From: NewsOK.com
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Oklahoma was set today.
The Oklahoma Mesonet weather station at Nowata reached minus 31 degrees Fahrenheit actual temperature at 7:40 a.m. today. That will be considered for the official state record.
That mark eclipses the previous all-time record low state temperature of minus 27 degrees, set at at Vinita, Feb. 13, 1905, and Watts, Jan. 18, 1930.
Also, the Mesonet station at Medford recorded a wind chill of minus 47 degrees at 7:45 a.m. setting a Mesonet record.
The Oklahoma Mesonet, which began in 1994, has 120 stations throughout Oklahoma.
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Hey Watts, you just went down! 🙂
Where is the -31F:
“That’s me in the corner. That’s me in the spotlight. I’m Losing my global warming religion…
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Fahrenheit scale sucks.
For the rest, it is -35°C.
Any stock picks in the plumbing industry?
5, 4, 3, 2, 1
“In other news today, Al Gore explained the at the record cold temperatures in Oklahoma today are actually caused by runaway Global Warming and this was predicted many years ago by all Mr. Gore, but just overlooked.
But the high CO2 level makes it feel a lot warmer!
You know….
When they break a high record by one degree, you hear it everywhere….
4 degrees below the 81 year record, and not a word
Just in time to coincide with Sen. Jim Inhofe’s announcement of his upcoming book release, titled “The Hoax”!
http://www.newsok.com/oklahoma-u.s.-sen.-jim-inhofe-promotes-global-warming-skepticism-and-his-book-at-house-hearing/article/3539479?custom_click=pod_lead_politics
I broke -20 last night, that broke the record here in NW Arkansas, we also broke the snow record yesterday. Not bad. I went to bed with them calling for 2-5 inches of snow….we ended up with 25.5 inches.
The last time a state set an all time temperature record was 16 years ago…
Half of the all time state records are still set in the 1930’s, but I am sure that the United States is still much warmer today than back then. All the station data says that we are much warmer today than back in the 1930’s.
[ryanm: where are you getting your info from? even Wikipedia has a different story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state_temperature_extremes ]
So global warming is turning Oklahoma into Siberia…. and that was real measured temperature not wind chills…wow
I think I’ll go put on another jacket…
I’m nowhere near Oklahoma, but that just makes me feel colder. Brrrrrr…..
That site is obviously in a highly unrepresentative micro-climate. Interesting, but not suitable for accurate climate predictions. Either that, or somebody put a block of dry ice next to the sensor.
But all true believers in AGW know that record cold is merely weather and not a sign of global warming/climate change/ climate disruption.
Now if it had been record hot ….
Sigh
Richard
“That mark eclipses the previous all-time record low state temperature of minus 27 degrees, set at at Vinita, Feb. 13, 1905, and Watts, Jan. 18, 1930.”
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Anthony – they starting naming weather stations after you before you existed. I’m impressed.
REPLY: Oh, I existed, but in a state of widely scattered atoms – Anthony
I’m getting cold just reading all of your comment. It makes one want to go a warm-weather vacation … in the Arctic.
First, -31 in either Fahrenheit or Centigrade is really, really cold. Second, Fahrenheit works better for weather since the majority of measurements fall within the range of 0 to 100, and is a bit higher resolution eliminating the need for fractions. Third, it is a trivial conversion. You are just not accustomed to its use.
All records are unofficial until reviewed by Hansen. /sarc
Note that five stations in Oklahoma either tied or exceeded the previous all-time state record low, including Bartlesville which is not shown on the included temperature map (nor are other ASOS sites such as Tulsa, etc.). So, even if the -31F at Nowata were thrown out, there would still be plenty of other sites to choose from. The most impressive temperature on that map may be the -22F at Bixby, on the south side of Tulsa. It is quite evident though that the sites in valleys are far colder than those in higher elevation areas, as would be expected with an arctic air mass, calm winds, and 10-30″ of snow on the ground in most areas.
It’s the winter tornadoes sucking all the hot air up which must be replaced by cold air from the shrinking arctic. Nothing new–citrus groves are dying from Georgia to Texas–have been for decades. But CO2 beats a fog pot any day. Sarc my ass.
For those interested, this is the Nowata Mesonet Station:
http://www.mesonet.org/index.php/sites/site_description/nowa
The Oklahoma Mesonet uses standardized sites that report automatically every few minutes.
OK S.
Rest assured that, no matter how cold it gets, GISS will adjust it to the Warmest Evah.
http://www.wunderground.com/global/AA.html
That’s the Antarctica page. It seems many of the temps there are warmer than Oklahoma.
Did Al make an unscheduled appearance in Oklahoma yesterday?
Its been a bit unseasonably cold up north of the 45th, -10F or worse since Sat., but -31F in OK? ‘Unprecedented cooling’ if you ask them.
Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Oklahoma: -31F today
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1. How much more AGW do you people need to come out of denial!
or,
2. Since it’s been proven that, at least for 2010/11, cold winter=global warming, why are you posting this in support of a skeptical view? Seems like what you’re doing is just showing us how extreme the heat is getting due to that massive blanket of CO2 over our heads!
or (this might be the last one),
3. How do you people get off cherry picking local temperatures that are clearly just weather. It’s not like us warmists did that during the Russian heatw… oh, well… go back to number two and STFU!!!
Looking at the panoramic photo by clicking the, “View panorama of this site” link from the Oklahoma Mesonet web location for the Nowata station (http://www.mesonet.org/index.php/sites/site_description/nowa); wow, that’s a pretty nice looking station located in a fairly representative area of the local geography. Anyways; Burrrrr!
rbateman says:
February 10, 2011 at 10:58 am
Rest assured that, no matter how cold it gets, GISS will adjust it to the Warmest Evah.
He may not get the chance. The GOP has called for a reduction of $379million in NASA’s budget.