Anadarko, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Anadarko's normal year runs from 25°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 31.8 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.6°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 34°C, 807 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAnadarko (3 mi E)
- Station IDUSC00340224
- Location35.06°N 98.20°W
- Elevation1,168 ft (356 m)
- From the center3 miles
- Population5,530
On October 23, the normal high in Anadarko is 71°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Anadarko.
- Jan 50° 25°
- Feb 55° 29°
- Mar 63° 37°
- Apr 72° 46°
- May 80° 58°
- Jun 88° 68°
- Jul 93° 72°
- Aug 93° 70°
- Sep 85° 61°
- Oct 74° 48°
- Nov 61° 37°
- Dec 52° 28°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Anadarko each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 25°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.92 in), the least in January (1.10 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 25°F | 37.7°F | 1.10 | 1.1 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 10 h |
| February | 55°F | 29°F | 41.7°F | 1.36 | 0.3 | 4 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 37°F | 50.1°F | 2.24 | 0.0 | 5 | <1 | 11 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 46°F | 58.9°F | 3.11 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 58°F | 68.8°F | 4.92 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 68°F | 77.9°F | 3.70 | 0.0 | 7 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 93°F | 72°F | 82.3°F | 2.55 | 0.0 | 5 | 24 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 93°F | 70°F | 81.2°F | 2.86 | 0.0 | 5 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 61°F | 72.7°F | 3.04 | 0.0 | 6 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 48°F | 61.1°F | 3.21 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 37°F | 49.0°F | 1.95 | 0.1 | 5 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 52°F | 28°F | 39.6°F | 1.73 | 0.8 | 4 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 48°F | 60.1°F | 31.77 | 2.3 | 62 | 75 | 96 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −4°C | 3.2°C | 28 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 13°C | −2°C | 5.4°C | 35 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 17°C | 3°C | 10.1°C | 57 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 22°C | 8°C | 14.9°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 14°C | 20.4°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 20°C | 25.5°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 27.9°C | 65 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 21°C | 27.3°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.6°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 9°C | 16.2°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 3°C | 9.4°C | 50 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | −2°C | 4.2°C | 44 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00340224; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Anadarko?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (5).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00340224.
When is the last frost in Anadarko?
In Anadarko, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 8 in half of years and after April 25 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 30 in half of years and before October 15 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 81 year in 10 after April 25; 9 in 10 after March 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 301 year in 10 before October 15; 9 in 10 before November 12
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 202 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 224 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 30 in half of springs and before November 7 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Anadarko in zone 7b in ZIP code 73005, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Oklahoma · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00340224; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Anadarko?
In a normal year in Anadarko, 75 days a year reach 90°F (13 of them 100°F or more), 96 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 62 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 75a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 13a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 96a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 7high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 62a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 114°F, on July 3, 1894; the lowest is −17°F, on January 4, 1947.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1955, with 37.48 in; the snowiest season is 1967–68, with 23.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00340224; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00340224. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Anadarko?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Anadarko, 4.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 2.9 |
| February | 75% | 3.6 |
| March | 76% | 4.7 |
| April | 78% | 5.8 |
| May | 78% | 6.3 |
| June | 86% | 7.1 |
| July | 88% | 7.0 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 85% | 5.3 |
| October | 81% | 4.1 |
| November | 81% | 3.1 |
| December | 76% | 2.5 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Anadarko need?
A normal year in Anadarko brings 3,723 heating degree days, 31% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,964 cooling degree days, 2.2 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,025 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 848 | 0 |
| February | 651 | 0 |
| March | 471 | 8 |
| April | 221 | 38 |
| May | 50 | 169 |
| June | 1 | 387 |
| July | 0 | 536 |
| August | 0 | 504 |
| September | 26 | 257 |
| October | 182 | 60 |
| November | 486 | 5 |
| December | 786 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,723 | 1,964 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00340224. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Anadarko's climate compare?
Anadarko is warmer than 58 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 32. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.1°F is warmer than 75%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Anadarko is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Anadarko share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Verden, OK515 people · 7 mi E
- Gracemont, OK277 people · 9 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Anadarko's climate
What is the coldest month in Anadarko?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 25°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Anadarko?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Anadarko?
May, with 4.92 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.10 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Anadarko in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Anadarko in zone 7b in ZIP code 73005, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Anadarko?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 8; in one year in ten it comes after April 25. Waiting until April 25 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Apache, OK11 miles from this station, 60.6°F a year
- Chickasha, OK16 miles from this station, 62.3°F a year
- Chickasha 2 mi SSE Mesonet, OK16 miles from this station, 60.9°F a year
- Fort Cobb, OK16 miles from this station, 60.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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