Hooker, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hooker's normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 19.1 inches of precipitation and 17 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.0°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 35°C, 485 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHooker
- Station IDUSC00344298
- Location36.86°N 101.22°W
- Elevation3,001 ft (915 m)
- Population1,732
On October 22, the normal high in Hooker is 70°F and the normal low 41°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hooker.
- Jan 49° 21°
- Feb 53° 23°
- Mar 62° 32°
- Apr 71° 41°
- May 80° 52°
- Jun 90° 62°
- Jul 94° 67°
- Aug 92° 65°
- Sep 86° 57°
- Oct 72° 44°
- Nov 59° 31°
- Dec 49° 22°
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 Hooker each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in June (2.91 in), the least in February (0.43 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 21°F | 35.1°F | 0.55 | 3.9 | 3 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 53°F | 23°F | 38.1°F | 0.43 | 3.1 | 3 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 32°F | 46.6°F | 1.26 | 4.3 | 4 | <1 | 17 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 41°F | 55.8°F | 1.40 | 0.3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 80°F | 52°F | 66.0°F | 2.46 | 0.0 | 6 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 90°F | 62°F | 76.0°F | 2.91 | 0.0 | 7 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 94°F | 67°F | 80.3°F | 2.86 | 0.0 | 7 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 92°F | 65°F | 78.6°F | 2.35 | 0.0 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 86°F | 57°F | 71.2°F | 1.27 | 0.0 | 5 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 72°F | 44°F | 58.0°F | 1.98 | 0.4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 59°F | 31°F | 45.2°F | 0.59 | 1.0 | 3 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 49°F | 22°F | 35.4°F | 1.05 | 4.0 | 4 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 43°F | 57.2°F | 19.11 | 17.0 | 57 | 84 | 125 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −6°C | 1.7°C | 14 mm | 10 cm |
| February | 12°C | −5°C | 3.4°C | 11 mm | 8 cm |
| March | 17°C | 0°C | 8.1°C | 32 mm | 11 cm |
| April | 22°C | 5°C | 13.2°C | 36 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 27°C | 11°C | 18.9°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 17°C | 24.4°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 19°C | 26.8°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 18°C | 25.9°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 14°C | 21.8°C | 32 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 6°C | 14.4°C | 50 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 15°C | 0°C | 7.3°C | 15 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 9°C | −5°C | 1.9°C | 27 mm | 10 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00344298; 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 Hooker?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (4).
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 USC00344298.
When is the last frost in Hooker?
In Hooker, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 16 in half of years and after May 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 25 in half of years and before October 13 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 161 year in 10 after May 1; 9 in 10 after April 1
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 251 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 192 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 211 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 5 in half of springs and before November 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hooker in zone 6b in ZIP code 73945, 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 USC00344298; 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 Hooker?
In a normal year in Hooker, 84 days a year reach 90°F (20 of them 100°F or more), 125 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 57 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 84a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 20a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 125a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 13high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 57a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 6a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1906) is 112°F, on June 25, 1911; the lowest is −22°F, on January 4, 1959.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1972, with 35.95 in; the snowiest season is 1992–93, with 56.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00344298; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00344298. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hooker?
Over a year 85% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hooker, 5.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (90%) and February the cloudiest (78%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81% | 2.9 |
| February | 78% | 3.7 |
| March | 81% | 5.0 |
| April | 82% | 6.2 |
| May | 84% | 7.0 |
| June | 89% | 7.6 |
| July | 90% | 7.4 |
| August | 88% | 6.5 |
| September | 88% | 5.5 |
| October | 83% | 4.2 |
| November | 84% | 3.2 |
| December | 80% | 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 Hooker need?
A normal year in Hooker brings 4,449 heating degree days, 17% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,632 cooling degree days, 80% 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 4,411 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 928 | 0 |
| February | 754 | 0 |
| March | 572 | 2 |
| April | 297 | 21 |
| May | 89 | 119 |
| June | 5 | 335 |
| July | 1 | 475 |
| August | 2 | 423 |
| September | 35 | 223 |
| October | 253 | 34 |
| November | 595 | 1 |
| December | 917 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,449 | 1,632 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00344298. 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 Hooker been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 59.0°F, 1.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 57.2°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57.9°F | +0.6°F | 19.29 | 5.3 |
| 2024 | 60.5°F | +3.3°F | 29.75 | 8.6 |
| 2025 | 59.0°F | +1.8°F | 19.15 | – |
Over 68 complete years from 1910 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.6°F per century (+0.03°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00344298; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hooker's climate compare?
Hooker is warmer than 6 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 3. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.2°F is warmer than 67%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hooker 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 Hooker share this climate record?
2 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.
- Optima, OK327 people · 10 mi SW
- Adams, OK166 people · 11 mi SE
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 Hooker's climate
What is the coldest month in Hooker?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Hooker?
Yes: 17 inches in a normal year, falling on 9 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in March (4.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Hooker?
June, with 2.91 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.43 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hooker in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hooker in zone 6b in ZIP code 73945, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Hooker?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 16; in one year in ten it comes after May 1. Waiting until May 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Guymon, OK20 miles from this station, 57.6°F a year
- Turpin, OK20 miles from this station, 58.3°F a year
- Liberal, KS21 miles from this station, 55.8°F a year
- Hugoton, KS22 miles from this station, 55.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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