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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 >

 

January Rainfall for Tulsa, Oklahoma

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 137 year period of January 1888 through January 2024

 

Wettest January was 6.74 recorded in 1916

Driest January was 0.00 recorded in 1986

Difference between the wettest and driest January was 6.74

 

Driest January      Wettest January
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1986 0.00 71 1977 1.43
2 1943 TRACE 72 1944 1.44
3 1912 0.04 73 1991 1.47
4 2014 0.13 74 1918 1.49
5 2003 0.14 75 1967 1.51
6 1936 0.14 76 2013 1.54
7 1972 0.17 77 1923 1.54
8 1942 0.21 78 1965 1.56
9 1976 0.21 79 1913 1.60
10 1997 0.25 80 1957 1.60
11 2018 0.26 81 1908 1.61
12 1903 0.30 82 1941 1.63
13 1948 0.38 83 1969 1.63
14 1970 0.41 84 1894 1.64
15 1911 0.43 85 1935 1.71
16 1900 0.47 86 1958 1.78
17 1914 0.47 87 1938 1.82
18 1996 0.47 88 1950 1.86
19 1917 0.48 89 1934 1.87
20 1992 0.48 90 1922 1.95
21 1892 0.50 91 1925 1.98
22 1896 0.50 92 1953 2.02
23 1919 0.50 93 1951 2.07
24 2022 0.55 94 1979 2.07
25 1940 0.55 95 1980 2.07
26 2011 0.57 96 1921 2.09
27 2016 0.61 97 2001 2.09
28 2012 0.61 98 1920 2.11
29 1964 0.63 99 1929 2.16
30 1945 0.64 100 1987 2.21
31 1961 0.66 101 1915 2.24
32 2009 0.68 102 2007 2.27
33 1994 0.68 103 1993 2.28
34 1928 0.69 104 1906 2.34
35 1966 0.69 105 1890 2.35
36 1981 0.69 106 2010 2.36
37 1901 0.71 107 2004 2.36
38 2006 0.72 108 2021 2.41
39 2015 0.75 109 1939 2.56
40 1931 0.76 110 1926 2.60
41 1955 0.77 111 1975 2.61
42 1959 0.77 112 2002 2.67
43 1974 0.79 113 1904 2.73
44 1978 0.81 114 1990 2.93
45 1899 0.82 115 1989 2.94
46 1909 0.85 116 1983 2.95
47 2008 0.88 117 2024 3.00
48 1947 0.88 118 1999 3.01
49 2000 0.89 119 1927 3.11
50 1952 0.91 120 1905 3.14
51 1954 0.93 121 1968 3.26
52 1995 0.93 122 1907 3.29
53 1897 0.97 123 1973 3.39
54 1956 0.98 124 2017 3.42
55 1963 0.98 125 1946 3.43
56 1891 1.00 126 1998 3.48
57 1984 1.00 127 1889 3.54
58 1924 1.07 128 1930 3.55
59 1988 1.11 129 1982 3.58
60 1910 1.18 130 2005 3.69
61 1895 1.20 131 2019 3.84
62 1902 1.20 132 1937 4.47
63 1960 1.22 133 1898 4.62
64 1985 1.24 134 2020 4.90
65 1933 1.26 135 1932 5.95
66 2023 1.33 136 1949 6.65
67 1962 1.33 137 1916 6.74
68 1888 1.35      
69 1893 1.36      
70 1971 1.37      
           
 
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1916 6.74 71 2023 1.33
2 1949 6.65 72 1962 1.33
3 1932 5.95 73 1933 1.26
4 2020 4.90 74 1985 1.24
5 1898 4.62 75 1960 1.22
6 1937 4.47 76 1895 1.20
7 2019 3.84 77 1902 1.20
8 2005 3.69 78 1910 1.18
9 1982 3.58 79 1988 1.11
10 1930 3.55 80 1924 1.07
11 1889 3.54 81 1891 1.00
12 1998 3.48 82 1984 1.00
13 1946 3.43 83 1956 0.98
14 2017 3.42 84 1963 0.98
15 1973 3.39 85 1897 0.97
16 1907 3.29 86 1954 0.93
17 1968 3.26 87 1995 0.93
18 1905 3.14 88 1952 0.91
19 1927 3.11 89 2000 0.89
20 1999 3.01 90 2008 0.88
21 2024 3.00 91 1947 0.88
22 1983 2.95 92 1909 0.85
23 1989 2.94 93 1899 0.82
24 1990 2.93 94 1978 0.81
25 1904 2.73 95 1974 0.79
26 2002 2.67 96 1955 0.77
27 1975 2.61 97 1959 0.77
28 1926 2.60 98 1931 0.76
29 1939 2.56 99 2015 0.75
30 2021 2.41 100 2006 0.72
31 2010 2.36 101 1901 0.71
32 2004 2.36 102 1928 0.69
33 1890 2.35 103 1966 0.69
34 1906 2.34 104 1981 0.69
35 1993 2.28 105 2009 0.68
36 2007 2.27 106 1994 0.68
37 1915 2.24 107 1961 0.66
38 1987 2.21 108 1945 0.64
39 1929 2.16 109 1964 0.63
40 1920 2.11 110 2016 0.61
41 1921 2.09 111 2012 0.61
42 2001 2.09 112 2011 0.57
43 1951 2.07 113 2022 0.55
44 1979 2.07 114 1940 0.55
45 1980 2.07 115 1892 0.50
46 1953 2.02 116 1896 0.50
47 1925 1.98 117 1919 0.50
48 1922 1.95 118 1917 0.48
49 1934 1.87 119​ 1992 0.48
50 1950 1.86 120 1900 0.47
51 1938 1.82 121 1914 0.47
52 1958 1.78 122 1996 0.47
53 1935 1.71 123 1911 0.43
54 1894 1.64 124 1970 0.41
55 1941 1.63 125 1948 0.38
56 1969 1.63 126 1903 0.30
57 1908 1.61 127 2018 0.26
58 1913 1.60 128 1997 0.25
59 1957 1.60 129 1942 0.21
60 1965 1.56 130 1976 0.21
61 2013 1.54 131 1972 0.17
62 1923 1.54 132 2003 0.14
63 1967 1.51 133 1936 0.14
64 1918 1.49 134 2014 0.13
65 1991 1.47 135 1912 0.04
66 1944 1.44 136 1943 TRACE
67 1977 1.43 137 1986 0.00
68 1971 1.37      
69 1893 1.36      
70 1888 1.35      
           

 

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 Updated: February 5, 2024