Pawhuska, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Pawhuska's normal year runs from 25°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 45.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.5°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,151 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPawhuska
- Station IDUSC00346935
- Location36.67°N 96.35°W
- Elevation835 ft (255 m)
- Population2,923
On October 23, the normal high in Pawhuska is 71°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 Pawhuska.
- Jan 49° 25°
- Feb 54° 29°
- Mar 64° 38°
- Apr 73° 48°
- May 80° 57°
- Jun 87° 66°
- Jul 92° 71°
- Aug 92° 69°
- Sep 85° 60°
- Oct 74° 49°
- Nov 62° 37°
- Dec 50° 28°
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 Pawhuska each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 25°F. The most precipitation falls in May (6.10 in), the least in January (1.74 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 25°F | 37.0°F | 1.74 | 5 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 54°F | 29°F | 41.4°F | 2.00 | 5 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 64°F | 38°F | 51.2°F | 3.47 | 7 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 48°F | 60.1°F | 5.12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 80°F | 57°F | 68.4°F | 6.10 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 87°F | 66°F | 76.9°F | 5.89 | 8 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 92°F | 71°F | 81.5°F | 4.74 | 6 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 92°F | 69°F | 80.4°F | 4.14 | 6 | 21 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 85°F | 60°F | 72.4°F | 3.95 | 6 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 49°F | 61.1°F | 3.52 | 6 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 37°F | 49.2°F | 2.68 | 5 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 50°F | 28°F | 39.1°F | 1.95 | 5 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 48°F | 59.9°F | 45.30 | 74 | 61 | 89 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −4°C | 2.8°C | 44 mm |
| February | 12°C | −2°C | 5.2°C | 51 mm |
| March | 18°C | 3°C | 10.7°C | 88 mm |
| April | 23°C | 9°C | 15.6°C | 130 mm |
| May | 26°C | 14°C | 20.2°C | 155 mm |
| June | 31°C | 19°C | 24.9°C | 150 mm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 27.5°C | 120 mm |
| August | 33°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 105 mm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.4°C | 100 mm |
| October | 23°C | 9°C | 16.2°C | 89 mm |
| November | 16°C | 3°C | 9.6°C | 68 mm |
| December | 10°C | −2°C | 3.9°C | 50 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Bartlesville (19 miles away), gets 8 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00346935; 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 Pawhuska?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September 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 USC00346935.
When is the last frost in Pawhuska?
In Pawhuska, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 6 in half of years and after April 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 29 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 61 year in 10 after April 23; 9 in 10 after March 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 291 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 204 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 224 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 28 in half of springs and before November 6 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pawhuska in zone 7a in ZIP code 74056, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Pawhuska'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 USC00346935; 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 Pawhuska?
In a normal year in Pawhuska, 61 days a year reach 90°F (9 of them 100°F or more), 89 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 74 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 61a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 9a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 89a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 8high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 74a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1898) is 116°F, on July 18, 1936; the lowest is −26°F, on January 22, 1930.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1985, with 63.53 in; the snowiest season is 1923–24, with 29.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00346935; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00346935. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Pawhuska?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Pawhuska, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (86%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.6 |
| February | 72% | 3.3 |
| March | 73% | 4.3 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 75% | 5.8 |
| June | 84% | 6.8 |
| July | 86% | 6.7 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 83% | 5.0 |
| October | 79% | 3.8 |
| November | 78% | 2.8 |
| December | 73% | 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 Pawhuska need?
A normal year in Pawhuska brings 3,704 heating degree days, 31% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,877 cooling degree days, 2.1 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 4,986 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 870 | 0 |
| February | 663 | 1 |
| March | 442 | 14 |
| April | 195 | 49 |
| May | 50 | 155 |
| June | 2 | 359 |
| July | 0 | 512 |
| August | 0 | 476 |
| September | 23 | 246 |
| October | 179 | 59 |
| November | 480 | 6 |
| December | 802 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,704 | 1,877 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00346935. 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 Pawhuska's climate compare?
Pawhuska is warmer than 50 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 76. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.9°F is warmer than 75%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Pawhuska 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 Pawhuska 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.
- Wynona, OK383 people · 9 mi S
- Shidler, OK331 people · 19 mi NW
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 Pawhuska's climate
What is the coldest month in Pawhuska?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 25°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Pawhuska?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Pawhuska's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Bartlesville (19 miles away), records 8 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Pawhuska?
May, with 6.10 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.74 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Pawhuska in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Pawhuska in zone 7a in ZIP code 74056, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Pawhuska'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 Pawhuska?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 6; in one year in ten it comes after April 23. Waiting until April 23 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Barnsdall, OK12 miles from this station, 59.9°F a year
- Bartlesville, OK19 miles from this station, 58.2°F a year
- Ralston, OK25 miles from this station, 60.1°F a year
- Sedan, KS34 miles from this station, 57.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
Download these normals (CSV) · JSON · How these figures are made