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Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

 

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

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 137-year period of Winter 1888-89 through Winter 2024-25

  

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

 

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