Waurika, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Waurika's normal year runs from 31°F January nights to 97°F July afternoons, with 32.2 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.9°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 36°C, 818 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWaurika
- Station IDUSC00349395
- Location34.17°N 98.00°W
- Elevation912 ft (278 m)
- Population1,842
On October 23, the normal high in Waurika is 75°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 15%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Waurika.
- Jan 55° 31°
- Feb 60° 35°
- Mar 69° 43°
- Apr 77° 51°
- May 83° 61°
- Jun 91° 69°
- Jul 97° 73°
- Aug 96° 72°
- Sep 88° 65°
- Oct 77° 53°
- Nov 65° 42°
- Dec 56° 33°
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 Waurika each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 31°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.32 in), the least in January (1.56 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 31°F | 43.1°F | 1.56 | 0.7 | 4 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 60°F | 35°F | 47.2°F | 1.77 | 0.4 | 4 | <1 | 12 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 43°F | 56.0°F | 2.50 | 0.1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 77°F | 51°F | 63.8°F | 3.10 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 61°F | 72.1°F | 4.32 | 0.0 | 7 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 69°F | 80.1°F | 3.87 | 0.0 | 6 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 97°F | 73°F | 84.9°F | 2.34 | 0.0 | 4 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 96°F | 72°F | 84.2°F | 2.96 | 0.0 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 88°F | 65°F | 76.4°F | 3.11 | 0.0 | 5 | 14 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 77°F | 53°F | 65.2°F | 2.93 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 42°F | 53.3°F | 2.09 | 0.5 | 5 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 56°F | 33°F | 44.4°F | 1.65 | 0.2 | 3 | <1 | 15 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 52°F | 64.2°F | 32.20 | 1.9 | 54 | 100 | 57 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 0°C | 6.2°C | 40 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 15°C | 2°C | 8.4°C | 45 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 21°C | 6°C | 13.3°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 25°C | 11°C | 17.7°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 29°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 36°C | 23°C | 29.4°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 36°C | 22°C | 29.0°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.7°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 25°C | 12°C | 18.4°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 53 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 13°C | 0°C | 6.9°C | 42 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00349395; 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 Waurika?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May and October. Of those, March has the fewest days with rain (4).
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 USC00349395.
When is the last frost in Waurika?
In Waurika, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 24 in half of years and after April 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 8 in half of years and before October 23 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 241 year in 10 after April 8; 9 in 10 after March 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 81 year in 10 before October 23; 9 in 10 before November 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 228 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 252 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 12 in half of springs and before November 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Waurika in zone 8a in ZIP code 73573, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Waurika's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (16 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 USC00349395; 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 Waurika?
In a normal year in Waurika, 100 days a year reach 90°F (25 of them 100°F or more), 57 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 54 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 100a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 25a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 57a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 54a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1910) is 116°F, on August 6, 1964; the lowest is −10°F, on January 4, 1947.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1941, with 52.73 in; the snowiest season is 1929–30, with 15.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00349395; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00349395. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Waurika?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Waurika, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 2.9 |
| February | 72% | 3.5 |
| March | 74% | 4.6 |
| April | 77% | 5.6 |
| May | 76% | 6.0 |
| June | 85% | 6.9 |
| July | 88% | 6.9 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 83% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 4.0 |
| November | 79% | 3.1 |
| December | 74% | 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 Waurika need?
A normal year in Waurika brings 2,730 heating degree days, 49% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,483 cooling degree days, 2.7 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 5,983 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 679 | 1 |
| February | 499 | 2 |
| March | 303 | 24 |
| April | 113 | 79 |
| May | 19 | 238 |
| June | 0 | 455 |
| July | 0 | 617 |
| August | 0 | 595 |
| September | 8 | 350 |
| October | 105 | 109 |
| November | 365 | 14 |
| December | 639 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,730 | 2,483 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00349395. 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.
How does Waurika's climate compare?
Waurika is warmer than 132 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 35. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.2°F is warmer than 86%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Waurika 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 Waurika share this climate record?
5 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.
- Petrolia, TX537 people · 18 mi SW
- Byers, TX475 people · 13 mi SW
- Hastings, OK107 people · 7 mi NW
- Addington, OK92 people · 5 mi N
- Sugden, OK22 people · 6 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.
What do Waurika's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Waurika. This page uses Waurika; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waurika 1 mi ENE Mesonet USC00349400 | 1 mi SE | 928 ft | 63.4°F | 30°F | 96°F | – | – | March 29 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Waurika's climate
What is the coldest month in Waurika?
January, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 31°F. The warmest is July (97°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Waurika?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Waurika?
May, with 4.32 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.56 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Waurika in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Waurika in zone 8a in ZIP code 73573, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Waurika's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Waurika?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 24; in one year in ten it comes after April 8. Waiting until April 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Duncan, OK22 miles from this station, 61.9°F a year
- Ringling, OK24 miles from this station, 63.1°F a year
- Walters, OK25 miles from this station, 62.7°F a year
- Henrietta, TX27 miles from this station, 63.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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