Severe thunderstorms, excessive rainfall, critical fire weather are all in the outlook today and into this last weekend of April. Very large hail, severe wind gusts, and a couple strong tornadoes will all be possible across the central and southern Plains today. Flash flooding also possible for portions of the Plains and Mississippi Valley. Critical fire weather conditions for Southern High Plains Read More >
McAlester, Oklahoma Climatology
McAlester, OK | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |
Average High Temperature | 52.0 | 56.7 | 65.3 | 73.3 | 80.0 | 88.2 | 93.2 | 93.2 | 85.8 | 75.2 | 63.3 | 53.6 | 73.3 | |
Average Low Temperature | 30.2 | 34.2 | 42.4 | 50.1 | 59.8 | 68.2 | 72.0 | 70.7 | 62.9 | 51.5 | 40.9 | 32.9 | 51.3 | |
Average Mean Temperature | 41.1 | 45.5 | 53.9 | 61.7 | 69.9 | 78.2 | 82.6 | 81.9 | 74.3 | 63.3 | 52.1 | 43.3 | 62.3 | |
Record High Temperature | 81 2009 | 92 1996 | 94 2020 1974 | 97 2006 | 98 1998 | 106 1953 | 112 1954 | 113 2011 | 110 1998 | 99 1953 | 90 2017 | 80 2021 1970 1966 | 113 Aug 2011 | |
Record Low Temperature | -14 1977 |
-11 2021 |
6 2002 | 24 2009 |
34 2011 |
45 1983 | 51 1967 | 51 1989 | 34 1984 | 19 1993 |
9 1976 |
-5 1989 | -14 Jan 1977 | |
Average Days At or Above 100 Degrees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | |
Average Days At or Above 90 Degrees | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 12.9 | 23.6 | 22.5 | 10.2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 72.8 | |
Average Days At or Below 32 Degrees | 19.9 | 13.4 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.8 | 16.6 | 65.7 | |
Average Days At or Below 0 Degrees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | |
Average Rainfall | 2.23 | 2.39 | 3.41 | 4.63 | 5.30 | 4.46 | 3.37 | 2.96 | 3.66 | 4.17 | 3.01 | 3.02 | 42.61 | |
Record Rainfall | 7.78 1998 | 7.83 2018 | 8.90 1985 | 14.18 1957 | 22.98 2015 | 8.86 1975 | 13.31 1953 | 9.54 1964 | 12.53 1967 | 17.43 1981 | 9.81 1973 | 10.50 2015 | 78.65 2015 | |
Average Number of Rain Days | 6.4 | 6.4 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 91.3 | |
***Average Snowfall | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 5.5 | |
* Record Snowfall | 14.0 1977 | 13.4 1979 | 7.0 1989 | T 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T 1993 |
3.0 1980 | 6.0 1975 | 22.4 | |
Average Heating Degree Days | 742 | 551 | 364 | 158 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 140 | 399 | 676 | 3078 | |
Average Cooling Degree Days | 1 | 3 | 19 | 59 | 186 | 396 | 546 | 525 | 295 | 89 | 12 | 2 | 2133 | |
Average Date Of 32 Degrees**: | Last: March 26 | First: November 5 | ||||||||||||
Freezing Temperature: | Latest Recorded: April 25 (31°F in 2013) | Earliest Recorded: October 9 (26°F in 2000) | ||||||||||||
Station Information | Elevation: 760 ft / Latitude: 34 53N / Longitude: 95 47W | |||||||||||||
Temperatures are reported in Fahrenheit and Rainfall/Snowfall totals are reported in inches. Temperature and Precipitation records are for the period 1953-present. Data is missing from August 1996-December 1997, December 2018-January 2019.
Averages are for the period 1991-2020. (Annual totals may be slightly different than monthly totals due to rounding) |
Updated: April 10, 2024