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That's from a hard freeze with snow flurries to 100F in 15 days!
**also: no snow on 1 May this year, lowest temperature in May this year was 34F on the 2nd and it was sunny. Still very impressive at that latitude though!
Currently 96 F/36 C in Guymon. Both Guymon and Amarillo will be in the mid-to-upper 90s tomorrow as well. Middle of the week? Struggling to reach 70 F/21 C during the day and down to near 40 F/4 C overnight. Not as extreme as swings seen during other times of the year, but impressive nonetheless.
It took you 2/3 of the way from summer to winter to notice? I start to notice in mid-late August.
It did get into the mid-80s here today, but with the wind it wasn't too bad.
I prefer sun angles to be lower in the sky, preferably along and north of 45N latitude at the minimum. I'm at a low latitude presently by my standards (38.5N), and the sunny pattern has been non-stop since mid to late Summer. It has been rather intolerable, since I moved from a more northerly location at 43.2N previously.
It's like 10° hotter around Guymon,OK and Liberal,KS than here in Phoenix!!!
We are currently at 90° with Mostly Cloudy skies,
Humidity 17%, Dewpoint 37° and the heat index is 86°
The panhandles of OK, TX, and SW KS probably have about the worst overall climate of any area in the US for those that like any remote degree of normalcy and predictability. Also, with overall temperatures increasing, those areas will be at risk for desertification in the coming decades as annual average precipitation is 10-15 inches at best with an extremely high evaporation rate due to low latitude.
The panhandles of OK, TX, and SW KS probably have about the worst overall climate of any area in the US for those that like any remote degree of normalcy and predictability. Also, with overall temperatures increasing, those areas will be at risk for desertification in the coming decades as annual average precipitation is 10-15 inches at best with an extremely high evaporation rate due to low latitude.
I agree that Northern Texas/OK/Kansas have atrocious climates. Tulsa for example has a record high of 32c in February and a record low of -26c That is the dumbest **** ever I swear. One day you're baking cookies on the sidewalk and the next day you're wrapped up in five layers Who the **** thought it was a good idea to build a city there??
Who the **** thought it was a good idea to build a city there??
Native Americans because they had been driven west on the Trail of Tears and really had no other choice and oil drillers who didn't care about the crazy climate because the only thoughts on their minds were "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$".
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The panhandles of OK, TX, and SW KS probably have about the worst overall climate of any area in the US for those that like any remote degree of normalcy and predictability. Also, with overall temperatures increasing, those areas will be at risk for desertification in the coming decades as annual average precipitation is 10-15 inches at best with an extremely high evaporation rate due to low latitude.
Denver is right up there in terms of instability. You have snow from October (sometimes Sep) until May. And even look at this week. They were in the mid 80s today, down to the 50s by Thursday! Meanwhile, we will be on cruise control with steady low 90's the next 7 days
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Native Americans because they had been driven west on the Trail of Tears and really had no other choice and oil drillers who didn't care about the crazy climate because the only thoughts on their minds were "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$".
It was ironic that OK. went from being one big Indian Res to a state once the white man found something he actually wanted there, before that, it was the crapland and the indians could have it
Get ready... The Roller coaster is climbing up the hill now,....up.....up.... Hang on ... Get ready to say "WEEEEEEEEEE"
After this warm period Euro00z says cold is coming and not for 1-2 days. Temps at 4000' in the 20s or near freezing = 40s/50s at the surface during the day. 20s/30s at night. (unless there's clouds at night)
And is that moisture I see while it's below freezing aloft? Soon... very soon.
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