Eight months ago, only about 6 percent of Oklahoma was not in a drought.
After weeks of rainfall that is close to breaking the 1915 record, now 96% of Oklahoma is not in a drought, according to Gary McManus, State Climatologist at the Oklahoma Mesonet.
That’s what the state looked like on August 1 of this year compared with the drought monitor on Aug. 22.
As McManus pointed out in his Thursday Mesonet report, only 3.9% of Oklahoma is considered to be abnormally dry. On Jan. 2, 2017, 94% of the state was considered to be in the classification.
So things are looking grand for Oklahoma, unless that nasty fella Harvey messes
things up for us.
Gary McManus
State Climatologist
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
(405) 325-2253
gmcmanus@mesonet.org