Rainfall Map Oklahoma (2024)

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The dominant feature of the spatial distribution of rainfall is a sharp decrease in rainfall from east to west. Although precipitation is quite variable on a year-to-year basis, average annual precipitation ranges from about 17 inches in the far western panhandle to about 56 inches in the far southeast.

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It's official: 2015 is Oklahoma's wettest year on record.

The greatest official rainfall in a 24-hour period is 15.68 inches at Enid on October 11, 1973. The character of precipitation also varies by season.

Evaporation increases as the atmosphere warms, which increases humidity, average rainfall, and the frequency of heavy rainstorms in many places—but contributes to drought in others. While most of the earth warmed during the last century, natural cycles and sulfates in the air cooled eastern Oklahoma.

Measurable precipitation averages between 1 and about 5 inches a month, with heaviest rainfall in May, June and September. Snowfall averages less than 10 inches per year and seldom remains on the ground very long.

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On Feb. 10, 2011 the record for the coldest temperature ever in Oklahoma was set in Nowata at -31 degrees.

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A major producer of natural gas, oil, and agricultural products, Oklahoma relies on an economic base of aviation, energy, telecommunications, and biotechnology. Oklahoma City and Tulsa serve as Oklahoma's primary economic anchors, with nearly two-thirds of Oklahomans living within their metropolitan statistical areas.

For Oklahoma, July is statistically the hottest month of the entire year.

The largest industries by revenue in Oklahoma are Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction, Gasoline & Petroleum Wholesaling and Petroleum Refining, which generated $53.1b, $44.4b and $18.6b in 2024.

According to Guinness World Records, the place with the highest average annual rainfall is the village of Mawsynram in northeastern India, which receives nearly 12,000mm of rain per year (Cardiff, in comparison, receives just 1,150mm).

The climate of Oklahoma is continental. Warm, moist air moving northward from the Gulf of Mexico often exerts much influence, particularly over the southern and eastern portions of the state where humidity, cloudiness, and precipitation are resultantly greater than in western and northern sections.

On Feb. 10, 2011 the record for the coldest temperature ever in Oklahoma was set in Nowata at -31 degrees.

Oklahoma City lies in a temperate humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa), with frequent variations in weather daily and seasonally, except during the consistently hot and humid summer months. Consistent winds, usually from the south or south-southeast during the summer, help temper the hotter weather.