Tahlequah, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Tahlequah's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 51.0 inches of precipitation and 4 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.1°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,295 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTahlequah
- Station IDUSC00348677
- Location35.94°N 94.96°W
- Elevation850 ft (259 m)
- Population17,319
On October 23, the normal high in Tahlequah is 73°F and the normal low 47°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Tahlequah.
- Jan 51° 28°
- Feb 56° 32°
- Mar 65° 40°
- Apr 74° 48°
- May 80° 57°
- Jun 88° 65°
- Jul 93° 69°
- Aug 92° 68°
- Sep 85° 61°
- Oct 75° 49°
- Nov 63° 39°
- Dec 53° 31°
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 Tahlequah each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in May (6.33 in), the least in January (2.47 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 28°F | 39.4°F | 2.47 | 1.7 | 5 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| February | 56°F | 32°F | 43.8°F | 2.95 | 1.5 | 5 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 65°F | 40°F | 52.5°F | 4.37 | 0.5 | 7 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 48°F | 61.2°F | 4.74 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 57°F | 68.6°F | 6.33 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 65°F | 76.8°F | 5.50 | 0.0 | 9 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 93°F | 69°F | 81.1°F | 4.43 | 0.0 | 7 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 92°F | 68°F | 79.8°F | 4.10 | 0.0 | 5 | 19 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 61°F | 73.0°F | 4.88 | 0.0 | 6 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 49°F | 62.2°F | 4.16 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 63°F | 39°F | 50.9°F | 4.23 | 0.3 | 7 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 31°F | 41.9°F | 2.82 | 0.3 | 5 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 49°F | 60.9°F | 50.98 | 4.3 | 81 | 52 | 74 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −2°C | 4.1°C | 63 mm | 4 cm |
| February | 13°C | 0°C | 6.6°C | 75 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 19°C | 4°C | 11.4°C | 111 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 23°C | 9°C | 16.2°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 14°C | 20.3°C | 161 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 19°C | 24.9°C | 140 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 21°C | 27.3°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 20°C | 26.6°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 16°C | 22.8°C | 124 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 10°C | 16.8°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 4°C | 10.5°C | 107 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 12°C | −1°C | 5.5°C | 72 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00348677; 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 Tahlequah?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00348677.
When is the last frost in Tahlequah?
In Tahlequah, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 4 in half of years and after April 24 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 31 in half of years and before October 16 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 24; 9 in 10 after March 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 311 year in 10 before October 16; 9 in 10 before November 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 209 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 232 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 23 in half of springs and before November 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tahlequah in zone 7b in ZIP code 74464, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Oklahoma · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00348677; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Tahlequah?
In a normal year in Tahlequah, 52 days a year reach 90°F (5 of them 100°F or more), 74 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 81 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 52a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 74a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 5high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 81a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1900) is 118°F, on July 18, 1936; the lowest is −23°F, on January 18, 1930.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1945, with 65.40 in; the snowiest season is 1963–64, with 23.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00348677; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00348677. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Tahlequah?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Tahlequah, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.5 |
| February | 66% | 3.1 |
| March | 69% | 4.1 |
| April | 72% | 5.2 |
| May | 73% | 5.7 |
| June | 82% | 6.6 |
| July | 83% | 6.5 |
| August | 83% | 5.9 |
| September | 82% | 5.0 |
| October | 77% | 3.8 |
| November | 75% | 2.8 |
| December | 70% | 2.2 |
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 Tahlequah need?
A normal year in Tahlequah brings 3,312 heating degree days, 38% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,863 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 5,106 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 793 | 1 |
| February | 596 | 1 |
| March | 400 | 12 |
| April | 168 | 52 |
| May | 41 | 152 |
| June | 1 | 355 |
| July | 0 | 497 |
| August | 0 | 459 |
| September | 18 | 260 |
| October | 150 | 65 |
| November | 431 | 8 |
| December | 715 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,312 | 1,863 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00348677. 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 Tahlequah's climate compare?
Tahlequah is warmer than 82 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 85. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.9°F is warmer than 77%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Tahlequah 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 Tahlequah share this climate record?
29 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.
- Park Hill, OK3,092 people · 7 mi S
- Norwood, OK1,598 people · 12 mi SW
- Grandview, OK1,262 people · 3 mi NW
- Moodys, OK1,128 people · 7 mi N
- Woodall, OK1,112 people · 10 mi SW
- Briggs, OK1,078 people · 5 mi E
- Keys, OK968 people · 9 mi S
- Peggs, OK949 people · 11 mi NW
- Cookson, OK928 people · 15 mi S
- Lost City, OK886 people · 10 mi NW
- Pettit, OK861 people · 11 mi S
- Welling, OK764 people · 7 mi SE
- Zeb, OK497 people · 11 mi SW
- Hulbert, OK493 people · 10 mi W
- Shady Grove, OK449 people · 7 mi W
- Eldon, OK424 people · 9 mi E
- Caney, OK423 people · 10 mi SE
- Steely Hollow, OK371 people · 4 mi NE
- Barber, OK311 people · 14 mi SE
- Lowrey, OK297 people · 11 mi N
- Tenkiller, OK284 people · 11 mi SE
- Dry Creek, OK207 people · 15 mi S
- Sparrowhawk, OK185 people · 5 mi NE
- Gideon, OK165 people · 5 mi NW
- Teresita, OK146 people · 13 mi N
- Johnson Prairie, OK133 people · 10 mi N
- Pumpkin Hollow, OK109 people · 8 mi NE
- Caney Ridge, OK90 people · 13 mi S
- Etta, OK65 people · 8 mi SE
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 Tahlequah's climate
What is the coldest month in Tahlequah?
January, with a normal high of 51°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Tahlequah?
Yes: 4 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Tahlequah?
May, with 6.33 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 2.47 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Tahlequah in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Tahlequah in zone 7b in ZIP code 74464, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Tahlequah?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 4; in one year in ten it comes after April 24. Waiting until April 24 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Tahlequah in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Stilwell, OK18 miles from this station, 59.1°F a year
- Kansas, OK22 miles from this station, 60.4°F a year
- Wagoner, OK23 miles from this station, 61.4°F a year
- Upper Spavinaw Port, OK29 miles from this station, 57.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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