November has been a mild month with the average daily temperature 3.6 degrees above the long-term average. This places November 2010 in the top 20 warmest but nowhere near the record.
It has also been a dry month with most areas seeing less than half of the long-term average. The 30-year average rainfall for November ranges from almost 4” from Sherman to Antlers to just 2” around Healdton.
Here are the numbers by city and percentage of normal rainfall:
| Location | Nov 2010 Rainfall | Percentage of Normal |
| Ada | 1.11 | 44% |
| Antlers | 1.83 | 49% |
| Atoka | 1.61 | 55% |
| Ardmore | 1.81 | 79% |
| Bonham | 3.23 | 83% |
| Durant | 2.62 | 89% |
| Gainesville | 0.37 | 16% |
| Hugo | 2.83 | 76% |
| Madill | 1.24 | 47% |
| Marietta | 1.38 | 60% |
| Paris | 3.90 | 97% |
| Sherman-Denison | 1.32 | 35% |
| Sulphur-Davis | 3.16 | 137% ** |
| Tishomingo | 1.59 | 61% |
**Highest compared to normal.
Drier and milder than normal conditions can be expected to persist as we enter the first few weeks of winter. I speak of the average only; a snow or ice event could happen, but forecasting it more than a few days out is more luck than science.
Take Care,
Steve LaNore
Chief Meteorologist / KXII-TV
