Monthly Climatological Summary
Norman 3SE, Cleveland Co., OK (Lat 35^10'57"N, Lon 97^25'27"W, elev 1130)
August 2002
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Temperature Precipitation Snow AM PM
Max Min Water Snow Depth Wx Wx
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01 94.8 75.2 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
02 97.3 73.9 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
03 96.8 73.2 .00 0.0 0 SCT FEW
04 96.3 74.1 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
05 94.1 72.7 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
06 96.3 73.8 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
07 95.5 72.9 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
08 93.9 74.3 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
09 94.1 68.5 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
10 97.9 70.3 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
11 93.6 72.3 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
12 93.0 68.5 .34 0.0 0 +TSRA SCT
13 83.1 65.5 .51 0.0 0 -TSRA +TSRA
14 81.0 64.4 .06 0.0 0 -TSRA FG SCT
15 89.6 70.3 .00 0.0 0 OVC SCT
16 91.6 70.3 .00 0.0 0 OVC BKN
17 94.5 75.0 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
18 95.4 75.0 .00 0.0 0 SKC SKC
19 96.1 73.9 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
20 94.6 73.6 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
21 94.8 78.4 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
22 97.2 75.9 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
23 99.0 73.9 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
24 96.4 75.9 T 0.0 0 -SHRA SCT
25 86.4 67.6 .47 0.0 0 +TSRA BKN
26 91.0 69.1 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
27 85.6 66.4 .75 0.0 0 +TSRA SCT
28 88.3 67.1 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
29 89.1 68.7 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
30 88.5 65.7 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
31 90.1 65.1 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
KEY TO AM/PM WX: SKC - sky clear, FEW - few clouds, SCT -
partly cloudy, BKN - mostly cloudy, OVC - overcast, SHRA -
ain shower, TSRA - thunderstorm with rain, FG - fog.
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Means and Totals for August 2002
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Average Maximum Temperature: 92.8
Average Minimum Temperature: 71.3
Mean Temperature: 82.1
Maximum Temperature: 99.0 (8-23-02)
Minimum Temperature: 64.4 (8-14-02)
Days with max temperature 90.0F+: 23 Year: 57
Days with max temperature <32.0F: 0 Year: 4
Days with min temperature <32.0F: 0 Year: 46
Days with min temperature <0.0F: 0 Year: 0
Precipitation: 2.13 Year: 21.13
Greatest one-day precipitation: .75 (8-27-02)
Snowfall: 0.0 Year: 2.4
Greatest one-day snowfall: 0.0
Maximum snow depth at midnight: 0
Days with measureable pcpn: 5 Year: 59
Days with pcpn 1.00"+: 0 Year: 6
Days with measureable snowfall: 0 Year: 3
Days with snowfall 1"+: 0 Year: 1
Days with glaze ice: 0 Year: 2
Days with damaging wind: 1 Year: 4
Days with hail: 0 Year: 1
Days with thunderstorms: 5 Year: 36
Days with fog: 1 Year: 11
NOTICE: All temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit and all precipitation values in inches. Snowfall totals denoted by an asterisk indicate hail.
Summary....Central Oklahoma was one of the few places in the nation that escaped hotter and drier than average weather in the summer of 2002. Through the end of August, the temperature had not yet reached 100F this year in Oklahoma City or Norman. If OKC goes the rest of the year without reaching 100F, that would be the first time that has happened there since 1997. Oklahoma actually got a slight taste of fall around mid-month as a strong cold front moved into the region, but the cooler weather only lasted a day as tropical air quickly spread back north. Some impressive thunderstorms visited the area during the last week of the month. Many lightning strikes occurred in rapid succession very close to my location on the morning of the 25th. The most destructive wind event I have experienced in my 3 years here blew through Norman early on the 27th, as winds of at least 65 mph snapped many large tree limbs all over the city.
Turlock CA finished its third consecutive month with zero rainfall - not even a trace. This was the first time that has happened there since July through September of 1993. Turlock had gone 103 consecutive days without any rainfall through the end of the month.