Tulsa, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Tulsa's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 41.0 inches of precipitation and 9 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.3°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,040 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTulsa International Airport
- Station IDUSW00013968
- Location36.20°N 95.89°W
- Elevation650 ft (198 m)
- From the center5 miles
- Population415,154
On October 23, the normal high in Tulsa is 71°F and the normal low 48°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Tulsa.
- Jan 49° 28°
- Feb 54° 32°
- Mar 63° 41°
- Apr 72° 50°
- May 80° 60°
- Jun 88° 69°
- Jul 94° 73°
- Aug 93° 72°
- Sep 85° 63°
- Oct 74° 51°
- Nov 61° 39°
- Dec 51° 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 Tulsa each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.73 in), the least in February (1.62 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 | 49°F | 28°F | 38.5°F | 1.63 | 1.9 | 6 | <1 | 22 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 32°F | 42.8°F | 1.62 | 2.4 | 7 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 41°F | 52.0°F | 3.10 | 1.9 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 50°F | 60.8°F | 4.37 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 60°F | 69.6°F | 5.73 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 69°F | 78.6°F | 4.65 | 0.0 | 9 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 94°F | 73°F | 83.4°F | 3.76 | 0.0 | 7 | 24 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 93°F | 72°F | 82.2°F | 3.38 | 0.0 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 63°F | 73.8°F | 3.85 | 0.0 | 8 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 51°F | 62.3°F | 3.78 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 39°F | 50.4°F | 2.66 | 0.8 | 7 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 51°F | 31°F | 41.0°F | 2.43 | 1.7 | 7 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 51°F | 61.3°F | 40.96 | 8.7 | 94 | 74 | 72 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −2°C | 3.6°C | 41 mm | 5 cm |
| February | 12°C | 0°C | 6.0°C | 41 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 17°C | 5°C | 11.1°C | 79 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 22°C | 10°C | 16.0°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 15°C | 20.9°C | 146 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 20°C | 25.9°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.6°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 22°C | 27.9°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 11°C | 16.8°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 4°C | 10.2°C | 68 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 11°C | 0°C | 5.0°C | 62 mm | 4 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013968; 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 Tulsa?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USW00013968.
When is the last frost in Tulsa?
In Tulsa, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 31 in half of years and after April 15 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 4 in half of years and before October 20 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
- March 311 year in 10 after April 15; 9 in 10 after March 11
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 41 year in 10 before October 20; 9 in 10 before November 19
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 220 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 242 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 17 in half of springs and before November 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tulsa in zone 7b across its 29 ZIP code areas (7b in 74115, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Tulsa's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (30 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 USW00013968; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Tulsa ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Tulsa's 29 ZIP code areas are all in zone 7b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
| ZIP code | Zone | Land in Tulsa |
|---|---|---|
| 74015 | 7b | 26.4 km² |
| 74103 | 7b | 1.7 km² |
| 74104 | 7b | 7.0 km² |
| 74105 | 7b | 18.8 km² |
| 74106 | 7b | 19.1 km² |
| 74107 | 7b | 20.5 km² |
| 74108 | 7b | 21.6 km² |
| 74110 | 7b | 15.2 km² |
| 74112 | 7b | 17.7 km² |
| 74114 | 7b | 12.5 km² |
| 74115 | 7b | 40.7 km² |
| 74116 | 7b | 33.1 km² |
| 74117 | 7b | 9.9 km² |
| 74119 | 7b | 2.0 km² |
| 74120 | 7b | 5.5 km² |
| 74126 | 7b | 6.7 km² |
| 74127 | 7b | 34.9 km² |
| 74128 | 7b | 9.3 km² |
| 74129 | 7b | 10.3 km² |
| 74130 | 7b | 3.6 km² |
| 74132 | 7b | 21.1 km² |
| 74133 | 7b | 32.8 km² |
| 74134 | 7b | 31.2 km² |
| 74135 | 7b | 15.9 km² |
| 74136 | 7b | 20.0 km² |
| 74137 | 7b | 26.9 km² |
| 74145 | 7b | 15.4 km² |
| 74146 | 7b | 13.3 km² |
| 74171 | 7b | 0.9 km² |
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Tulsa?
In a normal year in Tulsa, 74 days a year reach 90°F (11 of them 100°F or more), 72 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 94 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 74a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 72a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 8high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 94a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in Tulsa's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1905) is 115°F, on August 10, 1936; the lowest is −16°F, on January 22, 1930.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 69.88 in; the snowiest season is 2010–11, with 26.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00013968; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record TULthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Tulsa, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 67°F. The muggiest month is June, with an average dew point of 68°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in December (27°F). March is the windiest month (11.2 mph on average), and September has the most clear or nearly clear hours (64%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°F | 62% | 45% | 9.0 mph | 48% | 36% |
| February | 31°F | 58% | 41% | 10.2 mph | 50% | 33% |
| March | 42°F | 60% | 44% | 11.2 mph | 46% | 30% |
| April | 52°F | 65% | 49% | 10.4 mph | 45% | 29% |
| May | 64°F | 70% | 54% | 9.0 mph | 39% | 25% |
| June | 68°F | 65% | 48% | 9.3 mph | 50% | 13% |
| July | 68°F | 61% | 44% | 7.8 mph | 50% | 12% |
| August | 66°F | 64% | 44% | 7.7 mph | 57% | 11% |
| September | 56°F | 66% | 44% | 8.0 mph | 64% | 14% |
| October | 43°F | 65% | 45% | 9.2 mph | 50% | 32% |
| November | 33°F | 63% | 46% | 9.5 mph | 52% | 33% |
| December | 27°F | 65% | 49% | 9.2 mph | 47% | 38% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00013968. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Tulsa?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Tulsa, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (85%) and February the cloudiest (69%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 243rd (with 32 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.5 |
| February | 69% | 3.1 |
| March | 71% | 4.2 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 74% | 5.8 |
| June | 83% | 6.7 |
| July | 85% | 6.6 |
| August | 84% | 5.9 |
| September | 83% | 5.0 |
| October | 78% | 3.7 |
| November | 76% | 2.7 |
| December | 71% | 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 Tulsa need?
A normal year in Tulsa brings 3,451 heating degree days, 36% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,128 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 5,332 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 823 | 1 |
| February | 622 | 2 |
| March | 418 | 15 |
| April | 179 | 53 |
| May | 41 | 183 |
| June | 1 | 407 |
| July | 0 | 569 |
| August | 0 | 535 |
| September | 17 | 281 |
| October | 160 | 74 |
| November | 446 | 8 |
| December | 744 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,451 | 2,128 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013968. 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.
Has Tulsa been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 62.2°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 61.3°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.2°F | +0.9°F | 37.48 | 10.1 |
| 2022 | 61.8°F | +0.5°F | 33.63 | 13.5 |
| 2023 | 62.5°F | +1.2°F | 37.28 | 0.5 |
| 2024 | 63.8°F | +2.5°F | 48.77 | 1.6 |
| 2025 | 62.2°F | +0.9°F | 54.51 | 10.3 |
Over 80 complete years from 1939 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.0°F per century (+0.17°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00013968; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Tulsa's climate compare?
Tulsa is warmer than 94 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 62. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.3°F is warmer than 78%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Tulsa 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 Tulsa share this climate record?
7 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.
- Owasso, OK42,821 people · 7 mi NE
- Collinsville, OK9,757 people · 12 mi N
- Skiatook, OK8,879 people · 11 mi N
- Catoosa, OK7,497 people · 7 mi E
- Turley, OK2,887 people · 5 mi NW
- Sperry, OK1,244 people · 9 mi NW
- Fair Oaks, OK73 people · 11 mi E
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 Tulsa's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Tulsa. This page uses Tulsa International Airport; the other differs by site and elevation, and the linked ones have pages of their own:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport USW00053908 | 8 mi SW | 638 ft | 61.5°F | 28°F | 94°F | 42.1 | – | March 30 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Tulsa's climate
What is the coldest month in Tulsa?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Tulsa?
Yes: 9 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (2.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Tulsa?
May, with 5.73 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.62 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Tulsa in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Tulsa in zone 7b across its 29 ZIP code areas (7b in 74115, the largest). By the same method at Tulsa's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Tulsa?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 31; in one year in ten it comes after April 15. Waiting until April 15 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Tulsa in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport, OK12 miles from this station, 61.5°F a year
- Bixby, OK15 miles from this station, 60.0°F a year
- Claremore, OK19 miles from this station, 59.0°F a year
- Barnsdall, OK30 miles from this station, 59.9°F a year
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