Areas of Dangerous Heat and Severe Thunderstorms

Dangerous heat will persist across the Southwest U.S. through Friday with daytime highs of 110-115°F. Heat across the southern Plains will briefly ease to near-normal by late week before returning over much of the Plains into next week. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the Northeast U.S. on Thursday. Damaging wind, hail, and a tornado or two are possible. Read More >

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Year 2009

Tulsa: 2009 was the 39th coldest (60.1F, since 1905), 23rd wettest (46.12", since 1888), and 6th snowiest (19.4", since 1900) year on record.

Fort Smith: 2009 was the 58th coldest (61.3F), 12th wettest (56.46"), and 71st snowiest (3.0") year on record since 1882.

Fort Smith: The 2009 annual temperature was the same as the 2008 annual temperature.

River flooding occurred in 8 of the 12 months in 2009 and a total of 43 river floods occurred this year in eastern Oklahoma and northwest/west central Arkansas.

2009 rainfall totals ranged from around 35 inches from eastern Kay/Osage/Pawnee Counties to around 70 inches in far southeast Oklahoma, with a large portion of eastern Oklahoma and northwest/west central Arkansas receiving between 40 and 60 inches.

According to the Oklahoma Climatological Survey, for 2009, northeast OK was the 22nd wettest, east central OK was the 18th wettest, and southeast OK was the 8th wettest year on record (since 1921).

13 tornadoes occurred across eastern Oklahoma and northwest/west central Arkansas in 2009.

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Climate and Hydrology Highlights for 2009