Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport, Oklahoma climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 42.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.4°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,069 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport
- Station IDUSW00053908
- Location36.04°N 95.98°W
- Elevation638 ft (195 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport is 72°F and the normal low 48°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 29%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport.
- Jan 50° 28°
- Feb 55° 32°
- Mar 64° 41°
- Apr 73° 50°
- May 80° 60°
- Jun 89° 69°
- Jul 94° 73°
- Aug 94° 71°
- Sep 85° 63°
- Oct 74° 51°
- Nov 62° 39°
- Dec 52° 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 at Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport 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 (6.08 in), the least in January (1.59 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 28°F | 38.9°F | 1.59 | 6 | <1 | 24 | 10 h |
| February | 55°F | 32°F | 43.3°F | 1.80 | 7 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 64°F | 41°F | 52.4°F | 3.22 | 9 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 50°F | 61.3°F | 4.46 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 60°F | 69.9°F | 6.08 | 12 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 89°F | 69°F | 78.8°F | 4.82 | 10 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 94°F | 73°F | 83.3°F | 3.82 | 7 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 94°F | 71°F | 82.1°F | 3.64 | 8 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 63°F | 74.1°F | 3.67 | 8 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 51°F | 62.4°F | 3.84 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 39°F | 50.7°F | 2.64 | 7 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 52°F | 31°F | 41.2°F | 2.51 | 7 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 50°F | 61.5°F | 42.09 | 99 | 81 | 81 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −2°C | 3.8°C | 40 mm |
| February | 13°C | 0°C | 6.3°C | 46 mm |
| March | 18°C | 5°C | 11.3°C | 82 mm |
| April | 23°C | 10°C | 16.3°C | 113 mm |
| May | 27°C | 15°C | 21.1°C | 154 mm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 26.0°C | 122 mm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.5°C | 97 mm |
| August | 34°C | 22°C | 27.8°C | 92 mm |
| September | 30°C | 17°C | 23.4°C | 93 mm |
| October | 23°C | 10°C | 16.9°C | 98 mm |
| November | 17°C | 4°C | 10.4°C | 67 mm |
| December | 11°C | −1°C | 5.1°C | 64 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Tulsa (12 miles away), gets 9 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053908; 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.
Which months are mildest at Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (9).
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 USW00053908.
When is the last frost at Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport?
In Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 30 in half of years and after April 17 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 4 in half of years and before October 21 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 301 year in 10 after April 17; 9 in 10 after March 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 41 year in 10 before October 21; 9 in 10 before November 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 220 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 241 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 15 in half of springs and before November 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport in zone 7b in ZIP code 74132, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (22 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 USW00053908; 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 at Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport?
In a normal year in Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport, 81 days a year reach 90°F (14 of them 100°F or more), 81 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 99 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 81a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 14a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 81a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 7high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 99a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1998) is 114°F, on August 3, 2011; the lowest is −13°F, on February 10, 2011.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2019, with 63.56 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00053908; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00053908. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (85%) and February the cloudiest (69%).
| 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport record?
A normal year at Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport brings 3,374 heating degree days, 37% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,146 cooling degree days, 2.4 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 5,363 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 809 | 0 |
| February | 610 | 2 |
| March | 407 | 16 |
| April | 168 | 59 |
| May | 37 | 189 |
| June | 1 | 416 |
| July | 0 | 566 |
| August | 0 | 530 |
| September | 14 | 287 |
| October | 156 | 76 |
| November | 437 | 7 |
| December | 737 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,374 | 2,146 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053908. 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.
Have recent years at Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 61.9°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 61.5°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 61.4°F | −0.1°F | 34.37 |
| 2023 | 62.2°F | +0.7°F | 36.55 |
| 2024 | 63.7°F | +2.2°F | – |
| 2025 | 61.9°F | +0.4°F | 47.79 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00053908. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport's climate compare?
Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport is warmer than 101 of the 134 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 70. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.5°F is warmer than 78%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport 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 R.L. Jones Jr. Airport share this climate record?
8 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.
- Jenks, OK27,869 people · 3 mi S
- Sapulpa, OK23,297 people · 8 mi W
- Sand Springs, OK20,330 people · 11 mi NW
- Glenpool, OK14,567 people · 6 mi S
- Kiefer, OK2,271 people · 8 mi SW
- Oakhurst, OK1,970 people · 5 mi NW
- Kellyville, OK1,049 people · 13 mi SW
- Mounds, OK984 people · 12 mi S
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 Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport's climate
What is the coldest month at Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow at Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Tulsa (12 miles away), records 9 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport?
May, with 6.08 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.59 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport in zone 7b in ZIP code 74132, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come at Tulsa R.L. Jones Jr. Airport?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 30; in one year in ten it comes after April 17. Waiting until April 17 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Bixby, OK7 miles from this station, 60.0°F a year
- Tulsa, OK12 miles from this station, 61.3°F a year
- Bristow, OK27 miles from this station, 59.5°F a year
- Mannford, OK27 miles from this station, 60.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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