Monthly Climatological Summary
Norman 3SE, Cleveland Co., OK (Lat 35^10'57"N, Lon 97^25'27"W, elev 1130)
February 2004
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Temperature Precipitation Snow AM PM
Max Min Water Snow Depth Wx Wx
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01 46.4 28.4 .74 0.0 0 -DZ +RA -FZDZ
02 38.7 22.6 T 0.0 0 -FZDZ SKC
03 46.4 20.5 .00 0.0 0 BKN OVC
04 41.9 32.9 .26 T T PL SN -RA PL
05 40.1 33.3 .03 0.0 0 -RA FG OVC
06 .00 0.0 0 OVC
07 20.1 .00 0.0 0
08 48.4 .00 0.0 0
09 48.2 29.5 T 0.0 0 -RA BKN
10 53.8 24.6 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
11 46.2 32.7 .02 0.0 0 BKN -RA
12 32.9 20.7 .00 0.0 0 FEW FEW
13 39.7 18.1 T T 0 BKN -SN
14 44.1 30.4 T T 0 -SN OVC
15 44.1 25.9 .00 0.0 0 OVC SCT
16 58.1 26.4 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
17 55.4 30.2 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
18 67.5 33.6 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
19 70.2 48.4 .00 0.0 0 BKN BLDU
20 59.2 36.0 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
21 63.1 31.1 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
22 70.3 39.6 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
23 61.3 45.3 .26 0.0 0 FG -RA
24 45.5 36.1 .01 0.0 0 -RA OVC
25 48.2 30.7 .00 0.0 0 OVC SCT
26 55.4 27.0 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
27 61.7 31.3 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
28 56.1 41.9 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
29 61.7 48.0 .15 0.0 0 TSRA BKN
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,
BLDU - blowing dust, TSRA - thunderstorm with rain.
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Means and Totals for February 2004
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Average Maximum Temperature: 52.0
Average Minimum Temperature: 31.0
Mean Temperature: 41.7
Maximum Temperature: 70.3 (2-22-04)
Minimum Temperature: 18.1 (2-13-04)
Days with max temperature 90.0F+: 0 Year: 0
Days with max temperature <32.0F: 0 Year: 2
Days with min temperature <32.0F: 18 Year: 35
Days with min temperature <0.0F: 0 Year: 0
Precipitation: 1.47 Year: 3.61
Greatest one-day precipitation: .74 (2-01-04)
Snowfall: T Year: T
Greatest one-day snowfall: T (2-14-04)
Maximum snow depth at midnight: T (2-04-04)
Days with measureable pcpn: 7 Year: 16
Days with pcpn 1.00"+: 0 Year: 1
Days with measureable snowfall: 0 Year: 0
Days with snowfall 1"+: 0 Year: 0
Days with glaze ice: 2 Year: 2
Days with damaging wind: 0 Year: 0
Days with hail: 0 Year: 0
Days with thunderstorms: 1 Year: 1
Days with fog: 2 Year: 5
NOTICE: All temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit and all precipitation values in inches. Snowfall totals denoted by an asterisk indicate hail.
Summary....February 2004 was cooler than average in central Oklahoma thanks to a persistent cool spell during the first half of the month. Norman remained one of the few places in the southern Plains without measurable snow all winter, repeatedly just missing out on snow events which clobbered other parts of the state. On the 4th sleet fell here in Norman while locations north and west of Oklahoma City picked up several inches of snow. Then on the 13th-14th it was southern Oklahoma and northern Texas' turn to get several inches of snow while only flurries fell here in Norman. Even Austin TX almost 400 miles to our south got 2 inches of snow from this storm! And snow there is not that much more common than it is in Turlock! A blizzard of another sort hit parts of TX and OK on the 19th - not of snow but of reddish brown dust kicked up by strong southwest winds. The big dust cloud moved over Norman that evening and reduced visibility to a few miles.
Turlock CA had 3.73 inches of rain during Feb 2004, which brought the season total there to 9.09 inches.