Guthrie, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Guthrie's normal year runs from 27°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 30.5 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.1°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 34°C, 776 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGuthrie Municipal Airport
- Station IDUSW00053913
- Location35.85°N 97.41°W
- Elevation1,068 ft (326 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population11,682
On October 23, the normal high in Guthrie is 71°F and the normal low 48°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Guthrie.
- Jan 49° 27°
- Feb 54° 31°
- Mar 63° 40°
- Apr 72° 49°
- May 80° 59°
- Jun 88° 68°
- Jul 94° 72°
- Aug 93° 71°
- Sep 85° 63°
- Oct 73° 51°
- Nov 61° 39°
- Dec 50° 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 Guthrie each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.36 in), the least in January (1.15 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 27°F | 38.3°F | 1.15 | 4 | <1 | 22 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 31°F | 42.5°F | 1.25 | 5 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 40°F | 51.5°F | 2.03 | 7 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 49°F | 60.2°F | 3.49 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 59°F | 69.1°F | 3.64 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 68°F | 78.0°F | 4.36 | 9 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 94°F | 72°F | 83.2°F | 2.73 | 7 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 93°F | 71°F | 81.9°F | 2.97 | 7 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 63°F | 73.7°F | 2.72 | 7 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 51°F | 61.9°F | 2.78 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 39°F | 50.0°F | 1.94 | 6 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 50°F | 30°F | 40.2°F | 1.48 | 5 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 50°F | 60.9°F | 30.54 | 82 | 83 | 75 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −3°C | 3.5°C | 29 mm |
| February | 12°C | 0°C | 5.8°C | 32 mm |
| March | 17°C | 4°C | 10.8°C | 52 mm |
| April | 22°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 89 mm |
| May | 27°C | 15°C | 20.6°C | 92 mm |
| June | 31°C | 20°C | 25.6°C | 111 mm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 28.4°C | 69 mm |
| August | 34°C | 22°C | 27.7°C | 75 mm |
| September | 29°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 69 mm |
| October | 23°C | 10°C | 16.6°C | 71 mm |
| November | 16°C | 4°C | 10.0°C | 49 mm |
| December | 10°C | −1°C | 4.6°C | 38 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Guthrie's own co-op station Guthrie (5 mi S) does: 7 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053913; 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 Guthrie?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September 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 USW00053913.
When is the last frost in Guthrie?
In Guthrie, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 3 in half of years and after April 20 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 19 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 31 year in 10 after April 20; 9 in 10 after March 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 19; 9 in 10 before November 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 211 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 233 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 23 in half of springs and before November 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Guthrie in zone 7b in ZIP code 73044, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Guthrie's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (19 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 USW00053913; 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 Guthrie?
In a normal year in Guthrie, 83 days a year reach 90°F (19 of them 100°F or more), 75 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 82 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 83a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 19a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 75a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 8high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 82a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00053913.
How sunny is Guthrie?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Guthrie, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 2.8 |
| February | 73% | 3.4 |
| March | 74% | 4.5 |
| April | 76% | 5.5 |
| May | 75% | 6.0 |
| June | 85% | 6.9 |
| July | 88% | 6.9 |
| August | 87% | 6.2 |
| September | 84% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 4.0 |
| November | 79% | 3.0 |
| December | 74% | 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 Guthrie need?
A normal year in Guthrie brings 3,563 heating degree days, 34% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,093 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 5,247 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 829 | 0 |
| February | 633 | 1 |
| March | 436 | 16 |
| April | 200 | 56 |
| May | 48 | 177 |
| June | 1 | 393 |
| July | 0 | 563 |
| August | 0 | 524 |
| September | 18 | 279 |
| October | 172 | 77 |
| November | 457 | 7 |
| December | 769 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,563 | 2,093 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053913. 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 Guthrie been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 61.4°F, 0.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 60.9°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 61.0°F | +0.1°F | – |
| 2023 | 61.4°F | +0.5°F | 26.43 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00053913. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Guthrie's climate compare?
Guthrie is warmer than 82 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 27. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.9°F is warmer than 77%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Guthrie 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 Guthrie share this climate record?
8 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.
- Langston, OK1,715 people · 9 mi NE
- Cashion, OK948 people · 15 mi W
- Cedar Valley, OK437 people · 5 mi W
- Crescent Springs, OK217 people · 11 mi W
- Cimarron City, OK165 people · 11 mi W
- Twin Lakes, OK75 people · 14 mi W
- Meridian, OK16 people · 9 mi E
- Seward, OK0 people · 6 mi SW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Guthrie's other NOAA stations record?
2 more NOAA stations keep 1991-2020 normals in or near Guthrie. This page uses Guthrie Municipal Airport; the others differ by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guthrie (5 mi S) USC00343821 | 4 mi S | 1,110 ft | 59.7°F | 25°F | 93°F | 38.2 | 7 | April 10 |
| Guthrie 4 mi WSW Mesonet USC00343820 | 4 mi SW | 1,082 ft | 60.7°F | 28°F | 94°F | – | – | April 3 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Guthrie's climate
What is the coldest month in Guthrie?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Guthrie?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Guthrie's NOAA station; Guthrie's own co-op station Guthrie (5 mi S) records 7 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Guthrie?
June, with 4.36 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.15 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Guthrie in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Guthrie in zone 7b in ZIP code 73044, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Guthrie's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Guthrie?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 3; in one year in ten it comes after April 20. Waiting until April 20 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Coyle, OK19 miles from this station, 60.0°F a year
- Marshall, OK21 miles from this station, 59.6°F a year
- Orlando, OK22 miles from this station, 59.2°F a year
- Spencer, OK22 miles from this station, 60.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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