Holdenville, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Holdenville's normal year runs from 26°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 41.3 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.2°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 35°C, 1,049 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHoldenville (2 mi SSE)
- Station IDUSC00344235
- Location35.06°N 96.39°W
- Elevation855 ft (261 m)
- Population5,893
On October 23, the normal high in Holdenville is 73°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Holdenville.
- Jan 51° 26°
- Feb 56° 30°
- Mar 65° 39°
- Apr 74° 47°
- May 81° 58°
- Jun 90° 67°
- Jul 95° 70°
- Aug 95° 68°
- Sep 87° 61°
- Oct 76° 48°
- Nov 63° 38°
- Dec 53° 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 Holdenville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 26°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.07 in), the least in January (1.88 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 26°F | 38.7°F | 1.88 | 0.9 | 4 | <1 | 23 | 10 h |
| February | 56°F | 30°F | 43.1°F | 2.30 | 0.2 | 5 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 65°F | 39°F | 51.7°F | 3.30 | 0.1 | 6 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 47°F | 60.5°F | 4.00 | 0.0 | 6 | <1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 58°F | 69.5°F | 5.07 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 90°F | 67°F | 78.1°F | 4.38 | 0.0 | 7 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 95°F | 70°F | 82.7°F | 3.36 | 0.0 | 5 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 95°F | 68°F | 81.6°F | 3.37 | 0.0 | 5 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 87°F | 61°F | 73.9°F | 4.31 | 0.0 | 6 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 48°F | 62.0°F | 3.89 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 63°F | 38°F | 50.0°F | 2.67 | 0.3 | 5 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 30°F | 41.2°F | 2.77 | 0.6 | 4 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 48°F | 61.1°F | 41.30 | 2.1 | 66 | 78 | 79 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −3°C | 3.7°C | 48 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 13°C | −1°C | 6.2°C | 58 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 18°C | 4°C | 10.9°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 23°C | 8°C | 15.8°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 14°C | 20.8°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 19°C | 25.6°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 21°C | 28.2°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 35°C | 20°C | 27.6°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 16°C | 23.3°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 9°C | 16.7°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 3°C | 10.0°C | 68 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 12°C | −1°C | 5.1°C | 70 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00344235; 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 Holdenville?
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 USC00344235.
When is the last frost in Holdenville?
In Holdenville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 6 in half of years and after April 24 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 31 in half of years and before October 17 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 24; 9 in 10 after March 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 311 year in 10 before October 17; 9 in 10 before November 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 206 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 231 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 23 in half of springs and before November 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Holdenville in zone 7b in ZIP code 74848, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Oklahoma · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00344235; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Holdenville?
In a normal year in Holdenville, 78 days a year reach 90°F (15 of them 100°F or more), 79 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 66 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 78a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 15a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 79a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 6high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 66a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1901) is 118°F, on August 10, 1936; the lowest is −13°F, on January 20, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1923, with 63.10 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 21.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00344235; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00344235. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Holdenville?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Holdenville, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.7 |
| February | 71% | 3.3 |
| March | 72% | 4.3 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 74% | 5.7 |
| June | 84% | 6.7 |
| July | 87% | 6.7 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 82% | 5.0 |
| October | 78% | 3.8 |
| November | 77% | 2.9 |
| December | 72% | 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 Holdenville need?
A normal year in Holdenville brings 3,436 heating degree days, 36% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,045 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 5,244 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 814 | 0 |
| February | 615 | 1 |
| March | 420 | 8 |
| April | 181 | 46 |
| May | 37 | 176 |
| June | 1 | 394 |
| July | 0 | 549 |
| August | 0 | 516 |
| September | 15 | 284 |
| October | 158 | 65 |
| November | 456 | 6 |
| December | 738 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,436 | 2,045 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00344235. 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 Holdenville's climate compare?
Holdenville is warmer than 89 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 65. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.1°F is warmer than 77%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Holdenville 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 Holdenville share this climate record?
9 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.
- Wewoka, OK3,047 people · 9 mi NW
- Allen, OK803 people · 12 mi S
- Calvin, OK309 people · 10 mi SE
- Spaulding, OK149 people · 4 mi SW
- Lamar, OK124 people · 15 mi E
- Horntown, OK93 people · 9 mi E
- Atwood, OK84 people · 8 mi S
- Sasakwa, OK78 people · 11 mi SW
- Yeager, OK50 people · 7 mi N
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 Holdenville's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Holdenville. This page uses Holdenville (2 mi SSE); the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holdenville 3 mi ESE Mesonet USC00344236 | 2 mi NE | 918 ft | 61.2°F | 30°F | 91°F | – | – | March 29 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Holdenville's climate
What is the coldest month in Holdenville?
January, with a normal high of 51°F and a normal low of 26°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Holdenville?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Holdenville?
May, with 5.07 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.88 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Holdenville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Holdenville in zone 7b in ZIP code 74848, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Holdenville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 6; in one year in ten it comes after April 24. Waiting until April 24 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Seminole, OK19 miles from this station, 61.2°F a year
- Ada, OK25 miles from this station, 61.6°F a year
- Okemah, OK26 miles from this station, 61.8°F a year
- Centrahoma, OK31 miles from this station, 61.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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