McAlester, Oklahoma Climatology
McAlester, OK | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |
Average High Temperature | 52.0 | 56.7 | 65.3 | 73.3 | 80.0 | 88.2 | 93.2 | 93.2 | 85.8 | 75.2 | 63.3 | 53.6 | 73.3 | |
Average Low Temperature | 30.2 | 34.2 | 42.4 | 50.1 | 59.8 | 68.2 | 72.0 | 70.7 | 62.9 | 51.5 | 40.9 | 32.9 | 51.3 | |
Average Mean Temperature | 41.1 | 45.5 | 53.9 | 61.7 | 69.9 | 78.2 | 82.6 | 81.9 | 74.3 | 63.3 | 52.1 | 43.3 | 62.3 | |
Record High Temperature | 81 2009 | 92 1996 | 94 2020 1974 | 97 2006 | 98 1998 | 106 1953 | 112 1954 | 113 2011 | 110 1998 | 99 1953 | 90 2017 | 80 2021 1970 1966 | 113 Aug 2011 | |
Record Low Temperature | -14 1977 |
-11 2021 |
6 2002 | 24 2009 |
34 2011 |
45 1983 | 51 1967 | 51 1989 | 34 1984 | 19 1993 |
9 1976 |
-5 1989 | -14 Jan 1977 | |
Average Days At or Above 100 Degrees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | |
Average Days At or Above 90 Degrees | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 12.9 | 23.6 | 22.5 | 10.2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 72.8 | |
Average Days At or Below 32 Degrees | 19.9 | 13.4 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.8 | 16.6 | 65.7 | |
Average Days At or Below 0 Degrees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | |
Average Rainfall | 2.23 | 2.39 | 3.41 | 4.63 | 5.30 | 4.46 | 3.37 | 2.96 | 3.66 | 4.17 | 3.01 | 3.02 | 42.61 | |
Record Rainfall | 7.78 1998 | 7.83 2018 | 8.90 1985 | 14.18 1957 | 22.98 2015 | 8.86 1975 | 13.31 1953 | 9.54 1964 | 12.53 1967 | 17.43 1981 | 9.81 1973 | 10.50 2015 | 78.65 2015 | |
Average Number of Rain Days | 6.4 | 6.4 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 91.3 | |
***Average Snowfall | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 5.5 | |
* Record Snowfall | 14.0 1977 | 13.4 1979 | 7.0 1989 | T 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T 1993 |
3.0 1980 | 6.0 1975 | 22.4 | |
Average Heating Degree Days | 742 | 551 | 364 | 158 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 140 | 399 | 676 | 3078 | |
Average Cooling Degree Days | 1 | 3 | 19 | 59 | 186 | 396 | 546 | 525 | 295 | 89 | 12 | 2 | 2133 | |
Average Date Of 32 Degrees**: | Last: March 26 | First: November 5 | ||||||||||||
Freezing Temperature: | Latest Recorded: April 25 (31°F in 2013) | Earliest Recorded: October 9 (26°F in 2000) | ||||||||||||
Station Information | Elevation: 760 ft / Latitude: 34 53N / Longitude: 95 47W | |||||||||||||
Temperatures are reported in Fahrenheit and Rainfall/Snowfall totals are reported in inches. Temperature and Precipitation records are for the period 1953-present. Data is missing from August 1996-December 1997, December 2018-January 2019.
Averages are for the period 1991-2020. (Annual totals may be slightly different than monthly totals due to rounding) |
Updated: October 8, 2024