After April’s stormy chaos, the first half of May brought a rare lull in Oklahoma’s spring severe weather season. Aside from an active kickoff on May 1 — featuring large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, and flash flooding — the state experienced a quiet 16-day stretch, interrupted only by a single report of half-dollar-size hail in far southeastern Oklahoma on May 16. But the break didn’t last: severe storms returned on May 17 and dominated the remainder of the month.

Just four months after Oklahoma shattered its all-time November rainfall record, the state did it again—this time in April. The statewide average rainfall totaled 8.74 inches, surpassing the previous April record of 8.32 inches set in 1942, with data dating back to 1895. Numerous locations posted similar records, including Oklahoma City, where 12.55 inches of rain fell, topping April 1947’s 11.91 inches and ranking as the city’s sixth-wettest calendar month since records began in November 1890.

Other April 2025 rainfall records (asterisk denotes wettest calendar month on record):

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Most months, nearly breaking an all-time tornado record would dominate Oklahoma’s weather headlines. However, March 2025 will be remembered for a different kind of disaster—one of the worst wildfire outbreaks in state history, overshadowing all else.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
9 AM to 3 PM
Mustang, OK

The Oklahoma Mesonet is hosting a 1-day, in-person, professional development workshop for Oklahoma middle and high school pre-service, in-service teachers, agriculture educators, 4-H leaders, GT and STEM. The workshop will focus on how to access and use Mesonet data and general weather topics. Minimum of 12 to maximum of 35 participants.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, April 29, 2025

February started off with a warm and pleasant stretch, reaching a summery 89 degrees in several locations on Feb. 3, breaking the all-time high temperature record for that date—87 degrees, set in Erick back in 1934. However, it was all downhill from there, as winter quickly reclaimed its grip on the calendar with a series of storms, each colder than the last.

CANCELLED

Friday, March 28, 2025
9 AM to 3 PM
Tishomingo, OK

The Oklahoma Mesonet is hosting a 1-day, in-person, professional development workshop for Oklahoma middle and high school pre-service and in-service teachers. The workshop will focus on how to access and use Mesonet data and general weather topics. Minimum of 12 to maximum of 35 participants.
 

Registration Deadline: Friday, March 21, 2025