Mcalester Rgnl, OK Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Mcalester Rgnl's primary NOAA station, MCALESTER RGNL AP.
The climate verdict for Mcalester Rgnl
Mcalester Rgnl, Oklahoma has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 62°F. It scores 92/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 92% of them.
- 62°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 92/100
- comfort score, above 92% of station-mapped location scores
- 42.6"
- yearly precipitation total
- 217 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Mcalester Rgnl: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093950 · Mcalester Rgnl, OK 62°F mean · 42.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,557
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Atlanta Fulton…
- PRCP-MID 42.6"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-TOP 92/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00093950
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Atlanta Fulton County, GA (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every OK station list.
- Mcalester Rgnl (this station) 62°F
- Hot Douglas Bisbee…, AZ 62°F
- Near Atlanta Fulton…, GA 62°F
- Near Camp Pendleton…, CA 62°F
- Near Chickasha, OK 62°F
Climate Living Index · Mcalester Rgnl
Mcalester Rgnl: 66/100 · grade C
Mcalester Rgnl publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Mcalester Rgnl, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 92/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 62.3°F · 5.2° from 67.5°F | 84/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 217 days/year | 76/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 42.6 in · 7.6 from 35 in | 73/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 119 calendar days | 65/100 · C |
| Summer moisture balance | 67.8°F mean dew point | 23/100 · F |
Mcalester Rgnl · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Mcalester Rgnl is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 41.1°F and warmest-month mean 82.6°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 82.6°F
- Coldest month
- 41.1°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Mcalester Rgnl sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Mcalester Rgnl's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 19% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Mcalester Rgnl sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 64th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 42nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Mcalester Rgnl compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Mcalester Rgnl's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
92 Top 8% score exceeds 92% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Mcalester Rgnl's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 55 complete annual observations from 1965 to 2025, MCALESTER RGNL AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.13°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Mcalester Rgnl primary station fitted change +0.13 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F (11°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 2.2" | 19.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 57°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.4" | 13.4 | 0.1 |
| March | 65°F (19°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.4" | 6.3 | 0.1 |
| April | 73°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 4.6" | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| May | 80°F (27°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 5.3" | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 12.9 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 23.6 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 3.0" | 0.0 | 22.5 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 10.2 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.2" | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| November | 63°F (17°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 3.0" | 7.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 54°F (12°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.0" | 16.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Mcalester Rgnl works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 95°F by July 30 and hold at or above 90°F on 71 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 48 dates, bottoming at 30°F around January 10.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 24 through September 2, covering 71 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 31 to October 29.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 5, then returns to freezing around December 20, covering 48 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 20, when 34% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 18 at 20%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 92 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 5 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Mcalester Rgnl.
Where Mcalester Rgnl Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 71 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Mcalester Rgnl earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
6.4 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
Mcalester Rgnl spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 18%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Mcalester Rgnl has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 41.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.3" and January 2.2". The three wettest months together take 34% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Mcalester Rgnl, it arrives in quantity
42.6" of precipitation falls across only about 91 wet days here, averaging 0.47 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 91 a year, 25% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.47 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- July, about 6
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 3
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 31
50% probability date
Growing Season
217 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,079
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,133
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63% | 7.8 | 47% | 31% |
| February | 60% | 8.7 | 46% | 28% |
| March | 61% | 9.3 | 45% | 26% |
| April | 68% | 7.9 | 43% | 25% |
| May | 73% | 6.4 | 49% | 15% |
| June | 70% | 6.3 | 60% | 7% |
| July | 65% | 5.4 | 66% | 6% |
| August | 65% | 5.2 | 62% | 8% |
| September | 67% | 6.0 | 61% | 11% |
| October | 67% | 7.3 | 50% | 24% |
| November | 64% | 7.9 | 50% | 25% |
| December | 66% | 7.7 | 49% | 28% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OK closest to Mcalester Rgnl on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (62°F here).
- Dunn, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Elizabeth City, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Houston, MS 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Madera, CA 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (42.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Berlin, NH 42.6" · 0.0" off
- Delanson, NY 42.6" · 0.0" off
- Port Allegany, PA 42.6" · 0.0" off
- Bellefontaine, OH 42.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Mcalester Rgnl's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · moderate · mid swing
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Mcalester Rgnl's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.5°F. The annual average is 62°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Mcalester Rgnl's normal, at 3,079 and 2,133 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
A roughly 217-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
Mcalester Rgnl's 42.6 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Mcalester Rgnl's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Mcalester Rgnl, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Mcalester Rgnl's primary station: MCALESTER RGNL AP (USW00093950). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Mcalester Rgnl; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Mcalester Rgnl comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.