Parts of Oklahoma Could See Eight Inches of Rain The First Days of June

Oklahomans don't typically associate summer with rain, but it's looking like the state could kick off the season with soaking rain. Early projections are predicting some areas of Oklahoma could see anywhere from five to eight inches of rain the first seven to 10 days of June.

KOCO Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane posted to his official Facebook page on Thursday, May 29 about June starting off wet for Oklahoma. According to Lane, May is typically the wettest month for Oklahoma and June is the second wettest. The first of June is expected to start off wet with areas seeing up to six inches of rain.

Western Oklahoma could see anywhere from one to three inches of rain. Central Oklahoma is expected to receive three to four inches of rain. And eastern Oklahoma could see the most rain the first week of June with four to six inches. Lane indicated that there could also be severe weather with this rain system.

June rain projections continue to increase.

Lane posted an updated graph of June rain projections on Friday, May 30, and stated that "the rain outlook is getting wetter and wetter for the first seven to 10 days" of the month. The latest graph was for rain totals from May 30 through June 10 and indicated that some parts of Oklahoma could see up to eight inches of rain in that timeframe.

Specifically, south of I-44 could see five to eight inches of rain and parts of western Oklahoma may see two to four inches.

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Oklahoma had a historically wet April.

Oklahoma doesn't often get to boast about high amounts of rain. And when we get a lot of rain, it's usually too much. Oklahoma saw a historical amount of rain in April. The state received 10.6 trillion tons of rain in the entire month, which is equivalent to 13 Lake Texomas.

The state saw an average rainfall 8.74 inches in April, which surpassed the month's record of 8.32 inches, which was set in 1942. And multiple areas of state saw amounts of rain in the double digits.

• Duncan - 19.63 inches
• Lawton - 14.25 inches
• Edmond - 14.14 inches
• Apache - 13.04 inches
• Norman - 12.67 inches
• Shawnee - 11.88 inches.

Parts of the state received so much rain in a short period of time that it caused catastrophic flooding, particularly in Lawton. The flooding caused Governor Kevin Stitt to declare a state of emergency for three Oklahoma counties.

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