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Old 06-01-2012, 12:19 PM
 
Location: Washington, DC area
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Old 06-01-2012, 05:41 PM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC (in my mind)
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I must have lots of trees that is why I don't care for Oklahoma City's climate. Bordering on the semi-arid to say the least.
It's interesting OKC's terrain is near semi-arid. Norman averages 38 inches of rain per year while Kansas City only gets 29 inches. OKC is wetter, but you also have usually a couple of rain free months during the summer in OKC while KC gets pretty reliable overnight showers in July and August. I think the distribution of the rainfall is why KC is greener, has taller trees, etc. KC also gets more snow in the winter while OKC gets more ice.

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Tulsa wants to BE LIKE Charlotte NC , and I can say this having past thur Charlotte in 1976 Tulsa is just like that Charlotte NC.If you some day want to be like somebody you have to compare yourself to them....LOL , oh and by the way don't let Kansas City over inflate it's population it's smaller than OKC and Lil Sister TULSA combined...LOL
I wouldn't suggest Tulsa or OKC go the way of Charlotte. Cities need strong, DIVERSE economies to thrive long-term, and Charlotte had all its eggs in one basket (banking). When that sector collapses, it takes the city with it. I honestly think Charlotte is about to go through what Houston did in the 1980s. The cities doing well in this recession are cities with diversified economies.

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Old 06-01-2012, 07:01 PM
 
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It's interesting OKC's terrain is near semi-arid. Norman averages 38 inches of rain per year while Kansas City only gets 29 inches. OKC is wetter, but you also have usually a couple of rain free months during the summer in OKC while KC gets pretty reliable overnight showers in July and August. I think the distribution of the rainfall is why KC is greener, has taller trees, etc. KC also gets more snow in the winter while OKC gets more ice.

Where do you get the idea that Oklahoma City is near "semi-arid"? That's not remotely true.
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Old 06-01-2012, 07:02 PM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC (in my mind)
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Where do you get the idea that Oklahoma City is near "semi-arid"? That's not remotely true.
Its not, but it can appear that way sometimes especially in late summer. The rainfall averages OKC gets on paper suggests a greener terrain than what is, and a climate averaging 38 inches per year is not semi-arid, especially compared to Kansas City's 29 inches. What makes all the difference is the way the rain is distributed throughout the year. OKC gets more rainfall but its less consistent. Kansas City gets less rainfall but its pretty reliable, creating a greener terrain and taller trees.
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Old 06-03-2012, 08:26 AM
 
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Grass can go dormant if it's too dry during the peak weeks of the summer. that's hardly arid.

It was maybe closer to arid last summer with the record heat and drought, but that heat was far and away a record and the drought is now long over.
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Old 06-07-2012, 09:29 PM
 
Location: Bentonville, AR
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Its not, but it can appear that way sometimes especially in late summer. The rainfall averages OKC gets on paper suggests a greener terrain than what is, and a climate averaging 38 inches per year is not semi-arid, especially compared to Kansas City's 29 inches. What makes all the difference is the way the rain is distributed throughout the year. OKC gets more rainfall but its less consistent. Kansas City gets less rainfall but its pretty reliable, creating a greener terrain and taller trees.
Your rainfall stats are completely wrong. Kc gets more rain. It's a significant amount and easily noted on about every website pertaining to rainfall.
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Old 06-07-2012, 09:36 PM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC (in my mind)
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Your rainfall stats are completely wrong. Kc gets more rain. It's a significant amount and easily noted on about every website pertaining to rainfall.
A hobby of mine is studying climate and weather. The Wikipedia climograph showed 29 inches for the longest time but it appears the actual amount is 38 inches. I guess you can't always trust Wikipedia.
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Old 06-07-2012, 09:44 PM
 
Location: Bentonville, AR
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A hobby of mine is studying climate and weather. The Wikipedia climograph showed 29 inches for the longest time but it appears the actual amount is 38 inches. I guess you can't always trust Wikipedia.
Okc can be very green but two factors make kc appear much more lush. Kc has much taller mature trees due to rainfall that is more consistent and less storms that destroy trees. The second is Bermuda grass is very difficult to maintain green color in July and August. Whereas the fescue in kc is a much deeper color. I was in okc two days ago. Its very green. Unfortunately it comes with a price. This time the price was huge hail.
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Old 06-08-2012, 10:37 AM
 
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I think at this point last year, we had maybe 6 inches of rain (versus 15 inches on average), so everything was pretty brown.

In 2010, half the summer OKC was under some sort of flood warning.

I wouldn't rate OKC as particularly dry, but Central Oklahoma is on a very tight rain gradient. The average rainfall varies greatly between Shawnee and El Reno, which is like 60 miles. Any slight shift in this demarcation line between wet and dry can be the difference between OKC flooding and baking in a drought.

The clash between wet and dry climates over this area is one of the main reasons OKC has such violent weather in the springtime. Anyone who lives in OKC will get acquainted quickly with the term "dryline" in spring.
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Old 06-09-2012, 07:04 AM
 
Location: Bentonville, AR
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I think at this point last year, we had maybe 6 inches of rain (versus 15 inches on average), so everything was pretty brown.

In 2010, half the summer OKC was under some sort of flood warning.

I wouldn't rate OKC as particularly dry, but Central Oklahoma is on a very tight rain gradient. The average rainfall varies greatly between Shawnee and El Reno, which is like 60 miles. Any slight shift in this demarcation line between wet and dry can be the difference between OKC flooding and baking in a drought.

The clash between wet and dry climates over this area is one of the main reasons OKC has such violent weather in the springtime. Anyone who lives in OKC will get acquainted quickly with the term "dryline" in spring.
So true. Western Oklahoma reminds me a lot of New Mexico and parts of Utah. Just without the mountains . However eastern Oklahoma resembles much of the hilly green terrain of the eastern US. I would love to know what a person who has never seen Oklahoma would think if they through Oklahoma entering in the panhandle and exited in the SE part of the state.
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