The City of Sulphur made into the Oklahoma weather record books in July when a deluge dumped 5.96 inches of rain in a single day, making it the highest total for a state city in a calendar day in 2023. The information is courtesy of the National Weather Service in Norman, which forecasts for the western two-thirds of Oklahoma and a portion of western north Texas.
Other weather extremes, as shown in the graphic above, included the highest temperature in the National Weather Service forecast area which included a searing 115˚ in Vernon, Texas on August 17, and the lowest temperature, a bone-chilling 6˚ in Gage on February 17.
Durant took the title for the most rainfall for the year with 45 inches and Hollis had the least amount of rainfall in 2023 at a mere 19.70 inches. The most snow recorded in a single day was 7.5 inches, which occurred at Great Salt Plains Dam.
Despite the copious amount of rain Sulphur received on July 11, this area was near normal in the total amount of rain received during the year at 38.2 inches, which is about a half-inch below the average annual amount, according to the Oklahoma Mesonet weather station, just north of the city limits.
Except for a few water rescues by Sulphur firemen and street flooding, there no major issues from the July 11 rain.
