National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

 

Number of Days with Temperatures Greater than or Equal to 100°F

for McAlester, OK January 1953 - September 2024*

Heat Safety Information

 

Rank June July August September Annual
Average
1981-2010#:
0.1 3.8 5.6 0.7 10.2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
 
1954 8
1953 6
1980 4
2012 3
1956 3
2011 2
1963 2
1960 1
1988 1
2005 1
1955 0
1957 0
1958 0
1959 0
1961 0
1962 0
1964 0
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0
2020 0
2021 0
2022 0
2023 0
2024 0
   
2011 28
1954 27
1980 25
2022 20
1978 18
1957 17
1956 16
1964 14
2006 14
1993 13
2012 12
1955 10
1986 10
1963 8
1969 8
1966 7
1953 6
1960 6
1962 5
1974 5
1996 5
1999 5
2003 5
2005 5
1965 4
1971 4
1981 4
2009 4
2018 4
2021 4
1977 3
1983 3
1995 3
2000 3
1958 2
1976 2
1985 2
1990 2
2001 2
2008 2
2013 2
1967 1
1970 1
1984 1
1988 1
1991 1
2010 1
2016 1
2020 1
2023 1
1959 0
1961 0
1968 0
1972 0
1973 0
1975 0
1979 0
1982 0
1987 0
1989 0
1992 0
1994 0
2002 0
2004 0
2007 0
2014 0
2015 0
2017 0
2019 0
2024 0
1956 24
2011 23
2006 21
2000 21
1954 20
1980 19
2010 17
2023 15
1978 13
1983 13
1999 13
1993 12
1963 10
1970 10
1995 10
2012 9
1964 9
1962 8
1976 7
1988 7
2022 7
1969 6
1982 6
1984 6
1990 6
2001 6
2015 6
2019 6
1957 5
1967 5
2008 5
1953 4
2007 4
2016 4
2024 4
1955 3
1972 3
1977 3
1985 3
2003 3
1958 2
2013 2
2020 2
1986 1
1987 1
2002 1
2005 1
2021 1
1959 0
1960 0
1961 0
1965 0
1966 0
1968 0
1971 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1979 0
1981 0
1989 0
1991 0
1992 0
1994 0
2004 0
2009 0
2014 0
2017 0
2018 0
   
   
1954 8
2012 6
2000 6
1980 5
2011 3
1956 3
1965 3
1990 3
1995 3
2023 3
2022 2
1953 2
1978 2
1985 2
1963 1
1982 1
1983 1
1989 1
2013 1
2024 1
1955 0
1957 0
1958 0
1959 0
1960 0
1961 0
1962 0
1964 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1979 0
1981 0
1984 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1999 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
 2010 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0
2020 0
2021 0
   
   
1954 63
2011 56
1980 53
1956 46
2006 35
1978 33
2012 30
2000 30
2022 29
1993 25
1964 23
1957 22
1963 21
2023 19
1953 18
1999 18
2010 18
1983 17
1995 16
1969 14
1955 13
1962 13
1970 11
1986 11
1990 11
1976 9
1988 9
2001 8
2003 8
1960 7
1965 7
1966 7
1982 7
1984 7
1985 7
2005 7
2008 7
1967 6
1977 6
2015 6
2019 6
1974 5
1996 5
2013 5
2016 5
2021 5
2024 5
1958 4
1971 4
1981 4
2007 4
2009 4
2018 4
1972 3
2020 3
1987 1
1989 1
1991 1
2002 1
1959 0
1961 0
1968 0
1973 0
1975 0
1979 0
1992 0
1994 0
2004 0
2014 0
2017 0
   

 

Red Denotes Top 10 Rankings

 * Data Missing from August 1996 thru February 1999

 #Averages are for 1981-2010 McAlester Regional Airport.  There is a very significant difference between 30-year averages and 30-year normals based on daily threshold values. In brief, statistics applied to dampened daily normals will tend to underestimate the likelihood of reaching an extreme value. (Normal daily high temperatures might imply that 100-degree days are uncommon since normal daily highs in the summer never actually reach 100 degrees, but this is not the source of the discrepancy.) As a result of the methods used to calculate the normals, 30-year normals of 100-degree days (or freezes) are less than 30-year averages. Since such averages more closely mirror what has occurred (and perhaps what is likely to occur), we have chosen to show threshold exceedance values as averages instead of normals.

Updated: October 7, 2024