Monthly Climatological Summary Norman 3SE, Cleveland Co., OK (Lat 35^10'57"N, Lon 97^25'27"W, elev 1130) January 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Temperature Precipitation Snow AM PM Max Min Water Snow Depth Wx Wx ------------------------------------------------------------------ 01 68.5 47.1 .01 0.0 0 -DZ BKN 02 74.1 53.4 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT 03 71.1 49.8 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN 04 49.8 24.4 .00 0.0 0 OVC BKN 05 29.8 18.1 T T 0 -SN SKC 06 28.2 8.1 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT 07 40.6 16.9 .00 0.0 0 OVC SCT 08 53.1 32.5 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT 09 44.8 26.8 .00 0.0 0 SKC SKC 10 52.5 22.3 .00 0.0 0 SKC SKC 11 62.6 34.2 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN 12 61.5 41.5 .08 0.0 0 BKN -RA 13 62.1 44.6 .14 0.0 0 -RA FG 14 63.7 41.0 .00 0.0 0 FG BKN 15 62.6 36.9 T 0.0 0 BKN -DZ 16 53.1 47.7 .54 0.0 0 -RA FG RA 17 52.5 38.3 1.14 0.0 0 -RA -RA 18 42.3 28.9 .04 0.0 0 -RA SCT 19 38.3 19.0 .00 0.0 0 SKC SKC 20 46.9 24.8 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN 21 48.6 33.3 T T 0 -PL SN SKC 22 50.2 28.4 .00 0.0 0 SKC FEW 23 61.9 26.8 T 0.0 0 SKC FEW 24 62.8 46.8 .17 0.0 0 OVC -RA 25 61.0 43.9 .01 0.0 0 FG -DZ 26 43.9 18.3 .01 T T -DZ PL SHSN 27 36.1 14.9 .00 0.0 0 SKC SKC 28 53.6 25.3 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN 29 46.4 19.8 .00 0.0 0 BKN OVC 30 38.5 13.3 T T 0 -SN SKC 31 44.1 25.7 T 0.0 0 OVC -DZ KEY TO AM/PM WX: SKC - sky clear, FEW - few clouds, SCT - partly cloudy, BKN - mostly cloudy, OVC - overcast, RA - rain, DZ - drizzle, FG - fog, PL - ice pellets, SN - snow, SHSN - snow shower. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Means and Totals for January 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Average Maximum Temperature: 51.8 Average Minimum Temperature: 30.7 Mean Temperature: 41.3 Maximum Temperature: 74.1 (1-02-04) Minimum Temperature: 8.1 (1-06-04) Days with max temperature 90.0F+: 0 Year: 0 Days with max temperature <32.0F: 2 Year: 2 Days with min temperature <32.0F: 17 Year: 17 Days with min temperature <0.0F: 0 Year: 0 Precipitation: 2.14 Year: 2.14 Greatest one-day precipitation: 1.14 (1-17-04) Snowfall: T Year: T Greatest one-day snowfall: T (1-30-04) Maximum snow depth at midnight: T (1-26-04) Days with measureable pcpn: 9 Year: 9 Days with pcpn 1.00"+: 1 Year: 1 Days with measureable snowfall: 0 Year: 0 Days with snowfall 1"+: 0 Year: 0 Days with glaze ice: 0 Year: 0 Days with damaging wind: 0 Year: 0 Days with hail: 0 Year: 0 Days with thunderstorms: 0 Year: 0 Days with fog: 3 Year: 3
NOTICE: All temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit and all precipitation values in inches. Snowfall totals denoted by an asterisk indicate hail.
Summary....January 2004 brought some temperatures extremes to central Oklahoma the area had not seen in recent winters. We had more days with lows of 40F or higher (8) than the past 3 Januaries combined (5), but we also had more days with lows of 20F or lower (8) than we had the past 3 Januaries combined (7). Most of the month up until the 25th was quite mild, with exception of a short but intense cold snap from the 4th-7th. Our low of 8.1 degrees on the 6th was the coldest temperature recorded here since it got down to 8.6 degrees on Mar 3, 2002. The final week of the month was quite cold with several waves of Arctic air invading the region. Norman finally got some decent winter rainfall, most of which fell from the 16th-18th. Snowfall as usual was minimal, with a light dusting occurring on the 26th and brief flurries on the 5th, 21st, and 30th.
Turlock CA had 1.31 inches of rain in Jan 2004, most of which (.67 inch) fell on the 1st. The season total through the end of the month was 5.36 inches.