Hot, cold, hot, cold. November of 2014 went up and down the temperature scale like a yo-yo. While the days and weeks of November brought up and down weather, a similar trend played out between the months of October and November.
October turned out to be the Oklahoma Mesonet’s Long-Term Averages’ warmest October. The monthly Mesonet Long-Term Averages are for the 15 years from 1999-2013 for every Mesonet site. The departure from average air temperature ranged from one degree higher at Talihina to five degrees higher at Medicine Park. Locations in Central Oklahoma were commonly 4 degrees above the long-term average in October 2014.
The October 2014 air temperature averages ranged from 56 degrees at Boise City to 67 degrees for multiple Mesonet sites in south central Oklahoma.
November was sharply colder. Compared to Novembers from 1999 to 2013, only November 2000 was colder. The range was 3 degrees below average in the Panhandle to 7 degrees below average in the northeast. The majority of Mesonet sites came in at 6 degrees below average.
The November 2014 air temperature averages ranged from 39 degrees at Boise City to 49 degrees at Durant.
You can make your own monthly average or departure from average maps on the Mesonet.org website. Select ‘Weather’ in the top menu bar, then ‘Past Data & Files’ from the left text menu. Click on the ‘Mesonet Long-Term Averages – Maps’ to open the map maker page. There are fifty-seven measured or calculated weather variables that can be mapped for the years from 1999 to 2013. At the end of each calendar year, the previous year is incorporated into the Mesonet Long-Term Averages. Months for the current year can be mapped after the month ends.