Enid, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Enid's normal year runs from 25°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 33.3 inches of precipitation and 9 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.3°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 35°C, 846 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationEnid
- Station IDUSC00342912
- Location36.42°N 97.87°W
- Elevation1,245 ft (380 m)
- Population50,519
On October 22, the normal high in Enid is 70°F and the normal low 46°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 Enid.
- Jan 47° 25°
- Feb 51° 28°
- Mar 61° 37°
- Apr 70° 46°
- May 79° 58°
- Jun 89° 67°
- Jul 95° 72°
- Aug 93° 70°
- Sep 85° 62°
- Oct 73° 49°
- Nov 59° 37°
- Dec 48° 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 Enid each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 25°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.83 in), the least in January (1.04 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47°F | 25°F | 35.7°F | 1.04 | 2.4 | 5 | <1 | 24 | 10 h |
| February | 51°F | 28°F | 39.8°F | 1.28 | 2.0 | 6 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 61°F | 37°F | 49.0°F | 2.41 | 1.5 | 7 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 46°F | 58.0°F | 3.42 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 79°F | 58°F | 68.5°F | 4.36 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 89°F | 67°F | 78.2°F | 4.83 | 0.0 | 9 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 95°F | 72°F | 83.3°F | 3.34 | 0.0 | 7 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 93°F | 70°F | 81.6°F | 3.63 | 0.0 | 8 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 85°F | 62°F | 73.5°F | 2.73 | 0.0 | 7 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 49°F | 60.8°F | 3.06 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 59°F | 37°F | 48.1°F | 1.69 | 0.4 | 5 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 48°F | 28°F | 38.0°F | 1.50 | 3.1 | 6 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 48°F | 59.6°F | 33.29 | 9.4 | 82 | 80 | 85 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −4°C | 2.1°C | 26 mm | 6 cm |
| February | 11°C | −2°C | 4.3°C | 33 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 16°C | 3°C | 9.4°C | 61 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 21°C | 8°C | 14.4°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 14°C | 20.3°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 19°C | 25.7°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 22°C | 28.5°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 21°C | 27.6°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 17°C | 23.1°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 9°C | 16.0°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 15°C | 3°C | 8.9°C | 43 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 9°C | −2°C | 3.3°C | 38 mm | 8 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00342912; 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 Enid?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00342912.
When is the last frost in Enid?
In Enid, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 6 in half of years and after April 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 21 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 61 year in 10 after April 21; 9 in 10 after March 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 21; 9 in 10 before November 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 209 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 230 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 26 in half of springs and before November 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Enid in zone 7a across its 3 ZIP code areas (7a in 73701, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Enid's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (27 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Oklahoma · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00342912; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Enid ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Enid's 3 ZIP code areas are all in zone 7a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Enid?
In a normal year in Enid, 80 days a year reach 90°F (18 of them 100°F or more), 85 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 82 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 80a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 18a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 85a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 12high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 82a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1894) is 118°F, on August 12, 1936; the lowest is −20°F, on February 13, 1905.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 57.12 in; the snowiest season is 1939–40, with 39.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00342912; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00342912. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Enid?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Enid, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (74%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 125th (with 50 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 2.7 |
| February | 74% | 3.4 |
| March | 74% | 4.4 |
| April | 76% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.1 |
| June | 86% | 7.0 |
| July | 87% | 6.9 |
| August | 86% | 6.1 |
| September | 84% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 3.9 |
| November | 80% | 2.9 |
| December | 74% | 2.3 |
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 Enid need?
A normal year in Enid brings 3,976 heating degree days, 26% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,022 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 | 908 | 0 |
| February | 707 | 0 |
| March | 502 | 6 |
| April | 241 | 31 |
| May | 59 | 166 |
| June | 2 | 398 |
| July | 0 | 567 |
| August | 0 | 515 |
| September | 22 | 276 |
| October | 189 | 61 |
| November | 510 | 3 |
| December | 835 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,976 | 2,022 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00342912. 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.
Has Enid been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 60.8°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 59.6°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.1°F | +0.5°F | 27.89 | – |
| 2022 | 60.3°F | +0.7°F | 21.85 | – |
| 2025 | 60.8°F | +1.2°F | 34.97 | 6.4 |
Over 92 complete years from 1905 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.1°F per century (+0.06°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00342912; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Enid's climate compare?
Enid is warmer than 43 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 37. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.6°F is warmer than 74%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Enid 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 Enid share this climate record?
4 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.
- Waukomis, OK1,325 people · 9 mi S
- North Enid, OK1,002 people · 2 mi N
- Kremlin, OK247 people · 9 mi N
- Hillsdale, OK73 people · 12 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 Enid's climate
What is the coldest month in Enid?
January, with a normal high of 47°F and a normal low of 25°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Enid?
Yes: 9 inches in a normal year, falling on 7 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (3.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Enid?
June, with 4.83 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.04 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Enid in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Enid in zone 7a across its 3 ZIP code areas (7a in 73701, the largest). By the same method at Enid's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Enid?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 6; in one year in ten it comes after April 21. Waiting until April 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Enid in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Breckinridge 3 mi SE Mesonet, OK10 miles from this station, 59.1°F a year
- Lahoma, OK14 miles from this station, 59.2°F a year
- Jefferson, OK20 miles from this station, 57.5°F a year
- Hennessey, OK22 miles from this station, 58.7°F a year
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