Oklahoma weather: Historically frigid February punctuates winter
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
Oklahoma experienced a historic cold air event during February, boosting the month into the company of other legendary frozen periods from calendar pages long torn away and discarded. February 1895, February 1899, and January 1930 all suffered through exceedingly long cold spells. More recently, December 1983 still lives in the minds of many Oklahomans as the bellwether of cold months, which followed those winters of the late 1970s when bone-chilling cold was simply a way of life; but those cold times were more than 37 years ago. Even February 2011 and its all-time state record low temperature of minus 31 degrees at Nowata, and all-time low wind chill of minus 47 degrees at Medford, still managed to finish only 2 degrees below normal. All the more shocking then to see the return of a generational winter blast, complete with ice, snow, and plenty of misery.
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NEWS-CAPITAL | File photoMcAlester/Pittsburg County Emergency Management Director Kevin Enloe is joining with the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security in requesting that those impacted by the recent winter storm report property damages online to assist the case for further federal assistance to help with storm-related damages. topical featured
By James Beaty Managing Editor Feb 23, 2021
Feb 23, 2021
NEWS-CAPITAL | File photoMcAlester/Pittsburg County Emergency Management Director Kevin Enloe is joining with the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security in requesting that those impacted by the recent winter storm report property damages online to assist the case for further federal assistance to help with storm-related damages.Â
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Gov. Kevin Stitt has requested the federal government declare a state of emergency across Oklahoma due to severe winter weather.
Stitt announced Wednesday he is seeking a disaster declaration for all of Oklahoma's 77 counties so localities can unlock federal aid to cover emergency costs.
The request comes a day after Stitt spoke to President Joe Biden via phone.
“Yesterday President Biden pledged the federal government’s support for Oklahoma when we spoke by phone,” Stitt said in a statement. “I am now urging the President and his administration to act quickly and deliver on our request to help Oklahomans recover from this historic storm.”
Biden, a Democrat, spoke on Tuesday with the governors of seven