Weather
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Muskogee Phoenix
The AccuWeather 5-day Forecast for Muskogee ®
Today
Tonight
Thursday
Very warm with clouds and sun
Partly cloudy with a strong t-storm
High: 93° RealFeel: 97°
Regional Weather
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Partly sunny, a thunderstorm; humid
Partly sunny and very warm
Low: 68°
91°
69°
97°
74°
101°
74°
95°
71°
Sunny, breezy and hot
Mostly sunny and very warm
RealFeel: 64°
RF: 101°
RF: 65°
RF: 98°
RF: 73°
RF: 105°
RF: 75°
RF: 100°
RF: 71°
Summary: Times of clouds and sun today. Partly cloudy tonight; a strong thunderstorm, except dry in southern and eastern parts of our area. Partly sunny and humid tomorrow with a thunderstorm. Friday: partly sunny and very warm. Saturday and Sunday: sunny and hot.
Almanac
UV Index
Sun and Moon
Statistics for Muskogee through 6 p.m. yesterday
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index® number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
The Sun Rise Set Today 6:07 am 8:32 pm Thu. 6:06 am 8:33 pm The Moon Rise Set Today 12:18 am 11:16 am Thu. 12:46 am 12:12 pm
Relative Humidity High . . . . . . . . . . 100% Low . . . . . . . . . . . 52% Barometric Pressure High . . . . . . . . . . 29.95 Low . . . . . . . . . . . 29.81
10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.
5 8 8 5 2
Moderate Very High Very High Moderate Low
National Weather Wednesday, June 2
Seattle 64/51
Billings 70/52
Denver 79/53
San Francisco 68/57
New York 84/70
Chicago 77/53 Kansas City 83/62
Washington 87/71
Atlanta 87/69
El Paso 93/67
Fronts
Houston 92/74
Miami 89/76
Cold Precipitation
Warm Stationary -10s
Showers
-0s
0s
10s
20s
T-storms
Rain
30s
50s
40s
Flurries 60s
70s
Snow 80s
First
Full
June June June June 4 12 18 26 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2010
Minneapolis Detroit 73/54 83/66
Los Angeles 76/60
New
Ice
90s 100s 110s
Guymon 90/60
Coweta 92/69
Tahlequah 91/71
Springfield 90/67
Tulsa Enid 94/70 92/66 Oklahoma City Muskogee 95/71 Watts 90/68
Fort Smith 94/70 Little Rock 95/71
Lawton 98/70
Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows.
Norman Oklahoma City Shreveport Springfield, MO Tulsa Wichita Wichita Falls
Kinta 92/70
95 95 93 90 94 88 97
71 71 72 67 70 64 74
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For the Record
National Cities Today Hi Lo W
City
Wichita 88/64
Wichita Falls 97/74 Wagoner Durant Haskell 92/67 Dallas 93/72 Winchester 93/66 96/78 93/69 Fort Gibson Stilwell Shreveport 92/67 Abilene 90/67 Muskogee 93/72 95/72 93/68 Paradise Hill Today Thu. Fri. Okmulgee Hitchita 90/67 City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 93/71 Checotah 93/69 Abilene 95 72 t 98 74 s 104 76 s Sallisaw Dallas 96 78 pc 98 77 pc 101 79 s 91/70 90/68 Dodge City 86 60 pc 90 65 pc 98 65 pc Porum Enid 92 66 pc 89 71 pc 99 71 s Henryetta 92/70 Eufaula Muldrow Fort Smith 94 70 pc 91 71 t 97 74 s Stigler 93/70 92/70 Lawton 98 70 pc 95 73 pc 102 73 s 91/67 92/70 Little Rock 95 71 pc 93 73 t 96 75 s
Moon Phases Last
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Dodge City 86/60
Fair Oaks 90/67
The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of effective temperature based on eight weather factors. Shown are the daytime highs and the overnight lows for the days indicated.
Temperatures High . . . . . . . . . . . . 91° Low . . . . . . . . . . . . 67° Precipitation 24-hour period through 6 p.m. yesterday . 0.00"
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Thu. Hi Lo W
Fri. Hi Lo W
Today Hi Lo W
City
Thu. Hi Lo W
Fri. Hi Lo W
Louisville 93 71 pc 85 63 t 84 Albuquerque 87 59 s 91 62 s 93 66 s 94 75 pc 92 74 t 93 Atlanta 87 69 t 85 68 t 89 71 pc Memphis 89 76 t 91 78 t 90 Atlantic City 86 66 s 86 66 pc 80 56 pc Miami 73 54 pc 76 59 pc 76 Charleston, SC 89 71 t 88 71 t 90 72 pc Minneapolis New Orleans 87 73 t 89 74 t 91 Chicago 77 53 t 74 54 pc 75 59 c 84 70 s 86 67 t 81 Cleveland 87 69 t 75 54 t 75 58 pc New York 97 71 s 100 73 s 102 Denver 79 53 t 90 56 c 92 58 pc Phoenix Raleigh 88 69 t 88 70 t 89 Des Moines 75 55 t 77 60 pc 79 64 c 93 68 t 81 64 t 86 Detroit 83 66 t 76 54 t 74 57 pc St. Louis Salt Lake City 75 59 pc 77 64 c 80 Houston 92 74 pc 95 75 pc 98 76 s San Francisco 68 57 pc 69 60 pc 70 Indianapolis 86 67 t 78 58 t 79 64 c Seattle 64 51 r 66 51 c 63 Kansas City 83 62 t 78 64 pc 86 70 c Tampa 90 76 t 90 77 t 87 Las Vegas 95 71 pc 99 76 s 100 77 s 87 71 s 88 68 t 83 Los Angeles 76 60 pc 80 62 pc 83 64 pc Washington, DC Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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Temperatures: Tuesday, June 1, 2010 91/67 High/low records: June 1 last year 86/62 This year 91 (6/1) / 4 (1/10) June 1 records 96 (`53) / 48 (`83) Precipitation: Tuesday, June 1, 2010 0.00 June 1 record 2.78 (`59) June total 0.00 June average 3.82 This year’s total 17.42 Time, temperature and forecast: 687-9797.
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Attorney General Eric Holder, who was visiting the Gulf to survey the fragile coastline and meet with state and federal prosecutors, would not say who might be targeted in the probes into the largest oil spill in U.S. history. “We will closely examine the actions of those involved in the spill. If we find evidence of illegal behavior, we will be extreme-
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