Waynoka, Oklahoma climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Waynoka's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 28.2 inches of precipitation and 9 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.9°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 36°C, 717 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWaynoka
- Station IDUSC00349404
- Location36.58°N 98.88°W
- Elevation1,508 ft (460 m)
- Population703
On October 23, the normal high in Waynoka is 71°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Waynoka.
- Jan 49° 22°
- Feb 53° 25°
- Mar 62° 35°
- Apr 72° 44°
- May 81° 55°
- Jun 90° 66°
- Jul 96° 70°
- Aug 94° 68°
- Sep 86° 60°
- Oct 74° 46°
- Nov 61° 33°
- Dec 50° 24°
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 Waynoka each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.16 in), the least in January (0.81 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 22°F | 35.4°F | 0.81 | 2.0 | 3 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 53°F | 25°F | 38.9°F | 0.98 | 2.2 | 4 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 35°F | 48.3°F | 1.95 | 2.0 | 6 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 44°F | 57.6°F | 2.37 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 81°F | 55°F | 68.0°F | 4.06 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 90°F | 66°F | 78.0°F | 4.16 | 0.0 | 8 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 96°F | 70°F | 83.1°F | 3.48 | 0.0 | 6 | 26 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 94°F | 68°F | 81.0°F | 3.39 | 0.0 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 86°F | 60°F | 72.8°F | 2.05 | 0.0 | 5 | 12 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 46°F | 59.8°F | 2.68 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 33°F | 46.9°F | 1.20 | 0.2 | 4 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 50°F | 24°F | 36.8°F | 1.09 | 2.9 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 46°F | 58.9°F | 28.22 | 9.3 | 67 | 88 | 108 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −5°C | 1.9°C | 21 mm | 5 cm |
| February | 11°C | −4°C | 3.8°C | 25 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 17°C | 1°C | 9.1°C | 50 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 22°C | 6°C | 14.2°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 13°C | 20.0°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 19°C | 25.6°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 36°C | 21°C | 28.4°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 20°C | 27.2°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 15°C | 22.7°C | 52 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 8°C | 15.4°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 1°C | 8.3°C | 30 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 10°C | −4°C | 2.7°C | 28 mm | 7 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00349404; 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 Waynoka?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00349404.
When is the last frost in Waynoka?
In Waynoka, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 12 in half of years and after April 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 24 in half of years and before October 9 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 121 year in 10 after April 27; 9 in 10 after March 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 241 year in 10 before October 9; 9 in 10 before November 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 192 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 213 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 3 in half of springs and before November 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Waynoka in zone 7a in ZIP code 73860, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Waynoka's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (25 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 USC00349404; 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 Waynoka?
In a normal year in Waynoka, 88 days a year reach 90°F (25 of them 100°F or more), 108 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 67 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 88a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 25a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 108a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 11high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 67a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1938) is 114°F, on July 15, 1954; the lowest is −21°F, on February 10, 2011.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1957, with 47.58 in; the snowiest season is 1987–88, with 54.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00349404; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00349404. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Waynoka?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Waynoka, 4.8 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 | 79% | 2.8 |
| February | 75% | 3.5 |
| March | 77% | 4.6 |
| April | 78% | 5.7 |
| May | 79% | 6.3 |
| June | 86% | 7.1 |
| July | 88% | 7.0 |
| August | 86% | 6.2 |
| September | 85% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 4.0 |
| November | 81% | 3.0 |
| December | 76% | 2.4 |
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 Waynoka need?
A normal year in Waynoka brings 4,165 heating degree days, 22% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,971 cooling degree days, 2.2 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 4,896 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 919 | 0 |
| February | 731 | 1 |
| March | 523 | 5 |
| April | 256 | 35 |
| May | 69 | 164 |
| June | 3 | 393 |
| July | 1 | 562 |
| August | 0 | 495 |
| September | 26 | 260 |
| October | 216 | 54 |
| November | 546 | 3 |
| December | 874 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,165 | 1,971 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00349404. 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 Waynoka been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 61.8°F, 2.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.9°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.6°F | +0.7°F | 18.61 | – |
| 2022 | 59.3°F | +0.4°F | 16.77 | – |
| 2023 | 60.0°F | +1.1°F | 30.80 | – |
| 2024 | 61.8°F | +2.9°F | 22.57 | 3.5 |
Over 58 complete years from 1939 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.0°F per century (+0.11°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00349404; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Waynoka's climate compare?
Waynoka is warmer than 26 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Oklahoma, and wetter than 20. 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, Waynoka 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 Waynoka share this climate record?
Quinlan has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Quinlan, OK0 people · 12 mi SW
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 Waynoka's climate
What is the coldest month in Waynoka?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Waynoka?
Yes: 9 inches in a normal year, falling on 4 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (2.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Waynoka?
June, with 4.16 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.81 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Waynoka in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Waynoka in zone 7a in ZIP code 73860, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Waynoka's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Waynoka?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 12; in one year in ten it comes after April 27. Waiting until April 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oklahoma climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Freedom, OK19 miles from this station, 57.4°F a year
- Alva, OK19 miles from this station, 58.6°F a year
- Seiling, OK28 miles from this station, 59.1°F a year
- Mutual, OK29 miles from this station, 57.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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