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Extreme Fire Weather Concerns; Severe Thunderstorms from the Plains to Mississippi Valley

Extremely critical fire weather concerns for portions of the southern High Plans as strong wind and very dry conditions could result in rapid spread of any fires. Meanwhile, severe thunderstorms are expected once again across areas of the Central and Southern Plains, then spreading in the Mississippi Valley regions on Monday. Damaging winds, very large hail and strong tornadoes are possible. Read More >

 

Winter (December, January, February) Rainfall for Tulsa, Oklahoma

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 138-year period of Winter 1888-89 through Winter 2025-26

  

Wettest Winter was 15.68 recorded in 1984-85

Driest Winter was 1.59 recorded in 2005-06

Difference between the wettest and driest Winter was 14.09

 

Driest Winter      Wettest Winter
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 2005-06 1.59 71 1944-45 4.99
2 2025-26 1.62 72 2016-17 5.04
3 1962-63 1.76 73 1972-73 5.16
4 1900-01 1.78 74 1956-57 5.44
5 1917-18 1.94 75 1912-13 5.45
6 1908-09 2.13 76 1967-68 5.46
7 2013-14 2.23 77 2012-13 5.57
8 1891-92 2.25 78 1920-21 5.66
9 1995-96 2.40 79 1923-24 5.75
10 1942-43 2.41 80 1949-50 5.78
11 1955-56 2.42 81 1945-46 5.78
12 1919-20 2.46 82 2001-02 5.82
13 1894-95 2.50 83 1998-99 5.84
14 1969-70 2.60 84 1928-29 5.86
15 1916-17 2.61 85 2023-24 5.99
16 1985-86 2.61 86 2003-04 6.02
17 1994-95 2.71 87 1904-05 6.12
18 1893-94 2.74 88 1918-19 6.14
19 1941-42 2.77 89 1911-12 6.17
20 1910-11 2.82 90 1950-51 6.18
21 1953-54 2.97 91 2009-10 6.27
22 1947-48 3.00 92 1898-99 6.31
23 1935-36 3.06 93 2000-01 6.33
24 1890-91 3.15 94 1930-31 6.35
25 1958-59 3.28 95 1991-92 6.37
26 1951-52 3.29 96 1959-60 6.40
27 2024-25 3.31 97 1954-55 6.45
28 1976-77 3.55 98 2020-21 6.47
29 1983-84 3.56 99 2004-05 6.47
30 1889-90 3.60 100 2017-18 6.51
31 1899-00 3.62 101 1960-61 6.53
32 1978-79 3.66 102 1892-93 6.61
33 2011-12 3.67 103 1970-71 6.70
34 2010-11 3.69 104 2007-08 6.77
35 1980-81 3.69 105 1902-03 6.91
36 1901-02 3.71 106 1929-30 6.96
37 1946-47 3.74 107 1971-72 7.00
38 1996-97 3.76 108 1936-37 7.02
39 1933-34 3.77 109 1988-89 7.02
40 1963-64 3.78 110 2022-23 7.20
41 1903-04 3.82 111 2019-20 7.23
42 1979-80 3.84 112 1965-66 7.33
43 1925-26 4.01 113 1989-90 7.33
44 1905-06 4.02 114 1999-00 7.33
45 1952-53 4.03 115 1973-74 7.35
46 1938-39 4.06 116 1913-14 7.49
47 1957-58 4.08 117 1931-32 7.70
48 1975-76 4.09 118 1937-38 7.73
49 1934-35 4.16 119 2006-07 7.77
50 1939-40 4.24 120 1986-87 7.90
51 1896-97 4.27 121 1987-88 8.01
52 2014-15 4.29 122 1997-98 8.08
53 1981-82 4.45 123 1926-27 8.19
54 1906-07 4.54 124 1982-83 8.32
55 1927-28 4.58 125 1932-33 8.50
56 1977-78 4.58 126 1897-98 8.55
57 1921-22 4.59 127 1915-16 8.63
58 1924-25 4.62 128 2018-19 8.65
59 1993-94 4.65 129 1943-44 8.67
60 2002-03 4.65 130 1895-96 8.70
61 1964-65 4.68 131 1974-75 8.93
62 1966-67 4.69 132 1888-89 9.52
63 2008-09 4.73 133 1907-08 9.79
64 2021-22 4.79 134 2015-16 9.80
65 1990-91 4.79 135 1992-93 10.10
66 1909-10 4.81 136 1914-15 10.31
67 1922-23 4.86 137 1948-49 10.46
68 1940-41 4.91 138 1984-85 15.68
69 1961-62 4.95      
70 1968-69 4.98      
           
 
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1984-85 15.68 71 1940-41 4.91
2 1948-49 10.46 72 1922-23 4.86
3 1914-15 10.31 73 1909-10 4.81
4 1992-93 10.10 74 2021-22 4.79
5 2015-16 9.80 75 1990-91 4.79
6 1907-08 9.79 76 2008-09 4.73
7 1888-89 9.52 77 1966-67 4.69
8 1974-75 8.93 78 1964-65 4.68
9 1895-96 8.70 79 1993-94 4.65
10 1943-44 8.67 80 2002-03 4.65
11 2018-19 8.65 81 1924-25 4.62
12 1915-16 8.63 82 1921-22 4.59
13 1897-98 8.55 83 1927-28 4.58
14 1932-33 8.50 84 1977-78 4.58
15 1982-83 8.32 85 1906-07 4.54
16 1926-27 8.19 86 1981-82 4.45
17 1997-98 8.08 87 2014-15 4.29
18 1987-88 8.01 88 1896-97 4.27
19 1986-87 7.90 89 1939-40 4.24
20 2006-07 7.77 90 1934-35 4.16
21 1937-38 7.73 91 1975-76 4.09
22 1931-32 7.70 92 1957-58 4.08
23 1913-14 7.49 93 1938-39 4.06
24 1973-74 7.35 94 1952-53 4.03
25 1965-66 7.33 95 1905-06 4.02
26 1989-90 7.33 96 1925-26 4.01
27 1999-00 7.33 97 1979-80 3.84
28 2019-20 7.23 98 1903-04 3.82
29 2022-23 7.20 99 1963-64 3.78
30 1936-37 7.02 100 1933-34 3.77
31 1988-89 7.02 101 1996-97 3.76
32 1971-72 7.00 102 1946-47 3.74
33 1929-30 6.96 103 1901-02 3.71
34 1902-03 6.91 104 2010-11 3.69
35 2007-08 6.77 105 1980-81 3.69
36 1970-71 6.70 106 2011-12 3.67
37 1892-93 6.61 107 1978-79 3.66
38 1960-61 6.53 108 1899-00 3.62
39 2017-18 6.51 109 1889-90 3.60
40 2020-21 6.47 110 1983-84 3.56
41 2004-05 6.47 111 1976-77 3.55
42 1954-55 6.45 112 2024-25 3.31
43 1959-60 6.40 113 1951-52 3.29
44 1991-92 6.37 114 1958-59 3.28
45 1930-31 6.35 115 1890-91 3.15
46 2000-01 6.33 116 1935-36 3.06
47 1898-99 6.31 117 1947-48 3.00
48 2009-10 6.27 118 1953-54 2.97
49 1950-51 6.18 119 1910-11 2.82
50 1911-12 6.17 120 1941-42 2.77
51 1918-19 6.14 121 1893-94 2.74
52 1904-05 6.12 122 1994-95 2.71
53 2003-04 6.02 123 1916-17 2.61
54 2023-24 5.99 124 1985-86 2.61
55 1928-29 5.86 125 1969-70 2.60
56 1998-99 5.84 126 1894-95 2.50
57 2001-02 5.82 127 1919-20 2.46
58 1945-46 5.78 128 1955-56 2.42
59 1949-50 5.78 129 1942-43 2.41
60 1923-24 5.75 130 1995-96 2.40
61 1920-21 5.66 131 1891-92 2.25
62 2012-13 5.57 132 2013-14 2.23
63 1967-68 5.46 133 1908-09 2.13
64 1912-13 5.45 134 1917-18 1.94
65 1956-57 5.44 135 1900-01 1.78
66 1972-73 5.16 136 1962-63 1.76
67 2016-17 5.04 137 2025-26 1.62
68 1944-45 4.99 138 2005-06 1.59
69 1968-69 4.98      
70 1961-62 4.95      
           

 

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