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Will Oklahoma get another snowstorm this winter? Next year? Here’s the local outlook
While the groundhog did not see his shadow, predicting an early spring, an Oklahoma meteorologist warns that you never know what to expect with Oklahoma weather.
While the meteorological spring starts March 1, National Weather Service Norman meteorologist Nolan Meister said that’s not always a sign that only warm days are ahead.
“Just because for the next, say 10 or so days, it’s unlikely that we have winter weather, that doesn’t mean that we’re guaranteeing that it’s time to put the shovels away and move on to spring entirely,” Meister said.
Will it snow again in Oklahoma this winter?
Those feeling cheated out of a wintry wonderland this year — as well as those who dread each and every possible snow day — may be asking the question: When, if at all, will Oklahoma see snow again?
Will it be this winter, or will we have to wait until the season rolls around again?
Meister said there isn’t any snow or ice on the horizon yet, but that doesn’t mean it won’t come.
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“A lot of times we get into this mode where we have a warm February and we assume you know, winter is over,” Meister said. “And then the first week or the second week of March, we get one or two more winter weather events or even just one or two more really significant cooldowns.”
In fact, of the top 10 Oklahoma snowstorms between 1951 and 2001, five took place in early to mid-March.
Oklahoma experiences mild winter so far
Compared to previous years, Meister said so far this winter has been mild.
“It’s been wet, but it’s also been pretty warm,” Meister said. “So we’ve managed to avoid too many impactful winter weather events.”
So far this winter, Oklahoma City has received 3.3 inches of snow, far below the annual average of 8 inches.
In Lawton and Stillwater, 2 inches of snow have fallen this winter.
How to prepare for Oklahoma weather
No matter the season, Oklahomans have to deal with major weather events year-round.
“We always want people to remember in Oklahoma, we are prone to having impactful weather, be it winter weather, severe weather, flooding,” Meister said. “And so, regardless of the calendar, one of the biggest things we emphasize is just making sure that you have ways to pay attention to your local forecast, so that you’re prepared for what’s coming next.”
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Oklahoma Christian University is honoring victims of the Oklahoma City bombing with a special display on campus.
They installed 168 Oklahoma flags at the campus entrance.
Organizers say it is to mark the 31st anniversary of the 1995 attack on the Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City and to remember each life lost.
The annual ‘Field of Flags’ tradition transforms the campus.
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The display remains up through April 19, 2026.
OU fans hoping to make it to either diamond on Friday will need to get there earlier than expected.
Oklahoma announced on Thursday that its baseball and softball series openers will each begin at 5:30 p.m on Friday.
Game 1 of the No. 14 Sooners’ baseball series against Missouri was scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m., while the No. 1 softball team’s series opener against No. 8 Arkansas was slated for 7 p.m.
In a pair of releases on OU’s athletic website, the reason given for both time changes was “forecasted inclement weather.” According to the National Weather Service, severe weather is supposed to arrive in Norman and its surrounding areas around 8 p.m.
OU’s other baseball games against the Tigers on Saturday and Sunday will remain at their scheduled times (4 p.m. and 2 p.m., respectively). The softball games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday will remain at 7 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively.
The baseball team’s three-game duel with Mizzou will be OU’s third home series of SEC play. Oklahoma opened conference play by taking two games of three against Texas A&M before dropping two of three to Alabama a few weeks later.
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OU has already played three SEC road series. The Sooners won two games of three at LSU in March before getting swept at Texas a week later. Most recently — last week — Oklahoma won two games against Vanderbilt in Nashville.
Oklahoma (24-12 overall, 7-8 SEC) sits in a five-way tie for ninth place in the SEC standings alongside Mississippi State, Kentucky, Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
Missouri, on the other hand, has played its way out of contention.
The Tigers come to Norman 20-17 and 3-12. They earned a road series win against Kentucky two weeks ago, but they followed that up with three losses in a row to fellow conference bottom feeder South Carolina last week. Mizzou has been swept three times — by Auburn, Texas A&M and the Gamecocks — since the start of SEC play.
On the softball side, Oklahoma is ranked No. 1 after taking two games of three against former top-ranked squad Texas. The Sooners, though, dropped their third game in Austin before falling to unranked Oklahoma State at Devon Park in Oklahoma City on Wednesday.
The Sooners are 40-5 overall and 13-2 in conference play. OU currently sits atop the SEC standings, one game ahead of second-place Alabama.
Arkansas comes into the series at Love’s Field on a heater. The Razorbacks (35-6, 10-5) have won six of their last seven contests. Their only series loss of conference play this year came against Alabama, which is ranked No. 3.
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TULSA, Okla. (KOKH) — One person has been arrested after allegedly trying to sell stolen property on Facebook.
On April 10, an officer with the Tulsa Police Department saw a post on Facebook Marketplace for a projector lens that was stolen from the condemned Promenade Mall.
The lens, which is worth $20,000, was listed for just $500.
The officer used a fake Facebook account to message the seller and arranged a trade for the lens in exchange for a minibike.
Earlier this week, 19-year-old Zachery Scrivner met with the officer and was arrested.
According to the police department, Scrivner said he knew the lens was stolen but decided to try to sell it anyway.
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He was arrested on a complaint of knowingly concealing stolen property.
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