Dec 24, 2020
Dec 24, 2020
It was a white Christmas in 2009 for the Tulsa area, thanks to a Christmas Eve (into Christmas morning) blizzard across parts of eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas.
Then-Gov. Brad Henry
According to the National Weather Service, Tulsa County recorded 6.4 inches, while Okmulgee County recorded 7.1 inches. Other northeast Oklahoma county totals include 6.3 inches (Ottawa); 4.2 inches (Muskogee); 3.5 inches (Washington).
The weather service defines a white Christmas as an inch of snowfall on the ground Christmas morning. Tulsa previously had white Christmases in 1966, 1983, 2000 and 2002.
2009 blizzard
Malik Althouse,9, and his mom Myrna Althouse sled down the Harweldenn Mansion hill Dec. 26, 2009. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World