When you’re hot, you’re hot!
So maybe some records weren’t broken Wednesday despite the 100 degree and higher temperatures across the state. But it was still hot.
Just in case you’re wondering about records of hot weather in the state, this is the list from Gary McManus, State Climatologist with the Oklahoma Mesonet and the Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
Buffalo 115.2 July 9, 2009
Kingfisher 115.0 Aug. 1, 2012
Wilburton 115.0 Aug. 3, 2011
Hollis 115.0 June 26, 2011
Mangum 114.8 July 19, 2022
Wister 114.6 Aug. 3, 2011
Erick 114.6 June 26, 2011
He also noted this week those readings were the first time all Mesonet sites reached at least 103 degrees.