Gate, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Gate's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 22.6 inches of precipitation and 18 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.2°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 34°C, 575 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGate
- Station IDUSC00343489
- Location36.85°N 100.06°W
- Elevation2,250 ft (686 m)
- Population57
On October 23, the normal high in Gate is 69°F and the normal low 42°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 15%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Gate.
- Jan 48° 22°
- Feb 51° 25°
- Mar 61° 34°
- Apr 70° 43°
- May 79° 54°
- Jun 88° 64°
- Jul 94° 69°
- Aug 92° 67°
- Sep 84° 58°
- Oct 72° 45°
- Nov 59° 33°
- Dec 48° 24°
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 Gate each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.50 in), the least in February (0.72 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 22°F | 34.8°F | 0.80 | 3.0 | 4 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 51°F | 25°F | 38.1°F | 0.72 | 3.2 | 4 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 61°F | 34°F | 47.6°F | 1.66 | 4.3 | 5 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 43°F | 56.2°F | 2.00 | 0.7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 79°F | 54°F | 66.4°F | 2.50 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 88°F | 64°F | 76.2°F | 3.50 | 0.0 | 8 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 94°F | 69°F | 81.1°F | 2.57 | 0.0 | 6 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 92°F | 67°F | 79.4°F | 3.05 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 84°F | 58°F | 71.2°F | 1.49 | 0.0 | 5 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 72°F | 45°F | 58.6°F | 2.15 | 0.5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 59°F | 33°F | 46.0°F | 0.94 | 1.3 | 3 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 48°F | 24°F | 36.0°F | 1.25 | 4.6 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 45°F | 57.6°F | 22.63 | 17.6 | 62 | 79 | 110 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −6°C | 1.6°C | 20 mm | 8 cm |
| February | 11°C | −4°C | 3.4°C | 18 mm | 8 cm |
| March | 16°C | 1°C | 8.7°C | 42 mm | 11 cm |
| April | 21°C | 6°C | 13.4°C | 51 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 26°C | 12°C | 19.1°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 18°C | 24.6°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 20°C | 27.3°C | 65 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 19°C | 26.3°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 15°C | 21.8°C | 38 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 7°C | 14.8°C | 55 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 15°C | 0°C | 7.8°C | 24 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 9°C | −5°C | 2.2°C | 32 mm | 12 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00343489; 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 Gate?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September 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 USC00343489.
When is the last frost in Gate?
In Gate, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 13 in half of years and after April 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 28 in half of years and before October 14 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 131 year in 10 after April 27; 9 in 10 after March 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 281 year in 10 before October 14; 9 in 10 before November 9
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 196 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 215 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 3 in half of springs and before November 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gate in zone 7a in ZIP code 73844, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Gate's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (25 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 USC00343489; 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 Gate?
In a normal year in Gate, 79 days a year reach 90°F (19 of them 100°F or more), 110 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 62 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 79a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 19a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 110a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 15high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 62a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 7a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1959) is 113°F, on June 27, 1980; the lowest is −25°F, on January 19, 1984.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2023, with 33.06 in; the snowiest season is 1987–88, with 50.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00343489; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00343489. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Gate?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Gate, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (77%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 2.9 |
| February | 77% | 3.7 |
| March | 80% | 4.9 |
| April | 81% | 6.1 |
| May | 83% | 6.8 |
| June | 89% | 7.5 |
| July | 89% | 7.2 |
| August | 87% | 6.4 |
| September | 87% | 5.4 |
| October | 82% | 4.1 |
| November | 83% | 3.1 |
| December | 79% | 2.6 |
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 Gate need?
A normal year in Gate brings 4,380 heating degree days, 18% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,730 cooling degree days, 91% more than 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 4,573 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 938 | 0 |
| February | 755 | 0 |
| March | 546 | 5 |
| April | 292 | 28 |
| May | 91 | 136 |
| June | 7 | 341 |
| July | 1 | 502 |
| August | 1 | 449 |
| September | 37 | 223 |
| October | 242 | 43 |
| November | 571 | 3 |
| December | 900 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,380 | 1,730 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00343489. 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 Gate been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 58.1°F, 0.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 57.6°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58.5°F | +0.9°F | – | 8.5 |
| 2022 | 58.4°F | +0.8°F | 12.32 | 9.0 |
| 2023 | 58.3°F | +0.7°F | 33.06 | 5.5 |
| 2024 | 60.1°F | +2.5°F | 23.95 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 58.1°F | +0.5°F | 24.25 | – |
Over 47 complete years from 1960 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.2°F per century (+0.07°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00343489; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Gate's climate compare?
Gate is warmer than 10 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 6. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.6°F is warmer than 68%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Gate 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 Gate 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.
- Laverne, OK1,198 people · 13 mi SE
- Englewood, KS52 people · 14 mi N
- Rosston, OK49 people · 7 mi E
- Knowles, OK5 people · 8 mi W
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 Gate's climate
What is the coldest month in Gate?
January, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Gate?
Yes: 18 inches in a normal year, falling on 8 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (4.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Gate?
June, with 3.50 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.72 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Gate in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Gate in zone 7a in ZIP code 73844, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Gate's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Gate?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 13; in one year in ten it comes after April 27. Waiting until April 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Buffalo, OK23 miles from this station, 58.8°F a year
- Beaver, OK26 miles from this station, 56.5°F a year
- Ashland, KS29 miles from this station, 56.9°F a year
- Follett, TX29 miles from this station, 57.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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