Broken Bow, OK Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Broken Bow's primary NOAA station, BROKEN BOW 1 N.
The climate verdict for Broken Bow
Water is the standout signal in Broken Bow, Oklahoma: 55.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 62°F. It scores 83/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 81% of them.
- 62°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 83/100
- comfort score, above 81% of station-mapped location scores
- 55.1"
- annual precipitation · 2" snow
- 215 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Broken Bow: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00341162 · Broken Bow, OK 62°F mean · 55.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,420
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bayboro
- PRCP-WET 55.1"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-TOP 83/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00341162
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bayboro, NC (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every OK station list.
- Broken Bow (this station) 62°F
- Hot Dardanelle, AR 62°F
- Near Bayboro, NC 62°F
- Near Clinton, SC 62°F
- Near Cloverdale, CA 62°F
Climate Living Index · Broken Bow
Broken Bow: 63/100 · grade C
Broken Bow publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Broken Bow, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 83/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 61.8°F · 5.7° from 67.5°F | 82/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 215 days/year | 75/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 2.2 inches/year | 75/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 137 calendar days | 55/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 55.1 in · 20.1 from 35 in | 28/100 · F |
Broken Bow · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Broken Bow is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 40.8°F and warmest-month mean 80.9°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 80.9°F
- Coldest month
- 40.8°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Broken Bow sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Broken Bow's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 21% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Broken Bow sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 11% wettest
- Broken Bow's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 36th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Broken Bow compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Broken Bow's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
83 Top 19% score exceeds 81% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F (12°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.8" | 1.0" | 20.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 58°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 4.2" | 0.8" | 13.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.6" | 0.1" | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 74°F (23°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 5.3" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 6.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.7 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.1 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 22.5 |
| September | 87°F (30°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.8 |
| October | 77°F (25°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| November | 65°F (18°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 7.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 56°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 5.3" | 0.3" | 16.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Broken Bow works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 95°F by August 2 and hold at or above 90°F on 74 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 63 dates, bottoming at 28°F around January 10.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 21 through September 2, covering 74 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 27 to November 1.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 14, then returns to freezing around December 14, covering 63 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 9, when 28% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 17 at 18%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 84 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Broken Bow.
Where Broken Bow Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 74 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 55 inches.
Broken Bow earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 1.0"
7.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
7.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
8.4 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
7.7 days with precipitation
Broken Bow spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 21% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Broken Bow has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 6.3" and August 3.2". The three wettest months together take 31% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Broken Bow, it arrives in quantity
55.1" of precipitation falls across only about 84 wet days here, averaging 0.66 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 84 a year, 23% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.66 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 9
- Fewest wet days
- August, about 6
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Snow reaches Broken Bow, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 2.2 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 1 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
215 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,079
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,927
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OK closest to Broken Bow on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (62°F here).
- Bayboro, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Clinton, SC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Cloverdale, CA 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Dardanelle, AR 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (55.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Alvin, TX 55.1" · 0.0" off
- Clarendon, AR 55.1" · 0.0" off
- Paris, TN 55.0" · 0.0" off
- Rome, GA 55.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Broken Bow's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Broken Bow averages 55.1 inches of precipitation a year. Annual snowfall totals 2.2 inches. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Broken Bow's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.1°F. The annual average is 62°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Broken Bow's normal, at 3,079 and 1,927 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
A roughly 215-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Broken Bow's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Broken Bow, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Broken Bow's primary station: BROKEN BOW 1 N (USC00341162). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4009100). Match rule for Broken Bow: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Broken Bow comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.