Watonga, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Watonga's normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 31.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.9°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 35°C, 807 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWatonga
- Station IDUSC00349364
- Location35.86°N 98.41°W
- Elevation1,530 ft (466 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population2,617
On October 23, the normal high in Watonga is 70°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Watonga.
- Jan 49° 24°
- Feb 53° 26°
- Mar 62° 35°
- Apr 71° 44°
- May 80° 55°
- Jun 89° 65°
- Jul 95° 70°
- Aug 93° 68°
- Sep 85° 60°
- Oct 73° 47°
- Nov 60° 34°
- Dec 50° 26°
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 Watonga each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.01 in), the least in January (1.07 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 24°F | 36.1°F | 1.07 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 10 h |
| February | 53°F | 26°F | 39.6°F | 1.33 | 5 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 35°F | 48.6°F | 2.41 | 7 | <1 | 11 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 44°F | 57.5°F | 2.95 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 55°F | 67.5°F | 4.01 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 89°F | 65°F | 77.2°F | 4.01 | 9 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 95°F | 70°F | 82.1°F | 2.90 | 6 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 93°F | 68°F | 80.4°F | 3.89 | 8 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 60°F | 72.3°F | 2.89 | 7 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 47°F | 60.0°F | 3.03 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 34°F | 47.3°F | 1.78 | 5 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 50°F | 26°F | 37.7°F | 1.51 | 6 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 46°F | 58.9°F | 31.78 | 80 | 78 | 94 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −5°C | 2.3°C | 27 mm |
| February | 12°C | −3°C | 4.2°C | 34 mm |
| March | 17°C | 2°C | 9.2°C | 61 mm |
| April | 22°C | 7°C | 14.2°C | 75 mm |
| May | 27°C | 13°C | 19.7°C | 102 mm |
| June | 32°C | 18°C | 25.1°C | 102 mm |
| July | 35°C | 21°C | 27.8°C | 74 mm |
| August | 34°C | 20°C | 26.9°C | 99 mm |
| September | 29°C | 15°C | 22.4°C | 73 mm |
| October | 23°C | 8°C | 15.6°C | 77 mm |
| November | 16°C | 1°C | 8.5°C | 45 mm |
| December | 10°C | −3°C | 3.2°C | 38 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Geary (17 miles away), gets 5 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00349364; 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 Watonga?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September 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 USC00349364.
When is the last frost in Watonga?
In Watonga, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 14 in half of years and after April 29 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 27 in half of years and before October 11 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 141 year in 10 after April 29; 9 in 10 after March 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 271 year in 10 before October 11; 9 in 10 before November 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 194 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 215 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 3 in half of springs and before November 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Watonga in zone 7b in ZIP code 73772, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Watonga's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 3°F (25 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Oklahoma · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00349364; 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 in Watonga?
In a normal year in Watonga, 78 days a year reach 90°F (15 of them 100°F or more), 94 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 80 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 78a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 15a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 94a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 11high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 80a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1902) is 112°F, on August 2, 2012; the lowest is −16°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2007, with 59.23 in; the snowiest season is 1987–88, with 44.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00349364; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00349364. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Watonga?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Watonga, 4.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 2.9 |
| February | 75% | 3.6 |
| March | 76% | 4.7 |
| April | 78% | 5.8 |
| May | 78% | 6.3 |
| June | 86% | 7.1 |
| July | 88% | 7.0 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 85% | 5.3 |
| October | 81% | 4.1 |
| November | 81% | 3.1 |
| December | 76% | 2.5 |
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 Watonga need?
A normal year in Watonga brings 4,064 heating degree days, 24% 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 4,811 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 896 | 0 |
| February | 712 | 1 |
| March | 515 | 5 |
| April | 255 | 32 |
| May | 69 | 148 |
| June | 2 | 368 |
| July | 0 | 530 |
| August | 0 | 478 |
| September | 26 | 245 |
| October | 210 | 54 |
| November | 534 | 3 |
| December | 844 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,064 | 1,863 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00349364. 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 Watonga been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 60.0°F, 1.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.9°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 59.9°F | +1.0°F | 34.29 |
| 2025 | 60.0°F | +1.1°F | – |
Over 57 complete years from 1959 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.9°F per century (+0.22°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00349364; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Watonga's climate compare?
Watonga is warmer than 26 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 33. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.9°F is warmer than 72%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Watonga 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 Watonga share this climate record?
3 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.
- Hitchcock, OK98 people · 8 mi NE
- Fay, OK11 people · 14 mi W
- Eagle City, OK10 people · 11 mi NW
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 Watonga's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Watonga. This page uses Watonga; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watonga 7 mi W Mesonet USC00349370 | 7 mi W | 1,696 ft | 59.9°F | 27°F | 94°F | 32.0 | – | April 6 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Watonga's climate
What is the coldest month in Watonga?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Watonga?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Watonga's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Geary (17 miles away), records 5 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Watonga?
May, with 4.01 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.07 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Watonga in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Watonga in zone 7b in ZIP code 73772, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Watonga's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 3°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Watonga?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 14; in one year in ten it comes after April 29. Waiting until April 29 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Geary, OK17 miles from this station, 59.5°F a year
- Okeene, OK19 miles from this station, 61.0°F a year
- Kingfisher, OK25 miles from this station, 60.1°F a year
- Hinton, OK26 miles from this station, 59.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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