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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 >

 

Annual Rainfall for Tulsa, Oklahoma

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 136 year period of January 1888 through December 2023

 

Wettest Year was 69.88 recorded in 1973

Driest Year was 23.24 recorded in 1956

Difference between the wettest and driest Year was 46.64

 

Driest Year      Wettest Year
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1956 23.24 71 2021 37.48
2 1896 23.80 72 1930 37.68
3 1901 24.29 73 1899 37.99
4 1954 24.48 74 1902 38.03
5 1891 24.80 75 1937 38.06
6 1952 24.88 76 1960 38.06
7 1910 25.07 77 1978 38.19
8 1939 25.12 78 2006 38.23
9 1889 26.28 79 1990 38.94
10 1966 26.86 80 1993 39.10
11 1894 26.89 81 1931 39.17
12 1900 27.17 82 1949 40.61
13 2016 28.19 83 1935 40.64
14 2005 28.22 84 1944 40.74
15 1914 28.47 85 1913 40.82
16 1925 28.66 86 1922 41.02
17 2012 28.74 87 2000 41.09
18 1963 28.80 88 1997 41.27
19 1955 28.97 89 2003 41.30
20 1917 28.99 90 1938 41.40
21 2001 29.14 91 1962 41.46
22 2014 29.60 92 1977 41.46
23 1969 29.95 93 1918 41.60
24 1897 30.22 94 1995 41.69
25 1965 30.69 95 1979 42.35
26 1916 30.90 96 1926 42.58
27 2002 31.31 97 1986 42.76
28 1911 31.59 98 1951 42.98
29 2011 31.99 99 1942 43.29
30 1912 32.20 100 1992 43.40
31 1932 32.50 101 1943 43.86
32 1950 32.65 102 1929 43.87
33 1924 32.78 103 1895 43.95
34 1958 32.88 104 1964 44.27
35 2013 33.09 105 1975 44.71
36 1934 33.20 106 1940 44.99
37 1988 33.22 107 1928 45.32
38 1948 33.23 108 1920 45.43
39 1980 33.33 109 1987 45.91
40 1947 33.40 110 2017 46.03
41 1909 33.52 111 2009 46.12
42 1991 33.54 112 1892 46.16
43 2022 33.63 113 1998 46.47
44 1936 33.64 114 1957 46.59
45 1996 33.66 115 1905 47.37
46 1976 33.91 116 2020 47.38
47 1970 34.02 117 1999 48.47
48 2018 34.08 118 1984 48.77
49 1893 34.12 119 1959 49.39
50 1890 34.15 120 1994 49.51
51 2010 34.47 121 2004 49.52
52 1888 34.71 122 1985 51.31
53 1983 34.74 123 1961 51.39
54 1989 35.10 124 2007 53.09
55 1907 35.21 125 1898 53.76
56 1982 35.24 126 1908 55.23
57 1903 35.26 127 1923 55.86
58 1972 35.54 128 2008 56.09
59 1968 35.78 129 1971 56.41
60 1946 35.95 130 1927 57.30
61 1953 36.46 131 1941 58.21
62 1921 36.70 132 1974 59.26
63 1933 36.80 133 2019 59.55
64 1981 36.88 134 2015 61.79
65 1967 36.91 135 1915 62.82
66 1904 37.00 136 1973 69.88
67 1919 37.16      
68 1945 37.21      
69 2023 37.28      
70 1906 37.39      
           
 
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1973 69.88 71 1904 37.00
2 1915 62.82 72 1967 36.91
3 2015 61.79 73 1981 36.88
4 2019 59.55 74 1933 36.80
5 1974 59.26 75 1921 36.70
6 1941 58.21 76 1953 36.46
7 1927 57.30 77 1946 35.95
8 1971 56.41 78 1968 35.78
9 2008 56.09 79 1972 35.54
10 1923 55.86 80 1903 35.26
11 1908 55.23 81 1982 35.24
12 1898 53.76 82 1907 35.21
13 2007 53.09 83 1989 35.10
14 1961 51.39 84 1983 34.74
15 1985 51.31 85 1888 34.71
16 2004 49.52 86 2010 34.47
17 1994 49.51 87 1890 34.15
18 1959 49.39 88 1893 34.12
19 1984 48.77 89 2018 34.08
20 1999 48.47 90 1970 34.02
21 2020 47.38 91 1976 33.91
22 1905 47.37 92 1996 33.66
23 1957 46.59 93 1936 33.64
24 1998 46.47 94 2022 33.63
25 1892 46.16 95 1991 33.54
26 2009 46.12 96 1909 33.52
27 2017 46.03 97 1947 33.40
28 1987 45.91 98 1980 33.33
29 1920 45.43 99 1948 33.23
30 1928 45.32 100 1988 33.22
31 1940 44.99 101 1934 33.20
32 1975 44.71 102 2013 33.09
33 1964 44.27 103 1958 32.88
34 1895 43.95 104 1924 32.78
35 1929 43.87 105 1950 32.65
36 1943 43.86 106 1932 32.50
37 1992 43.40 107 1912 32.20
38 1942 43.29 108 2011 31.99
39 1951 42.98 109 1911 31.59
40 1986 42.76 110 2002 31.31
41 1926 42.58 111 1916 30.90
42 1979 42.35 112 1965 30.69
43 1995 41.69 113 1897 30.22
44 1918 41.60 114 1969 29.95
45 1962 41.46 115 2014 29.60
46 1977 41.46 116 2001 29.14
47 1938 41.40 117 1917 28.99
48 2003 41.30 118 1955 28.97
49 1997 41.27 119 1963 28.80
50 2000 41.09 120 2012 28.74
51 1922 41.02 121 1925 28.66
52 1913 40.82 122 1914 28.47
53 1944 40.74 123 2005 28.22
54 1935 40.64 124 2016 28.19
55 1949 40.61 125 1900 27.17
56 1931 39.17 126 1894 26.89
57 1993 39.10 127 1966 26.86
58 1990 38.94 128 1889 26.28
59 2006 38.23 129 1939 25.12
60 1978 38.19 130 1910 25.07
61 1937 38.06 131 1952 24.88
62 1960 38.06 132 1891 24.80
63 1902 38.03 133 1954 24.48
64 1899 37.99 134 1901 24.29
65 1930 37.68 135 1896 23.80
66 2021 37.48 136 1956 23.24
67 1906 37.39      
68 2023 37.28      
69 1945 37.21      
70 1919 37.16      
           

 

 Updated: January 16, 2024