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February was gloomy and dark, a perfect companion to the previous two winter months. The statewide average temperature ended more than 6 degrees below normal to rank as the 14th coolest February since 1895. The statewide average precipitation total was nearly an inch above normal and ranked as the 19th highest on record. Several bouts of wintry weather continued the cool weather of the previous two months. All areas of the state received snow at one time or another, and southern Oklahoma received the most thanks to a couple of southerly-track storms. The southeast had generous rains that bolstered their totals for the month to greater than 6 inches in some areas. There was very little in the way of severe weather. A few storms produced a bit of small hail, but most of the inclement weather was of the frozen variety. The climatological winter (December-February) ended as the 17th coolest on record at nearly 4 degrees below normal and the 40th wettest with a surplus of about a third of an inch.
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