Velma, OK Climate: Temperature by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Velma's primary NOAA station, VELMA 7NW MESONET.
The climate verdict for Velma
Velma, Oklahoma has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 62°F. July is the warmest month at 83°F and January the coldest at 41°F.
- 62°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 224 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Velma: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00349130 · Velma, OK 62°F mean
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,557
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Atlanta Fulton…
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00349130
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Atlanta Fulton County, GA (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every OK station list.
- Velma (this station) 62°F
- Hot Douglas Bisbee…, AZ 62°F
- Near Atlanta Fulton…, GA 62°F
- Near Camp Pendleton…, CA 62°F
- Near Chickasha, OK 62°F
Climate Living Index · Velma
Velma: 72/100 · grade B
Velma publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Velma, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 62.3°F · 5.2° from 67.5°F | 84/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 224 days/year | 79/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 133 calendar days | 57/100 · C |
Velma · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · balanced station
Where Velma sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Velma are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Top 19% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Velma sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 43rd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F (11°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | N/A | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 57°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | N/A | 14.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | N/A | 5.2 | 0.2 |
| April | 73°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | N/A | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 18.5 |
| July | 94°F (34°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 83°F (28°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 24.7 |
| August | 95°F (35°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 83°F (28°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 24.4 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 12.1 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | N/A | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| November | 64°F (18°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | N/A | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 54°F (12°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 42°F (6°C) | N/A | 17.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Velma works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 96°F by August 1 and hold at or above 90°F on 73 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 60 dates, bottoming at 29°F around January 3.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 23 through September 3, covering 73 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 30 to October 29.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 8, then returns to freezing around December 11, covering 60 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
August 10 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Velma.
Where Velma Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 73 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Velma earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 7
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 28
50% probability date
Growing Season
224 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,106
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,158
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OK closest to Velma on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (62°F here).
- Dunn, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Elizabeth City, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Houston, MS 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Madera, CA 62°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Velma's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · mid swing
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Velma's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.8°F. The annual average is 62°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Velma's normal, at 3,106 and 2,158 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
A roughly 224-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Velma's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Velma's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Velma, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
Questions about Velma's climate
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Velma's primary station: VELMA 7NW MESONET (USC00349130). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4076900). Match rule for Velma: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Velma comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.