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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 >

 

Winter (December, January, February) Rainfall for Tulsa, Oklahoma

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 136 year period of Winter 1888-89 through Winter 2023-24

  

Wettest Winter was 15.68 recorded in 1984-85

Driest Winter was 1.59 recorded in 2005-06

Difference between the wettest and driest Winter was 14.09

 

Driest Winter      Wettest Winter
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 2005-06 1.59 71 1972-73 5.16
2 1962-63 1.76 72 1956-57 5.44
3 1900-01 1.78 73 1912-13 5.45
4 1917-18 1.94 74 1967-68 5.46
5 1908-09 2.13 75 2012-13 5.57
6 2013-14 2.23 76 1920-21 5.66
7 1891-92 2.25 77 1923-24 5.75
8 1995-96 2.40 78 1949-50 5.78
9 1942-43 2.41 79 1945-46 5.78
10 1955-56 2.42 80 2001-02 5.82
11 1919-20 2.46 81 1998-99 5.84
12 1894-95 2.50 82 1928-29 5.86
13 1969-70 2.60 83 2023-24 5.99
14 1916-17 2.61 84 2003-04 6.02
15 1985-86 2.61 85 1904-05 6.12
16 1994-95 2.71 86 1918-19 6.14
17 1893-94 2.74 87 1911-12 6.17
18 1941-42 2.77 88 1950-51 6.18
19 1910-11 2.82 89 2009-10 6.27
20 1953-54 2.97 90 1898-99 6.31
21 1947-48 3.00 91 2000-01 6.33
22 1935-36 3.06 92 1930-31 6.35
23 1890-91 3.15 93 1991-92 6.37
24 1958-59 3.28 94 1959-60 6.40
25 1951-52 3.29 95 1954-55 6.45
26 1976-77 3.55 96 2020-21 6.47
27 1983-84 3.56 97 2004-05 6.47
28 1889-90 3.60 98 2017-18 6.51
29 1899-00 3.62 99 1960-61 6.53
30 1978-79 3.66 100 1892-93 6.61
31 2011-12 3.67 101 1970-71 6.70
32 2010-11 3.69 102 2007-08 6.77
33 1980-81 3.69 103 1902-03 6.91
34 1901-02 3.71 104 1929-30 6.96
35 1946-47 3.74 105 1971-72 7.00
36 1996-97 3.76 106 1936-37 7.02
37 1933-34 3.77 107 1988-89 7.02
38 1963-64 3.78 108 2022-23 7.20
39 1903-04 3.82 109 2019-20 7.23
40 1979-80 3.84 110 1965-66 7.33
41 1925-26 4.01 111 1989-90 7.33
42 1905-06 4.02 112 1999-00 7.33
43 1952-53 4.03 113 1973-74 7.35
44 1938-39 4.06 114 1913-14 7.49
45 1957-58 4.08 115 1931-32 7.70
46 1975-76 4.09 116 1937-38 7.73
47 1934-35 4.16 117 2006-07 7.77
48 1939-40 4.24 118 1986-87 7.90
49 1896-97 4.27 119 1987-88 8.01
50 2014-15 4.29 120 1997-98 8.08
51 1981-82 4.45 121 1926-27 8.19
52 1906-07 4.54 122 1982-83 8.32
53 1927-28 4.58 123 1932-33 8.50
54 1977-78 4.58 124 1897-98 8.55
55 1921-22 4.59 125 1915-16 8.63
56 1924-25 4.62 126 2018-19 8.65
57 1993-94 4.65 127 1943-44 8.67
58 2002-03 4.65 128 1895-96 8.70
59 1964-65 4.68 129 1974-75 8.93
60 1966-67 4.69 130 1888-89 9.52
61 2008-09 4.73 131 1907-08 9.79
62 2021-22 4.79 132 2015-16 9.80
63 1990-91 4.79 133 1992-93 10.10
64 1909-10 4.81 134 1914-15 10.31
65 1922-23 4.86 135 1948-49 10.46
66 1940-41 4.91 136 1984-85 15.68
67 1961-62 4.95      
68 1968-69 4.98      
69 1944-45 4.99      
70 2016-17 5.04      
           
 
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1984-85 15.68 71 1940-41 4.91
2 1948-49 10.46 72 1922-23 4.86
3 1914-15 10.31 73 1909-10 4.81
4 1992-93 10.10 74 2021-22 4.79
5 2015-16 9.80 75 1990-91 4.79
6 1907-08 9.79 76 2008-09 4.73
7 1888-89 9.52 77 1966-67 4.69
8 1974-75 8.93 78 1964-65 4.68
9 1895-96 8.70 79 1993-94 4.65
10 1943-44 8.67 80 2002-03 4.65
11 2018-19 8.65 81 1924-25 4.62
12 1915-16 8.63 82 1921-22 4.59
13 1897-98 8.55 83 1927-28 4.58
14 1932-33 8.50 84 1977-78 4.58
15 1982-83 8.32 85 1906-07 4.54
16 1926-27 8.19 86 1981-82 4.45
17 1997-98 8.08 87 2014-15 4.29
18 1987-88 8.01 88 1896-97 4.27
19 1986-87 7.90 89 1939-40 4.24
20 2006-07 7.77 90 1934-35 4.16
21 1937-38 7.73 91 1975-76 4.09
22 1931-32 7.70 92 1957-58 4.08
23 1913-14 7.49 93 1938-39 4.06
24 1973-74 7.35 94 1952-53 4.03
25 1965-66 7.33 95 1905-06 4.02
26 1989-90 7.33 96 1925-26 4.01
27 1999-00 7.33 97 1979-80 3.84
28 2019-20 7.23 98 1903-04 3.82
29 2022-23 7.20 99 1963-64 3.78
30 1936-37 7.02 100 1933-34 3.77
31 1988-89 7.02 101 1996-97 3.76
32 1971-72 7.00 102 1946-47 3.74
33 1929-30 6.96 103 1901-02 3.71
34 1902-03 6.91 104 2010-11 3.69
35 2007-08 6.77 105 1980-81 3.69
36 1970-71 6.70 106 2011-12 3.67
37 1892-93 6.61 107 1978-79 3.66
38 1960-61 6.53 108 1899-00 3.62
39 2017-18 6.51 109 1889-90 3.60
40 2020-21 6.47 110 1983-84 3.56
41 2004-05 6.47 111 1976-77 3.55
42 1954-55 6.45 112 1951-52 3.29
43 1959-60 6.40 113 1958-59 3.28
44 1991-92 6.37 114 1890-91 3.15
45 1930-31 6.35 115 1935-36 3.06
46 2000-01 6.33 116 1947-48 3.00
47 1898-99 6.31 117 1953-54 2.97
48 2009-10 6.27 118 1910-11 2.82
49 1950-51 6.18 119 1941-42 2.77
50 1911-12 6.17 120 1893-94 2.74
51 1918-19 6.14 121 1994-95 2.71
52 1904-05 6.12 122 1916-17 2.61
53 2003-04 6.02 123 1985-86 2.61
54 2023-24 5.99 124 1969-70 2.60
55 1928-29 5.86 125 1894-95 2.50
56 1998-99 5.84 126 1919-20 2.46
57 2001-02 5.82 127 1955-56 2.42
58 1945-46 5.78 128 1942-43 2.41
59 1949-50 5.78 129 1995-96 2.40
60 1923-24 5.75 130 1891-92 2.25
61 1920-21 5.66 131 2013-14 2.23
62 2012-13 5.57 132 1908-09 2.13
63 1967-68 5.46 133 1917-18 1.94
64 1912-13 5.45 134 1900-01 1.78
65 1956-57 5.44 135 1962-63 1.76
66 1972-73 5.16 136 2005-06 1.59
67 2016-17 5.04      
68 1944-45 4.99      
69 1968-69 4.98      
70 1961-62 4.95      
           

 

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