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 >
Tulsa, Oklahoma Climatology
Tulsa, OK | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |
Average High Temperature | 48.9 | 54.0 | 63.3 | 72.1 | 79.7 | 88.4 | 93.6 | 93.0 | 84.8 | 73.6 | 61.4 | 50.9 | 72.0 | |
Average Low Temperature | 28.0 | 31.7 | 40.7 | 49.5 | 59.5 | 68.7 | 73.1 | 71.5 | 62.8 | 50.9 | 39.4 | 31.1 | 50.6 | |
Average Mean Temperature | 38.5 | 42.8 | 52.0 | 60.8 | 69.6 | 78.6 | 83.4 | 82.2 | 73.8 | 62.3 | 50.4 | 41.0 | 61.3 | |
* Record High Temperature | 82 | 90 | 99 | 102 | 100 | 108 | 113 | 115 | 109 | 98 | 89 | 80 | 115 | |
* Record Low Temperature | -16 | -15 | -3 | 22 | 32 | 49 | 51 | 48 | 35 | 15 | 10 | -8 | -16 | |
Average Days at or above 100 Degrees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | |
Average Days at or above 90 Degrees | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 14.2 | 24.0 | 22.2 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | |
Average Days at or below 32 Degrees | 21.5 | 15.5 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.0 | 18.3 | 71.9 | |
Average Days at or below 0 Degrees | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | |
Average Rainfall | 1.63 | 1.62 | 3.10 | 4.37 | 5.73 | 4.65 | 3.76 | 3.38 | 3.85 | 3.78 | 2.66 | 2.43 | 40.96 | |
* Record Rainfall | 6.74 | 5.74 | 11.94 | 10.44 | 18.00 | 14.87 | 11.39 | 11.80 | 18.81 | 16.51 | 8.29 | 8.70 | 69.88 | |
** Record Rainfall in 24 Hours | 2.25 | 4.34 | 3.17 | 4.58 | 9.27 | 5.01 | 7.54 | 5.37 | 6.39 | 5.80 | 5.14 | 4.98 | 9.27 | |
* Record Least Rainfall | 0 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.34 | 0.80 | 0.11 | T | 0 | 0 | T | T | 0 | 23.24 | |
Average Number of Rain Days | 6.0 | 6.6 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 11.1 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 94.3 | |
^Average Number of Thunderstorm Days | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50 | |
Average Snowfall | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 8.7 | |
* Record Snowfall | 12.7 | 22.5 | 19.7 | 1.7 | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 29.6 | |
Measurable Snowfall: | Latest / April 12 (1.7" in 1957) | Earliest / October 29 (0.3" in 1993) | ||||||||||||
Trace of Snowfall: | Latest / May 2 (in 2013) | Earliest / October 7 (in 2000) | ||||||||||||
***Average Sunshine (%) | 53 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 53 | 62 | |
***Average Wind Speed (mph) | 10.4 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.2 | |
Average Heating Degree Days | 823 | 622 | 418 | 179 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 160 | 446 | 744 | 3451 | |
Average Cooling Degree Days | 1 | 2 | 15 | 53 | 183 | 407 | 569 | 535 | 281 | 74 | 8 | 1 | 2128 | |
Average Date Of 32 Degrees: | Last: March 29 | First: November 3 | ||||||||||||
*Freezing Temperature: | Latest Recorded: May 2 (in 1909) | Earliest Recorded: October 7 (in 2012) | ||||||||||||
Station Information | Elevation: 650 ft / Latitude: 36 11N / Longitude: 95 54W | |||||||||||||
Temperatures are reported in Fahrenheit and rainfall/snowfall totals are reported in inches. (Annual totals may be slightly different than monthly totals due to rounding.) |
Updated: April 10, 2024