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Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >

 

December Rainfall for Tulsa, Oklahoma

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 136 year period of December 1888 through December 2023

Wettest December was 8.70 recorded in 1984

Driest December was 0.00 recorded in 1889 and 1900

Difference between the wettest and driest December was 8.70

 

Driest December      Wettest December
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1889 0.00 71 1927 1.67
2 1900 0.00 72 1964 1.67
3 1908 0.05 73 2021 1.68
4 1919 0.07 74 1942 1.71
5 1893 0.10 75 1993 1.76
6 1996 0.10 76 2008 1.77
7 1910 0.16 77 1995 1.77
8 1950 0.16 78 2013 1.78
9 1981 0.20 79 1901 1.81
10 1917 0.22 80 1988 1.82
11 1945 0.26 81 2023 1.83
12 1989 0.26 82 2009 1.88
13 1955 0.29 83 1924 1.88
14 1962 0.36 84 1922 1.91
15 1951 0.38 85 1899 1.93
16 1904 0.43 86 2014 1.97
17 2016 0.44 87 1968 2.01
18 1979 0.45 88 1928 2.05
19 1938 0.50 89 1935 2.05
20 2005 0.52 90 1961 2.18
21 2010 0.55 91 2001 2.25
22 1976 0.55 92 1936 2.30
23 1931 0.59 93 1956 2.38
24 1925 0.60 94 1920 2.42
25 1983 0.61 95 1909 2.43
26 1912 0.67 96 2003 2.46
27 1952 0.74 97 1946 2.46
28 1978 0.78 98 1959 2.53
29 1958 0.82 99 1966 2.53
30 1905 0.83 100 2022 2.55
31 2012 0.85 101 2002 2.75
32 2004 0.85 102 1907 2.82
33 1896 0.90 103 1974 2.88
34 1977 0.93 104 1990 2.94
35 1929 0.94 105 1960 3.01
36 2019 0.96 106 1975 3.04
37 1986 0.97 107 1954 3.13
38 1937 0.98 108 1914 3.14
39 1963 0.98 109 1926 3.26
40 1891 1.00 110 2020 3.34
41 1934 1.02 111 1923 3.36
42 1947 1.03 112 1973 3.39
43 1972 1.03 113 1982 3.39
44 1906 1.05 114 1902 3.43
45 1915 1.05 115 1911 3.47
46 1897 1.08 116 2018 3.58
47 1903 1.09 117 1930 3.64
48 1939 1.09 118 1898 3.81
49 1890 1.10 119 2007 3.88
50 1921 1.12 120 1943 3.92
51 1967 1.12 121 1892 4.00
52 1970 1.15 122 1918 4.09
53 1953 1.17 123 2006 4.27
54 1994 1.21 124 1965 4.29
55 1933 1.26 125 1997 4.30
56 1894 1.30 126 1991 4.57
57 1948 1.35 127 1999 5.11
58 1980 1.37 128 1992 5.19
59 1985 1.39 129 1913 5.62
60 1940 1.42 130 1888 5.73
61 2017 1.43 131 1987 5.87
62 1916 1.43 132 1932 6.29
63 1949 1.44 133 1971 6.34
64 1957 1.44 134 1895 7.90
65 2011 1.45 135 2015 8.60
66 1944 1.48 136 1984 8.70
67 1941 1.53      
68 1998 1.57      
69 1969 1.62      
70 2000 1.62      
           
 
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1984 8.70 71 1944 1.48
2 2015 8.60 72 2011 1.45
3 1895 7.90 73 1949 1.44
4 1971 6.34 74 1957 1.44
5 1932 6.29 75 2017 1.43
6 1987 5.87 76 1916 1.43
7 1888 5.73 77 1940 1.42
8 1913 5.62 78 1985 1.39
9 1992 5.19 79 1980 1.37
10 1999 5.11 80 1948 1.35
11 1991 4.57 81 1894 1.30
12 1997 4.30 82 1933 1.26
13 1965 4.29 83 1994 1.21
14 2006 4.27 84 1953 1.17
15 1918 4.09 85 1970 1.15
16 1892 4.00 86 1921 1.12
17 1943 3.92 87 1967 1.12
18 2007 3.88 88 1890 1.10
19 1898 3.81 89 1903 1.09
20 1930 3.64 90 1939 1.09
21 2018 3.58 91 1897 1.08
22 1911 3.47 92 1906 1.05
23 1902 3.43 93 1915 1.05
24 1973 3.39 94 1947 1.03
25 1982 3.39 95 1972 1.03
26 1923 3.36 96 1934 1.02
27 2020 3.34 97 1891 1.00
28 1926 3.26 98 1937 0.98
29 1914 3.14 99 1963 0.98
30 1954 3.13 100 1986 0.97
31 1975 3.04 101 2019 0.96
32 1960 3.01 102 1929 0.94
33 1990 2.94 103 1977 0.93
34 1974 2.88 104 1896 0.90
35 1907 2.82 105 2012 0.85
36 2002 2.75 106 2004 0.85
37 2022 2.55 107 1905 0.83
38 1959 2.53 108 1958 0.82
39 1966 2.53 109 1978 0.78
40 2003 2.46 110 1952 0.74
41 1946 2.46 111 1912 0.67
42 1909 2.43 112 1983 0.61
43 1920 2.42 113 1925 0.60
44 1956 2.38 114 1931 0.59
45 1936 2.30 115 2010 0.55
46 2001 2.25 116 1976 0.55
47 1961 2.18 117 2005 0.52
48 1928 2.05 118 1938 0.50
49 1935 2.05 119 1979 0.45
50 1968 2.01 120 2016 0.44
51 2014 1.97 121 1904 0.43
52 1899 1.93 122 1951 0.38
53 1922 1.91 123 1962 0.36
54 2009 1.88 124 1955 0.29
55 1924 1.88 125 1945 0.26
56 2023 1.83 126 1989 0.26
57 1988 1.82 127 1917 0.22
58 1901 1.81 128 1981 0.20
59 2013 1.78 129 1910 0.16
60 2008 1.77 130 1950 0.16
61 1995 1.77 131 1893 0.10
62 1993 1.76 132 1996 0.10
63 1942 1.71 133 1919 0.07
64 2021 1.68 134 1908 0.05
65 1927 1.67 135 1889 0.00
66 1964 1.67 136 1900 0.00
67 1969 1.62      
68 2000 1.62      
69 1998 1.57      
70 1941 1.53      
           

 

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  Updated: January 18, 2024