regional weather discussion... Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain continue to move slowly northward through the Red River valley of southern Oklahoma. Through 6 am...the heaviest precipitation is expected to affect areas from around Marietta and Overbrook...eastward through Madill...to around Durant and Bokchito. Rainfall amounts of an inch or two will be possible in the heavier thunderstorms through 6 am. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue over the southern half of Oklahoma and parts of western North Texas as an upper low moves slowly southeastward over North Texas. Heavy rain will be possible...especially in areas of south central and southeast Oklahoma. Rainfall amounts are expected to be lighter across much of western North Texas northward into southwest and central Oklahoma.
Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming light and variable.
Thursday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
Saturday through Sunday Night
Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
Monday and Monday Night
Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows in the mid 60s.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Record Report
Statement as of 9:34 PM CDT on August 19, 2008
... Record warmest maximum temperature broken at Oklahoma City... ... All-time August rainfall record broken at Oklahoma City...
The record for the coldest maximum temperature for Oklahoma City for this date was 72 degrees... which had been set back in 1915. Today at Will Rogers World Airport... the high temperature has been 70 degrees... which has so far broken the 1915 record for the coldest maximum temperature for August 19th.
Precipitation records continue to break this month at Will Rogers World Airport... as another round of heavy rainfall moved through the Metro area today. Todays rainfall has so far totaled 2.95 inches at the current time... falling just short of the the record for August 19th. Last year on this date... Tropical Storm Erin produced 3.82 inches of rainfall... which is the 2nd highest rainfall total for August.
Although the daily record was not broken... the monthly August rainfall record has been broken. With todays total... the monthly accumulation was so far 9.51 inches. This breaks the previous monthly total of 8.34 inches set back in 1906.
Weather records for Oklahoma City date back to 1891.
