Today we picked up .07" of rain. That doesn't sound like much, but when you consider it is the 18th consecutive day with rain in Tulsa, it's pretty amazing! Keep in mind that represents a trace or more of rain. Some days it was just a few drops after midnight, but still counts as a tace of rain.
Daily we've been updating this graphic for our weathercasts. I was trying to find out if this broke any records so I looked through the Tulsa National Weather Service web site yesterday afternoon. Couldn't find any statistics on this, so I called them.
Turns out our 18 day streak does break the old record of 13 days. The 13 day streak was first set in May of 1935, then the 13 day streak was tied in April of 1957. Previous to that , 11 days held the record. This was set in Nov. 1931.
So far this streak has produced more than 5.2" of rain. I'm forecasting thunderstorms on Wednesday evening as a cold front moves in, so we will likely extend the streak to 19 days!
By the way, for they year we have received 16.02" or rain/snow and normal for the same period is 13.31". For May we've had 3.07" of rain which is 1.46" above normal.
Still, you know once the summer heat kicks in and we will all hope for just a little rain.
You just know we will.