Perry, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Perry's normal year runs from 25°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 36.1 inches of precipitation and 7 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.8°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 35°C, 916 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPerry
- Station IDUSC00347012
- Location36.29°N 97.29°W
- Elevation1,025 ft (312 m)
- Population4,448
On October 23, the normal high in Perry is 72°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Perry.
- Jan 49° 25°
- Feb 54° 28°
- Mar 63° 37°
- Apr 72° 47°
- May 80° 58°
- Jun 90° 68°
- Jul 95° 72°
- Aug 94° 71°
- Sep 86° 62°
- Oct 75° 49°
- Nov 61° 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 Perry each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 25°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.19 in), the least in January (1.25 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 25°F | 36.9°F | 1.25 | 1.5 | 4 | <1 | 24 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 28°F | 40.8°F | 1.50 | 1.3 | 5 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 37°F | 49.8°F | 2.58 | 1.8 | 6 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 47°F | 59.3°F | 3.98 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 58°F | 69.1°F | 5.19 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 90°F | 68°F | 78.7°F | 4.44 | 0.0 | 7 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 95°F | 72°F | 83.4°F | 3.54 | 0.0 | 6 | 26 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 94°F | 71°F | 82.1°F | 3.44 | 0.0 | 7 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 86°F | 62°F | 73.9°F | 3.13 | 0.0 | 6 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 49°F | 61.8°F | 3.25 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 37°F | 49.3°F | 1.94 | 0.0 | 4 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 50°F | 28°F | 39.1°F | 1.84 | 1.9 | 4 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 49°F | 60.4°F | 36.08 | 6.5 | 69 | 81 | 80 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −4°C | 2.7°C | 32 mm | 4 cm |
| February | 12°C | −2°C | 4.9°C | 38 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 17°C | 3°C | 9.9°C | 66 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 22°C | 8°C | 15.2°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 15°C | 20.6°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 25.9°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 22°C | 28.6°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 21°C | 27.8°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 17°C | 23.3°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 9°C | 16.6°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 3°C | 9.6°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 10°C | −2°C | 3.9°C | 47 mm | 5 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00347012; 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 Perry?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (5).
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 USC00347012.
When is the last frost in Perry?
In Perry, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 4 in half of years and after April 20 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 18 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 41 year in 10 after April 20; 9 in 10 after March 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 18; 9 in 10 before November 17
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 210 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 232 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 25 in half of springs and before November 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Perry in zone 7a in ZIP code 73077, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Perry's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (16 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Oklahoma · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00347012; 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 Perry?
In a normal year in Perry, 81 days a year reach 90°F (17 of them 100°F or more), 80 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 69 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 81a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 17a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 80a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 9high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 69a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1894) is 117°F, on August 11, 1936; the lowest is −20°F, on January 18, 1930.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1986, with 51.77 in; the snowiest season is 1948–49, with 30.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00347012; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00347012. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Perry?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Perry, 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 Perry need?
A normal year in Perry brings 3,753 heating degree days, 30% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,095 cooling degree days, 2.3 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 5,191 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 873 | 0 |
| February | 678 | 1 |
| March | 477 | 8 |
| April | 213 | 42 |
| May | 44 | 172 |
| June | 2 | 412 |
| July | 0 | 570 |
| August | 0 | 530 |
| September | 19 | 285 |
| October | 169 | 68 |
| November | 477 | 6 |
| December | 803 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,753 | 2,095 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00347012. 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 Perry's climate compare?
Perry is warmer than 68 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 45. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.4°F is warmer than 76%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Perry 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 Perry share this climate record?
Lucien has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Lucien, OK58 people · 9 mi W
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 Perry's climate
What is the coldest month in Perry?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 25°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Perry?
Yes: 7 inches in a normal year, falling on 3 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (1.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Perry?
May, with 5.19 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.25 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Perry in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Perry in zone 7a in ZIP code 73077, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Perry's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Perry?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 4; in one year in ten it comes after April 20. Waiting until April 20 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Red Rock, OK9 miles from this station, 59.4°F a year
- Orlando, OK10 miles from this station, 59.2°F a year
- Stillwater, OK14 miles from this station, 61.5°F a year
- Coyle, OK16 miles from this station, 60.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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