Atoka, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Atoka's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 45.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.3°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,160 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAtoka
- Station IDUSC00340391
- Location34.40°N 96.14°W
- Elevation565 ft (172 m)
- Population2,925
On October 21, the normal high in Atoka is 74°F and the normal low 47°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Atoka.
- Jan 51° 28°
- Feb 56° 32°
- Mar 65° 40°
- Apr 73° 48°
- May 80° 59°
- Jun 88° 67°
- Jul 94° 71°
- Aug 95° 70°
- Sep 87° 62°
- Oct 76° 50°
- Nov 63° 38°
- Dec 54° 30°
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 Atoka each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in May (6.96 in), the least in January (2.08 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 28°F | 39.3°F | 2.08 | 5 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 56°F | 32°F | 43.9°F | 2.51 | 8 | <1 | 17 | 11 h |
| March | 65°F | 40°F | 52.3°F | 3.81 | 8 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 48°F | 60.4°F | 4.09 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 59°F | 69.1°F | 6.96 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 67°F | 77.8°F | 4.77 | 8 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 94°F | 71°F | 82.4°F | 3.18 | 6 | 24 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 95°F | 70°F | 82.0°F | 3.17 | 6 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 87°F | 62°F | 74.4°F | 4.16 | 6 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 50°F | 62.6°F | 4.30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 63°F | 38°F | 50.6°F | 3.16 | 6 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 54°F | 30°F | 42.0°F | 3.49 | 6 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 49°F | 61.4°F | 45.68 | 81 | 82 | 78 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −2°C | 4.1°C | 53 mm |
| February | 13°C | 0°C | 6.6°C | 64 mm |
| March | 18°C | 4°C | 11.3°C | 97 mm |
| April | 23°C | 9°C | 15.8°C | 104 mm |
| May | 26°C | 15°C | 20.6°C | 177 mm |
| June | 31°C | 20°C | 25.4°C | 121 mm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 28.0°C | 81 mm |
| August | 35°C | 21°C | 27.8°C | 81 mm |
| September | 31°C | 17°C | 23.6°C | 106 mm |
| October | 24°C | 10°C | 17.0°C | 109 mm |
| November | 17°C | 4°C | 10.3°C | 80 mm |
| December | 12°C | −1°C | 5.6°C | 89 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, McGee Creek Dam (17 miles away), gets 2 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00340391; 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 Atoka?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00340391.
When is the last frost in Atoka?
In Atoka, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 5 in half of years and after April 22 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 18 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 51 year in 10 after April 22; 9 in 10 after March 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 18; 9 in 10 before November 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 211 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 234 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 22 in half of springs and before November 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Atoka in zone 8a in ZIP code 74525, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Atoka's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°F (15 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Oklahoma · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00340391; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. 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 Atoka?
In a normal year in Atoka, 82 days a year reach 90°F (16 of them 100°F or more), 78 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 81 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 82a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 16a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 78a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 5high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 81a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00340391.
How sunny is Atoka?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Atoka, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.7 |
| February | 70% | 3.3 |
| March | 72% | 4.3 |
| April | 74% | 5.4 |
| May | 74% | 5.8 |
| June | 83% | 6.7 |
| July | 87% | 6.8 |
| August | 86% | 6.1 |
| September | 82% | 5.0 |
| October | 79% | 3.9 |
| November | 77% | 3.0 |
| December | 72% | 2.4 |
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 Atoka need?
A normal year in Atoka brings 3,328 heating degree days, 38% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,053 cooling degree days, 2.3 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 5,294 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 796 | 1 |
| February | 593 | 2 |
| March | 403 | 10 |
| April | 184 | 45 |
| May | 40 | 168 |
| June | 0 | 384 |
| July | 0 | 538 |
| August | 0 | 527 |
| September | 11 | 294 |
| October | 152 | 78 |
| November | 437 | 6 |
| December | 712 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,328 | 2,053 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00340391. 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 Atoka's climate compare?
Atoka is warmer than 96 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 77. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.4°F is warmer than 78%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Atoka 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 Atoka share this climate record?
5 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.
- Stringtown, OK433 people · 7 mi NE
- Tushka, OK427 people · 6 mi S
- Lehigh, OK279 people · 7 mi NW
- Caney, OK192 people · 12 mi S
- Phillips, OK128 people · 9 mi NW
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 Atoka's climate
What is the coldest month in Atoka?
January, with a normal high of 51°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Atoka?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Atoka's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, McGee Creek Dam (17 miles away), records 2 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Atoka?
May, with 6.96 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 2.08 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Atoka in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Atoka in zone 8a in ZIP code 74525, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Atoka's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Atoka?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 5; in one year in ten it comes after April 22. Waiting until April 22 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Lane, OK10 miles from this station, 62.2°F a year
- McGee Creek Dam, OK17 miles from this station, 62.9°F a year
- Centrahoma, OK18 miles from this station, 61.5°F a year
- Coleman, OK22 miles from this station, 62.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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