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REROKC
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
934 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008
...RECORD WARMEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE BROKEN AT OKLAHOMA CITY...
...ALL-TIME AUGUST RAINFALL RECORD BROKEN AT OKLAHOMA CITY...
THE RECORD FOR THE COLDEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR OKLAHOMA CITY FOR 
THIS DATE WAS 72 DEGREES... WHICH HAD BEEN SET BACK IN 1915.  TODAY 
AT WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT... THE HIGH TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN 70 
DEGREES... WHICH HAS SO FAR BROKEN THE 1915 RECORD FOR THE COLDEST 
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST 19TH.
PRECIPITATION RECORDS CONTINUE TO BREAK THIS MONTH AT WILL 
ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT... AS ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL MOVED 
THROUGH THE METRO AREA TODAY. TODAYS RAINFALL HAS SO FAR TOTALED 
2.95 INCHES AT THE CURRENT TIME... FALLING JUST SHORT OF THE THE 
RECORD FOR AUGUST 19TH. LAST YEAR ON THIS DATE... TROPICAL STORM 
ERIN PRODUCED 3.82 INCHES OF RAINFALL... WHICH IS THE 2ND HIGHEST 
RAINFALL TOTAL FOR AUGUST. 
ALTHOUGH THE DAILY RECORD WAS NOT BROKEN...THE MONTHLY AUGUST 
RAINFALL RECORD HAS BEEN BROKEN. WITH TODAYS TOTAL... THE MONTHLY 
ACCUMULATION WAS SO FAR 9.51 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS 
MONTHLY TOTAL OF 8.34 INCHES SET BACK IN 1906.
WEATHER RECORDS FOR OKLAHOMA CITY DATE BACK TO 1891.
$$
A FINAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT MIDNIGHT.
TOP 10 AUGUST PRECIPITATION TOTALS
        1  9.51   2008
        2  8.34   1906 
        3  7.44   1934
        4  6.77   1966
        5  5.84   1996
        6  5.82   1992
        7  5.65   1893 
        8  5.55   1989
        9  5.52   1939 
       10  5.39   2007