National Climatic Data Center, 15 May 2003

Based on Oklahoma state mesonet data, March and April 2003 were quite dry across the state. In fact, the Mar-Apr period was the driest of the last 83 years in south-central Oklahoma, and the second-driest in the southeast (eclipsed only by the brutal Dust Bowl year of 1936).

The dry areas are also evident on the map produced by the Regional Climate Centers (HPRCC) from Cooperative Network station data.