Watonga, OK Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Watonga's primary NOAA station, WATONGA - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Watonga
Watonga, Oklahoma has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 59°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 59°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 31.8"
- precipitation, annual total
- 196 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Watonga: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00349364 · Watonga, OK 59°F mean · 31.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 59°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,940
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hennessey
- PRCP-MID 31.8"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,064 HDD
- STN-MULTI USC00349364
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Hennessey, OK ( -0.2 °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.
- Watonga (this station) 59°F
- Cold Hennessey, OK 59°F
- Hot Gage, OK 59°F
- Near Seiling, OK 59°F
- Near Breckinridge, OK 59°F
Climate Living Index · Watonga
Watonga: 58/100 · grade C
Watonga publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Watonga, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 31.8 in · 3.2 from 35 in | 88/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 58.9°F · 8.6° from 67.5°F | 73/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 196 days/year | 61/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 180 calendar days | 25/100 · F |
Watonga · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Watonga is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 36.1°F and warmest-month mean 82.1°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 82.1°F
- Coldest month
- 36.1°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Watonga sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Watonga's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 28% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Watonga sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 42nd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 64th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Watonga compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Watonga's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Watonga's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 57 complete annual observations from 1959 to 2025, WATONGA warmed at a fitted rate of 0.22°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Watonga primary station fitted change +0.22 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F (9°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.1" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 53°F (12°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 1.3" | 19.4 | 0.1 |
| March | 62°F (17°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 2.4" | 10.5 | 0.1 |
| April | 71°F (22°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 3.0" | 3.0 | 0.5 |
| May | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 15.5 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 24.7 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 21.9 |
| September | 85°F (29°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 9.3 |
| October | 73°F (23°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.0" | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| November | 60°F (16°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.8" | 11.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 50°F (10°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.5" | 22.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Watonga works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 95°F by July 23 and hold at or above 90°F on 74 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 106 dates, bottoming at 23°F around January 15.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 18 through August 30, covering 74 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 11 to October 23.
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 March 6, then returns to freezing around November 22, covering 106 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 24, when 31% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 11 at 15%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 80 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Watonga.
Where Watonga Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 74 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Watonga 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
4.5 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
Watonga spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 34% of the annual total and December through February 12%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Watonga has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 4.0" and January 1.1". The three wettest months together take 37% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Watonga, it arrives in quantity
31.8" of precipitation falls across only about 80 wet days here, averaging 0.40 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 80 a year, 22% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.40 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- January, about 5
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 14
50% probability date
Growing Season
196 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,064
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,863
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OK closest to Watonga 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 (59°F here).
- Alicia, AR 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Bridgeport, AL 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Decaturville, TN 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Jonesboro, AR 59°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (31.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Lead, SD 31.8" · 0.0" off
- Mineral Wells, TX 31.8" · 0.0" off
- Buffalo, MN 31.7" · 0.0" off
- Corpus Christi, TX 31.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Watonga's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Watonga's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,064 annual heating degree days against 1,863 for cooling. Its 46.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Watonga's frost-free season lasts about 196 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Watonga's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 46.0°F. The annual average is 59°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Watonga's 31.8 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Watonga's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Watonga, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Watonga's primary station: WATONGA (USC00349364). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Watonga area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. 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 4078950). Match rule for Watonga: 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 Watonga 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.