Medford, OK Climate: Temperature by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Medford's primary NOAA station, MEDFORD 1SW MESONET.
The climate verdict for Medford
Medford, Oklahoma has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 59°F. July is the warmest month at 82°F and January the coldest at 35°F.
- 59°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 201 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Medford: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00345769 · Medford, OK 59°F mean
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-MILD 59°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,871
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hennessey
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 4,157 HDD
- STN-1 USC00345769
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Hennessey, OK (+ 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.
- Medford (this station) 59°F
- Cold Alva, OK 59°F
- Hot Helena, OK 59°F
- Near Hennessey, OK 59°F
- Near Billings, OK 59°F
Climate Living Index · Medford
Medford: 52/100 · grade D
Medford publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Medford, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 58.7°F · 8.8° from 67.5°F | 72/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 201 days/year | 65/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 178 calendar days | 26/100 · F |
Medford · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Medford sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Medford are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Top 29% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Medford sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 68th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47°F (8°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | N/A | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 52°F (11°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 39°F (4°C) | N/A | 21.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 62°F (16°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | N/A | 10.8 | 0.1 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | N/A | 4.2 | 0.3 |
| May | 79°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.2 | 5.1 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 78°F (25°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 19.8 |
| July | 94°F (34°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 22.7 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 81°F (27°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 19.5 |
| September | 85°F (29°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 10.9 |
| October | 73°F (23°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 60°F (16°C) | N/A | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| November | 59°F (15°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | N/A | 12.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 48°F (9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 37°F (3°C) | N/A | 24.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Medford works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 94°F by July 26 and hold at or above 90°F on 74 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 104 dates, bottoming at 24°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 17 through August 29, covering 74 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 15 to October 22.
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 March 4, then returns to freezing around November 22, covering 104 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.
The widest day
April 2 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Medford.
Where Medford Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 74 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Medford 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
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
201 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,157
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,902
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OK closest to Medford 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 (59°F here).
- Amarillo, TX 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Chesnee, SC 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Dobbins, CA 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Dyersburg, TN 59°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Medford's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Medford's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,157 annual heating degree days against 1,902 for cooling. Its 46.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Medford's frost-free season lasts about 201 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Medford's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 46.9°F. The annual average is 59°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Medford's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Medford's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Medford, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Medford's climate
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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 Medford's primary station: MEDFORD 1SW MESONET (USC00345769). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4047300). Match rule for Medford: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Medford 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.