Christmas Weekend Storm Smashes Record For Wettest Year In Oklahoma

As of November this year had set a record for the wettest year in Oklahoma history, but thanks to the non-stop rainfall over the Christmas weekend the record has been smashed. 

Gary McManus, State Climatologist for the Oklahoma Mesonet, said the January-November statewide average rainfall in Oklahoma for 2015 was 48 inches. But now the average stands at a preliminary total of 53.71 inches, he said.

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"We just topped the statewide average rainfall total by nearly 6 inches," McManus said. "There were only 7 previous years above 47 inches, so let's rank them so you can see the enormity of this new record."

Here's the list of records McManus provided:

2015: 53.71 inches (preliminary)
1957: 47.88 inches
1908: 47.24 inches
1915: 46.01 inches
1941: 45.83 inches
1923: 44.61 inches
1945: 41.82 inches
1905: 40.89 inches

"Now we won't get the "official" total until later into January when NCEI releases their statewide average, but safe to say it will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 53-54 inches," McManus said.

Some parts of the state have received more than 32 inches more rain this year than they normally do.