Southeastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas are settling into a hot, mostly dry pattern heading into the middle of August, with highs climbing into the upper 90s and eventually crossing the 100-degree mark by midweek. Rain chances stay low throughout the stretch, and residents should prepare for extended heat advisory conditions as the week progresses.
Oklahoma weather
Cooler weekend gives way to building heat by midweek
A brief break from the recent heat continues through Sunday, but temperatures climb fast starting Monday, with highs pushing toward 99 degrees by Wednesday.
Heat holds through Friday in LeFlore County
A heat advisory is in effect from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday for LeFlore County, with heat index values expected to reach up to 109 degrees. Hot, mostly dry conditions continue through Friday before a slightly cooler, drier stretch settles in for the weekend and into next week.
LeFlore County remains in dangerous summer heat
LeFlore County remains locked in a stretch of dangerous summer heat to start the week, with a heat advisory in effect Monday and little relief expected before midweek.
June brings historic winds and uneven drought relief
By Gary McManus, OCS Mesonet
June’s severe weather story wasn’t about tornadoes. It was about straight-line winds.
A powerful derecho and several other intense storm systems combined to produce six of the Oklahoma Mesonet’s top 50 all-time wind gusts in a single month — the most of any month since the network began in January 1994. Three of those gusts topped 100 mph.