Weather

Norman is the home of a growing weather industry.  Entities include the National Weather Center Building, housing university and government entities and collaborations, and the Partners Buildings, which accommodate private companies in close proximity to the NWC.

The National Weather Center, the anchor tenant on the University of Oklahoma Research Campus, houses a unique confederation of OU, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and state organizations that work together in partnership to improve understanding of events occurring in Earth's atmosphere over a wide range of time and space scales.

NOAA officials and OU representatives broke ground for the building in October 2002, and the 244,000 square-foot building officially opened on September 29, 2006.  The vision for the NWC is to be one of the largest weather research centers in the world and the premier facility for severe storm research, prediction, forecasting and warning allowing federal and university scientists to work together under one roof, sharing equipment and ideas.  In addition, students study alongside these experts in the weather field.

The new facility further solidifies Norman's importance to the worldwide weather community.
Find more information about the NWC here or visit www.nwc.ou.edu

Also located on the OU Research Campus are the Partners Buildings, housing private companies and some OU tenants interested in collaborative efforts.  While these buildings offer opportunities to a variety of private endeavors, not just those having to do with weather, the first to re-locate here have been weather-related companies interested in forming relationships with occupants of the National Weather Center.
http://urc.ou.edu

University Weather and Climate Programs:

College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences
www.ags.ou.edu
School of Meteorology
www.weather.ou.edu
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS)
www.caps.ou.edu
Center for Spatial Analysis
www.csa.ou.edu
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
www.cimms.ou.edu
Center for Natural Hazard and Disaster Research
www.nhdr.ou.edu
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
www.ocs.ou.edu
Sasaki Institute
http://sasaki.ou.edu/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Partners:

National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
www.nssl.noaa.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
www.srh.noaa.gov/oun
Radar Operations Center Applications Branch
www.roc.noaa.gov
Storm Prediction Center (SPC)
www.spc.noaa.gov
Warning Decision Training Branch
www.wdtb.noaa.gov

Climate Averages:

Average Annual Temperature: 70.1 degrees Seasonal
Winter (Dec., Jan., Feb.): 40.0 degrees
Spring (Mar., Apr., May): 60.5 degrees
Summer (June, July, Aug.): 80.9 degrees
Fall (Sept., Oct., Nov.): 62.2 degrees
Average Annual Rainfall: 33.36 inches
Average Annual Snowfall: 9.1 inches
Average Relative Humidity: 65%
Prevailing Wind Direction: South

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