Despite the dry finish, 2019 managed to end as the eighth wettest year on record with a statewide average of 44.59 inches, 8.09 inches above normal.
Tipton had the lowest total with 0.44 inches. Only three of the Mesonet’s 120 sites recorded more than 2 inches of rain for the month, with Cookson leading the state at 2.36 inches. The southeast’s average total of 1.39 inches was 2.61 inches below normal to rank as their 14th driest. Far northwestern Oklahoma and the Panhandle enjoyed small surpluses to rank as their 39th and 22nd wettest Decembers on record, respectively. Despite the record number, there were no violent tornadoes – EF4 or EF5 – in the state during 2019.Īccording to preliminary data from the Oklahoma Mesonet, the statewide average precipitation total was 1.11 inches, 0.95 inches below normal to rank as the 47th driest December since records began in 1895. May’s 105 tornadoes made up the bulk of the year’s record total, also the highest count for any month on record in the state. The year’s 147 tornadoes are the most in Oklahoma since accurate records began in 1950, besting 1999’s previous record total of 145.
The twister – rated an EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale – damaged power poles, trees and a few structures. Severe weather struck eastern Oklahoma on the 28th and produced the year’s final tornado near Broken Arrow. A storm system moved through on December 27-28 and brought widespread beneficial rainfall across all 77 Oklahoma counties. Spring weather took up the slack for the dearth of winter excitement. Christmas Day itself was the second warmest on record with a statewide average temperature of 57 degrees, topped only by 2016’s 57.6 degrees and far removed from 1983’s record cold of 4.7 degrees. Very little in the way of wintry weather was seen during the month, save for a couple of inches of snow in the western Panhandle and a few bouts with freezing drizzle and fog. Warm and mostly dry December weather dashed any hopes of walking in a winter wonderland, including dreams of a white Christmas.
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