Newkirk, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Newkirk's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 39.3 inches of precipitation and 9 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 33°C, 998 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNewkirk (5 mi NE)
- Station IDUSC00346278
- Location36.94°N 97.01°W
- Elevation1,142 ft (348 m)
- Population2,243
On October 23, the normal high in Newkirk is 69°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Newkirk.
- Jan 45° 22°
- Feb 50° 25°
- Mar 59° 34°
- Apr 69° 43°
- May 77° 54°
- Jun 87° 65°
- Jul 92° 69°
- Aug 91° 67°
- Sep 83° 59°
- Oct 72° 47°
- Nov 59° 34°
- Dec 47° 25°
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 Newkirk each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.66 in), the least in January (1.06 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F | 22°F | 33.2°F | 1.06 | 2.4 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 50°F | 25°F | 37.4°F | 1.55 | 1.9 | 5 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 59°F | 34°F | 46.5°F | 2.73 | 1.6 | 7 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 69°F | 43°F | 55.9°F | 4.22 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 54°F | 65.8°F | 5.66 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 87°F | 65°F | 75.7°F | 5.41 | 0.0 | 8 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 92°F | 69°F | 80.4°F | 4.31 | 0.0 | 7 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 91°F | 67°F | 78.9°F | 4.16 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 83°F | 59°F | 71.0°F | 3.13 | 0.0 | 6 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 72°F | 47°F | 59.0°F | 3.59 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 59°F | 34°F | 46.3°F | 1.84 | 0.1 | 5 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 47°F | 25°F | 36.0°F | 1.63 | 2.6 | 5 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 45°F | 57.2°F | 39.29 | 8.6 | 77 | 61 | 98 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −6°C | 0.7°C | 27 mm | 6 cm |
| February | 10°C | −4°C | 3.0°C | 39 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 15°C | 1°C | 8.1°C | 69 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 20°C | 6°C | 13.3°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 12°C | 18.8°C | 144 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 18°C | 24.3°C | 137 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 19°C | 26.1°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 15°C | 21.7°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 8°C | 15.0°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 15°C | 1°C | 7.9°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 8°C | −4°C | 2.2°C | 41 mm | 7 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00346278; 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 Newkirk?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September 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 USC00346278.
When is the last frost in Newkirk?
In Newkirk, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 16 in half of years and after April 30 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 26 in half of years and before October 11 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 April 30; 9 in 10 after March 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 261 year in 10 before October 11; 9 in 10 before November 8
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 Newkirk in zone 7a in ZIP code 74647, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Newkirk's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (20 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 USC00346278; 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 Newkirk?
In a normal year in Newkirk, 61 days a year reach 90°F (11 of them 100°F or more), 98 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 77 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 61a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 98a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 14high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 77a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1898) is 117°F, on July 14, 1954; the lowest is −22°F, on February 12, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1986, with 59.62 in; the snowiest season is 1987–88, with 41.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00346278; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00346278. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Newkirk?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Newkirk, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (74%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 2.7 |
| February | 74% | 3.4 |
| March | 74% | 4.4 |
| April | 76% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.1 |
| June | 86% | 7.0 |
| July | 87% | 6.9 |
| August | 86% | 6.1 |
| September | 84% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 3.9 |
| November | 80% | 2.9 |
| December | 74% | 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 Newkirk need?
A normal year in Newkirk brings 4,442 heating degree days, 17% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,631 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 4,463 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 986 | 0 |
| February | 771 | 0 |
| March | 577 | 3 |
| April | 294 | 21 |
| May | 86 | 112 |
| June | 5 | 328 |
| July | 0 | 476 |
| August | 1 | 433 |
| September | 33 | 213 |
| October | 227 | 41 |
| November | 562 | 2 |
| December | 899 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,442 | 1,631 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00346278. 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 Newkirk's climate compare?
Newkirk is warmer than 6 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 57. 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, Newkirk 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 Newkirk share this climate record?
6 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.
- Arkansas City, KS11,761 people · 9 mi N
- Parkerfield, KS403 people · 9 mi N
- Dexter, KS229 people · 23 mi NE
- Geuda Springs, KS154 people · 14 mi NW
- Webb City, OK61 people · 19 mi SE
- Silverdale, KS37 people · 9 mi NE
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 Newkirk's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Newkirk. This page uses Newkirk (5 mi NE); the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newkirk 8 mi E Mesonet USC00346282 | 6 mi SE | 1,200 ft | 58.3°F | 24°F | 91°F | – | – | April 6 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Newkirk's climate
What is the coldest month in Newkirk?
January, with a normal high of 45°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Newkirk?
Yes: 9 inches in a normal year, falling on 4 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (2.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Newkirk?
May, with 5.66 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.06 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Newkirk in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Newkirk in zone 7a in ZIP code 74647, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Newkirk's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Newkirk?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 16; in one year in ten it comes after April 30. Waiting until April 30 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Ponca City, OK15 miles from this station, 59.4°F a year
- Winfield, KS16 miles from this station, 58.2°F a year
- Blackwell, OK19 miles from this station, 58.3°F a year
- Wellington, KS32 miles from this station, 56.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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