Monthly Climatological Summary
Norman 3SE, Cleveland Co., OK (Lat 35^10'57"N, Lon 97^25'27"W, elev 1130)
December 2004
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Temperature Precipitation Snow AM PM
Max Min Water Snow Depth Wx Wx
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01 55.0 24.8 .00 0.0 0 SKC FEW
02 50.0 29.1 .00 0.0 0 SKC FEW
03 52.9 25.3 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
04 57.2 26.6 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
05 57.2 43.2 .17 0.0 0 -RA FG BKN
06 60.1 46.4 .57 0.0 0 BKN +TSRA
07 58.6 36.5 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
08 61.7 43.0 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
09 65.1 36.3 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
10 56.1 40.5 .00 0.0 0 SKC SKC
11 56.8 31.3 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
12 63.7 34.3 .00 0.0 0 SKC SKC
13 45.1 31.3 .00 0.0 0 SKC FEW
14 41.2 23.5 .00 0.0 0 SKC FEW
15 45.7 20.7 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
16 52.5 32.5 .00 0.0 0 BKN SKC
17 56.1 27.9 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
18 60.1 36.5 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
19 42.4 30.4 .00 0.0 0 SKC SKC
20 65.8 32.4 .00 0.0 0 SKC SCT
21 52.5 33.3 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
22 33.4 17.1 .05 0.6 1 -SN BKN
23 27.9 12.6 T T T BKN -SN
24 28.4 10.2 T T T -SN SCT
25 48.7 18.1 .00 0.0 0 SCT SCT
26 61.2 24.4 .00 0.0 0 SKC BKN
27 57.2 36.3 .00 0.0 0 BKN BKN
28 60.6 39.6 .00 0.0 0 OVC SCT
29 65.7 46.6 .00 0.0 0 BKN OVC
30 69.1 53.2 .00 0.0 0 BKN SCT
31 70.0 50.7 .00 0.0 0 SCT BKN
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, DZ - drizzle, SN -
snow.
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Means and Totals for December 2004
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Average Maximum Temperature: 54.1
Average Minimum Temperature: 32.1
Mean Temperature: 43.1
Maximum Temperature: 70.0 (12-31-04)
Minimum Temperature: 10.2 (12-24-04)
Days with max temperature 90.0F+: 0 Year: 45
Days with max temperature <32.0F: 2 Year: 4
Days with min temperature <32.0F: 15 Year: 53
Days with min temperature <0.0F: 0 Year: 0
Precipitation: .79 Year: 37.74
Greatest one-day precipitation: .57 (12-06-04)
Snowfall: 0.6 Year: 0.6
Greatest one-day snowfall: 0.6 (12-22-04)
Maximum snow depth at midnight: 1 (12-22-04)
Days with measureable pcpn: 3 Year: 98
Days with pcpn 1.00"+: 0 Year: 10
Days with measureable snowfall: 1 Year: 1
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: 1 Year: 50
Days with fog: 1 Year: 25
NOTICE: All temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit and all precipitation values in inches. Snowfall totals denoted by an asterisk indicate hail.
Summary...December 2004 was a dry and mostly mild month in central Oklahoma, which featured some brief cold spells. A rather intense Arctic blast affected the area from the 22nd through the 25th, and was followed by a quick return to springlike conditions with temperatures the final three days of the month more like March or April than late December. Widespread rain and thunderstorm occurred throughout the state on the 6th, while snow fell through the southern half of the state (even in Norman) on the 22nd.
Turlock CA had 3.82 inches of rain during Dec 2004, with 3.00 inches falling in the final five days of the month. The 2004-05 season total was 7.02 inches at the end of the month