Monthly Climatological Summary
Norman 3SE, Cleveland Co., OK (Lat 35^10'57"N, Lon 97^25'27"W, elev 1130)
June 2004
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Temperature Precipitation Snow AM PM
Max Min Water Snow Depth Wx Wx
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01 93.4 59.9 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
02 91.8 61.3 1.35 T* 0 BKN +TSRA GR
03 82.0 59.2 T 0.0 0 -TSRA BKN
04 82.0 61.7 .09 0.0 0 -TSRA FEW
05 83.7 63.1 .02 0.0 0 -TSRA SCT
06 89.1 66.9 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
07 83.3 67.6 .05 0.0 0 -TSRA BKN
08 79.2 69.6 .10 0.0 0 OVC -RA
09 76.6 68.7 1.23 0.0 0 +RA +TSRA
10 87.3 69.4 .02 0.0 0 -RA SCT
11 90.9 72.9 .02 0.0 0 -TSRA FEW
12 90.7 70.2 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
13 88.0 68.0 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
14 92.1 72.5 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
15 89.4 68.7 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
16 90.0 70.7 .00 0.0 0 BKN SKC
17 92.5 66.0 T 0.0 0 -SHRA BKN
18 87.8 69.8 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
19 79.9 66.9 .34 0.0 0 TSRA SCT
20 83.8 64.0 .68 0.0 0 +TSRA BKN
21 84.6 64.6 1.66 0.0 0 +TSRA BKN
22 79.2 61.3 .90 0.0 0 +TSRA SCT
23 84.4 56.5 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
24 85.6 57.7 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
25 82.0 66.6 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
26 86.9 63.9 T 0.0 0 BKN -SHRA
27 85.5 65.3 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
28 87.8 66.0 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
29 82.4 70.5 .08 0.0 0 TSRA BKN
30 84.4 69.4 .58 0.0 0 RA BKN
KEY TO AM/PM WX: SKC - sky clear, FEW - few clouds, SCT -
partly cloudy, BKN - mostly cloudy, OVC - overcast, RA -
rain, SHRA - rain shower, TSRA - thunderstorm with rain,
GR - hail.
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Means and Totals for June 2004
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Average Maximum Temperature: 85.9
Average Minimum Temperature: 66.0
Mean Temperature: 76.0
Maximum Temperature: 93.4 (6-01-04)
Minimum Temperature: 56.5 (6-23-04)
Days with max temperature 90.0F+: 7 Year: 11
Days with max temperature <32.0F: 0 Year: 2
Days with min temperature <32.0F: 0 Year: 35
Days with min temperature <0.0F: 0 Year: 0
Precipitation: 7.12 Year: 16.50
Greatest one-day precipitation: 1.66 (6-21-04)
Snowfall: T* Year: T
Greatest one-day snowfall: T* (6-02-04)
Maximum snow depth at midnight: 0
Days with measureable pcpn: 14 Year: 51
Days with pcpn 1.00"+: 3 Year: 5
Days with measureable snowfall: 0 Year: 0
Days with snowfall 1"+: 0 Year: 0
Days with glaze ice: 0 Year: 2
Days with damaging wind: 1 Year: 2
Days with hail: 1 Year: 3
Days with thunderstorms: 12 Year: 28
Days with fog: 0 Year: 13
NOTICE: All temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit and all precipitation values in inches. Snowfall totals denoted by an asterisk indicate hail.
Summary....June 2004 brought a dramatic turnaround to central Oklahoma's weather as we went from having one of our driest Mays ever to our wettest month overall in almost 3 years. Northwest flow aloft dominated the area's weather pattern for much of the month, with storms that developed over the High Plains during the late afternoon and evening hours frequently sweeping over Oklahoma on many mornings throughout the month. The most notable storm to hit Norman was one of the few to hit during the afternoon. The sky turned a very dark greenish color around 3pm on the 2nd as a severe thunderstorm moved in from the north, bringing winds strong enough to snap small branches off trees and dropping hailstones up to 1 inch in diameter. Small rotating thunderstorms embedded in a mass of tropical rain briefly developed over the area on the 9th, producing some wind damage and possible tornadoes east of the OKC area. Unseasonably cool air regularly moved into the area for much of the month due to the persistent trough that formed downstream of the strong ridge that built into Alaska and western Canada - there were several days where places in Alaska and northwestern Canada got up into the low to mid 90s while we here in Oklahoma only reached the low to mid 80s. Even Inuvik NT, north of the Arctic Circle and less than 50 miles from the Arctic Ocean, reached 86F during that heat wave. Not too often Alaska, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories see more days of temps of 85F or higher than Oklahoma the last two weeks of June.
Turlock CA had zero rainfall in June 2004, ending the 2003-04 season with 10.01 inches of rain. As mentioned last month, this was the 12th year in a row Turlock finished the rainfall season with more than 10 inches of rain....they just barely squeaked past that mark this year. Average annual rainfall for Turlock is 13.25 inches.