Tulsa, Oklahoma Climatology

 

Tulsa, OK   Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Average High Temperature   48.0 53.2 62.4 71.8 79.4 87.5 93.1 93.1 83.9 73.0 60.9 49.3 71.4
Average Low Temperature   27.5 31.3 40.1 49.3 59.1 67.7 72.7 71.3 62.1 50.6 39.6 29.6
 50.2
Average Mean Temperature   37.7 42.3 51.3 60.6 69.3 77.6 82.9 82.2 73.0 61.8 50.3 39.5
 60.8
* Record High Temperature   82 90 99 102 100 108 113 115 109 98 89 80 115
* Record Low Temperature   -16 -15 -3 22 32 49 51 48 35 15 10 -8 -16
Average Days at or above 100 Degrees   0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3.3 4.9
 0.6
 0 0 0 9.0
Average Days at or above 90 Degrees   0 0 0.1 0.5 2.0 11.3 22.6 21.9 7.6 0.3 0 0 66.3
Average Days at or below 32 Degrees   21.6 14.8 6.3 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 7.1 18.8 69.6
Average Days at or below 0 Degrees   0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.4
Average Rainfall   1.66 1.85 3.29 3.79 5.91 4.72 3.36 2.90 4.26 3.93 2.81
 2.49 40.97
* Record Rainfall   6.74 5.74 11.94 9.33 18.00 14.87 11.39 11.80 18.81 16.51 8.29 8.70 69.88
** Record Rainfall in 24 Hours   2.25 4.34 3.17 4.58 9.27 5.01 7.54 5.37 6.39 5.80 5.14 3.27 9.27
* Record Least Rainfall   0 0 0.08 0.34 0.80 0.27 T 0 0 T T 0 23.24
Average Number of Rain Days   6.1 6.6 8.7 8.5 10.5 9.8 6.4 6.6 8.0 7.9 6.8
 7.0
 92.9
�Average Number of Thunderstorm Days   1 1 3 6 9 8 6 6 5 3 2 1 50
Average Snowfall   2.7 1.8
 2.1
 T 0 0 0 0 0 T 0.7 2.3 9.6
* Record Snowfall   12.7 22.5 19.7 1.7 T 0 0 0 0 0.3 10.5 11.4 29.6
Measurable Snowfall:   Latest / April 12 (1.7" in 1957) Earliest / October 29 (0.3" in 1993)
Trace of Snowfall:   Latest / May 2 (in 2013) Earliest / October 7 (in 2000)
***Average Sunshine (%)   53 56 58 60 60 66 74 73 66 64 56 53 62
***Average Wind Speed (mph)   10.4 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.6 9.9 9.3 8.8 9.1 9.6 10.3 10.1 10.2
Average Heating Degree Days   845 638 438 186 37 1 0 0 24 162 450 792 3574
Average Cooling Degree Days   0 1 11 53 169 379 555 533 264 63 8
 0 2037
*Average Date Of 32 Degrees:   Last: March 29 First: November 3
Freezing Temperature:   Latest Recorded: May 2 (in 1909) Earliest Recorded: October 7 (in 2012)
Station Information   Elevation: 650 ft / Latitude: 36 11N / Longitude: 95 54W

Temperatures are reported in Fahrenheit and rainfall/snowfall totals are reported in inches.
Rain days are defined as a day with 0.01 inches or more of rain.
* Temperature records are for the period 1905-Present.
* Rainfall records are for the period 1888-Present.
** Record Rainfall in 24 hours are for the period 1938-Present.
* Snowfall records are for the period 1900-Present.
Averages are for the period 1981-2010.
***Averages are for the period 1971-2000.
�Averages are for the period 1961-1990.

(Annual totals may be slightly different than monthly totals due to rounding.)

 

Last Updated: May 2, 2013
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