For the month of December, rainfall totals averaged 1.55 inches throughout the state, with the Southeast district recording the highest precipitation at 6.12 inches and the Panhandle district recording the lowest precipitation at 0.03 inches. According to the December 31st US Drought Monitor Report, 30 percent of the state was in the abnormally dry to exceptional drought category, down 15 points from the previous year. Additionally, 6 percent of the state was in the moderate drought to exceptional drought category, down 16 points from the previous year. Statewide temperatures averaged in the low 40’s to upper 40’s, with the lowest recording of 14 degrees at Kenton on Friday, December 13th, and the highest recording of 76 degrees at Waurika on Monday, December 30th. Topsoil and subsoil moisture conditions were rated adequate to short.
Pasture and Livestock: Pasture and range condition was rated at 74 percent good to fair. Livestock condition was rated at 83 percent good to fair.
Weather for Week Ending: Temperatures ranged from 14 degrees at Kenton on Friday, December 13th to 76 degrees at Waurika on Monday, December 30th. Precipitation ranged from 6.12 inches in the Southeast district to 0.03 inches in the Panhandle district. Soil temperature averages ranged from 36 degrees at Kenton on Wednesday, December 11th, to 61 degrees at Burneyville on Monday, December 16th.
