Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. 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 | 9.99 2024 | 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: June 9, 2025