The Weather/Climate Thread

[Joe Biden 2020]

So, it looks like the Oklahoma drought is returning.  One of the worst droughts in Oklahoma history in 2010 and 2011 was practically eliminated over the 2011-2012 winter when we had plenty of rain.  However, May, which is normally our wettest month of the year has been anything but.  We have had rain events, but minor ones.  We average over 4.5" for the month and we're sub-1.75" with only a week to go in the month.  We had a surplus of rainfall for the year of upwards of 6" at the close of April, but now that is down to 2.5" surplus as we're starting to head into our dry summer.  The temperatures have increased drying out the soil and the Oklahoma wind has not helped any.  With the uncertainty over El Nino this summer and the drought re-developing it remains to be seen if we're going to have a lot of 105+ degree days or if we're going to be closer to 100 average for the summer.  Our average high for July is 95 degrees, but we are rarely average in Oklahoma.  Last summer, average meant nothing.