTICE: All temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit and all precipitation values in inches. Snowfall totals denoted by an asterisk indicate hail.
Summary....As was the case for most of the United States except for the Pacific Northwest, Texas, or parts of Florida, temperatures were well above average and precipitation was below average in central Oklahoma in Nov 2001. The first three weeks of the month were exceptionally mild with temperatures seldom dropping below 50F. One reason we had such warm nights the first three weeks of the month was due to abundant cloud cover. This cloud cover obscured our view of the Leonid meteor shower on the 17th-18th. Skies were clear on the night of the 5th-6th for an extremely rare low latitude display of the Aurora Borealis that was visible throughout Oklahoma - provided you were away from city lights. A very drastic, abrupt change to more winterlike weather came on the 27th-28th as the area was blasted by cold north winds and 5-8 inches of powdery snow. However this change was short-lived as the snow took only 36 hours to melt and was completely gone by the end of the month.
Turlock CA was in one of the few regions in the United States that was wetter than average in Nov 2001, receiving 1.89 inches of rain during the month. Total rainfall for the 2001-02 season stood at 2.42 inches through the end of the month.