The Oklahoma Weather Timeline provides a decade-by-decade
listing of interesting or disastrous events that have occurred
in Oklahoma's weather history. Time Line 2000-2007 2000 August:
statewide precipitation of 0.14" marks driest August on record
(since 1895). 2000 August-September mini-drought: 1.16 inches of
precipitation, statewide, over the two months, was 5.5 inches
less than normal. August’s statewide-averaged precipitation
(0.16 inch) broke the 1936 record for that month. 2000 November-
December: was the coldest such period on record for the state
with a statewide-averaged temperature of 37.0 degrees. 2000
December 11-13 and 25-27: Major snow and ice storms struck
statewide, especially powerful in southeast quarter. Power was
lost to at least 120,000 homes and businesses, including 90% of
the residents of McIntosh, Latimer, and Pittsburg counties.
Extended power outages also led to disruptions of local water
supplies in several areas. At least 27 fatalities were
attributable to the extreme weather cond