Monthly Climatological Summary Norman 3SE, Cleveland Co., OK (Lat 35^10'57"N, Lon 97^25'27"W, elev 1130) October 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Temperature Precipitation Snow AM PM Max Min Water Snow Depth Wx Wx ------------------------------------------------------------------ 01 80.2 58.5 .13 0.0 0 TSRA SCT 02 69.6 46.2 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT 03 79.2 44.1 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN 04 78.8 58.3 .21 0.0 0 TSRA SCT 05 81.3 54.5 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN 06 78.4 59.7 T 0.0 0 BKN -RA 07 80.6 64.9 T 0.0 0 -DZ BKN 08 84.0 61.0 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN 09 73.9 61.2 .13 0.0 0 FG -RA 10 63.0 58.8 2.38 0.0 0 +RA +RA 11 64.9 52.3 .05 0.0 0 -RA OVC 12 69.3 46.8 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT 13 71.1 47.5 .18 0.0 0 SCT -RA 14 62.2 42.6 T 0.0 0 SKC FEW 15 74.3 47.3 .00 0.0 0 SCT FEW 16 66.7 44.4 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT 17 75.4 47.8 .00 0.0 0 BKN OVC 18 81.3 59.4 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT 19 66.7 54.9 .00 0.0 0 FG BKN 20 72.3 55.4 .00 0.0 0 OVC BKN 21 86.0 57.6 .00 0.0 0 FG BKN 22 76.6 65.5 .07 0.0 0 -RA -RA 23 73.6 50.0 .00 0.0 0 SCT SKC 24 81.1 45.3 .00 0.0 0 SKC BKN 25 79.5 66.4 T 0.0 0 OVC -RA 26 77.4 67.1 .12 0.0 0 -RA BKN 27 75.2 66.7 .27 0.0 0 FG TSRA 28 81.0 69.3 T 0.0 0 -RA BKN 29 82.8 56.3 .00 0.0 0 OVC SCT 30 70.2 46.0 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN 31 68.0 59.5 .71 0.0 0 -RA +TSRA 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Means and Totals for October 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Average Maximum Temperature: 75.0 Average Minimum Temperature: 55.3 Mean Temperature: 65.2 Maximum Temperature: 86.0 (10-21-04) Minimum Temperature: 42.6 (10-24-04) Days with max temperature 90.0F+: 0 Year: 45 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: 4.25 Year: 31.10 Greatest one-day precipitation: 2.38 (10-10-04) Snowfall: 0.0 Year: T Greatest one-day snowfall: 0.0 Maximum snow depth at midnight: 0 Days with measureable pcpn: 10 Year: 78 Days with pcpn 1.00"+: 1 Year: 9 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: 0 Year: 3 Days with hail: 0 Year: 3 Days with thunderstorms: 4 Year: 48 Days with fog: 4 Year: 19
NOTICE: All temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit and all precipitation values in inches. Snowfall totals denoted by an asterisk indicate hail.
Summary....October 2004 brought mild temperatures and a good deal of wet weather to central Oklahoma. The warmest part of the month occurred the last week and a half of the month, where the area saw several days of humidity more typical of July/August. More than half of the month's rain fell on the 10th, although it was quite wet throughout the month with a trace or more of rain falling on 15 out of 31 days this month.
Although they did not nearly get as much rain as parts of the Bay Area and Los Angeles area, Turlock CA had quite a bit of rain in Oct 2004 as well. A total of 1.79 inches fell during the month. A total of .86 inch fell during an unseasonably strong early season storm on the 18th-19th, which also produced 37 mph winds and caused minor tree damage throughout the area. The 2004-05 season total through the end of the month was 1.87 inches.