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Severe Weather in the Plains; Heavy Rainfall in the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys; Heat Wave in the Central U.S.

Numerous severe storms with a potential for severe wind gusts, tornadoes (some potentially strong), and very large hail are expected in parts of the central and northern Plains. Heavy rainfall may bring a flooding threat to parts of the northern Plains and from the Ohio Valley to the Southeast. Fire weather concerns persist in the Four Corners Region. Hot and humid expected in the central U.S.. Read More >

 

Average Winter (December, January, February) Temperatures for Tulsa, Oklahoma

All temperatures in °F

For the 121-year period of Winter 1905-06 through Winter 2025-26

 

Warmest Winter was 46.1 recorded in 1931-32

Coldest Winter was 30.4 recorded in 1978-79

Difference between the warmest and coldest Winter was 15.7

 

Coldest Winter      Warmest Winter
RANK YEAR TEMP RANK YEAR TEMP
           
1 1978-79 30.4 66 1979-80 40.1
2 1917-18 31.0 67 1946-47 40.1
3 1977-78 31.2 68 1990-91 40.2
4 1911-12 33.7 69 2017-18 40.3
5 2009-10 34.8 70 1986-87 40.3
6 2000-01 34.9 71 1942-43 40.3
7 1962-63 35.6 72 1996-97 40.6
8 1983-84 35.6 73 2003-04 40.6
9 1939-40 35.7 74 2008-09 40.7
10 1972-73 35.7 75 1940-41 40.7
11 1961-62 35.7 76 1927-28 40.8
12 2013-14 35.8 77 1956-57 40.9
13 1959-60 36.0 78 1910-11 41.0
14 1935-36 36.3 79 1921-22 41.0
15 1928-29 36.5 80 1913-14 41.0
16 1976-77 36.5 81 1908-09 41.0
17 1981-82 36.7 82 1954-55 41.1
18 1969-70 36.8 83 1980-81 41.1
19 1947-48 36.8 84 1989-90 41.1
20 1984-85 37.0 85 1997-98 41.3
21 2010-11 37.1 86 1932-33 41.4
22 1914-15 37.1 87 1938-39 41.4
23 1963-64 37.2 88 1949-50 41.5
24 1958-59 37.3 89 2012-13 41.7
25 1992-93 37.4 90 1907-08 41.7
26 1912-13 37.4 91 1918-19 41.8
27 1909-10 37.4 92 1952-53 41.9
28 1967-68 37.6 93 2001-02 42.0
29 1944-45 37.7 94 1994-95 42.1
30 1919-20 37.9 95 1982-83 42.1
31 1948-49 38.0 96 1925-26 42.1
32 2020-21 38.1 97 2022-23 42.3
33 1968-69 38.3 98 2004-05 42.3
34 1960-61 38.4 99 1926-27 42.3
35 1916-17 38.4 100 1937-38 42.5
36 1973-74 38.5 101 1906-07 42.5
37 1987-88 38.5 102 1934-35 42.5
38 1966-67 38.6 103 1951-52 42.6
39 1955-56 38.7 104 1975-76 42.6
40 1993-94 38.8 105 1953-54 42.7
41 1974-75 38.9 106 2005-06 43.0
42 1915-16 38.9 107 1998-99 43.0
43 1924-25 39.0 108 2023-24 43.2
44 2014-15 39.1 109 2019-20 43.3
45 2002-03 39.1 110 2021-22 43.4
46 1905-06 39.1 111 1999-00 43.7
47 1995-96 39.2 112 2011-12 43.9
48 1943-44 39.2 113 1933-34 43.9
49 2024-25 39.3 114 1922-23 44.0
50 1970-71 39.3 115 2016-17 44.1
51 2007-08 39.4 116 2025-26 44.3
52 1950-51 39.4 117 1920-21 44.3
53 1964-65 39.4 118 1930-31 44.3
54 1965-66 39.6 119 2015-16 44.4
55 1929-30 39.6 120 1991-92 45.7
56 1936-37 39.6 121 1931-32 46.1
57 2018-19 39.7      
58 1945-46 39.7      
59 1941-42 39.8      
60 1988-89 39.8      
61 2006-07 40.0      
62 1923-24 40.1      
63 1957-58 40.1      
64 1971-72 40.1      
65 1985-86 40.1      
           
 
RANK YEAR TEMP RANK YEAR TEMP
           
1 1931-32 46.1 66 1936-37 39.6
2 1991-92 45.7 67 1929-30 39.6
3 2015-16 44.4 68 1965-66 39.6
4 2025-26 44.3 69 1964-65 39.4
5 1930-31 44.3 70 1950-51 39.4
6 1920-21 44.3 71 2007-08 39.4
7 2016-17 44.1 72 2024-25 39.3
8 1922-23 44.0 73 1970-71 39.3
9 2011-12 43.9 74 1943-44 39.2
10 1933-34 43.9 75 1995-96 39.2
11 1999-00 43.7 76 2014-15 39.1
12 2021-22 43.4 77 2002-03 39.1
13 2019-20 43.3 78 1905-06 39.1
14 2023-24 43.2 79 1924-25 39.0
15 2005-06 43.0 80 1915-16 38.9
16 1998-99 43.0 81 1974-75 38.9
17 1953-54 42.7 82 1993-94 38.8
18 1975-76 42.6 83 1955-56 38.7
19 1951-52 42.6 84 1966-67 38.6
20 1934-35 42.5 85 1987-88 38.5
21 1906-07 42.5 86 1973-74 38.5
22 1937-38 42.5 87 1916-17 38.4
23 2022-23 42.3 88 1960-61 38.4
24 2004-05 42.3 89 1968-69 38.3
25 1926-27 42.3 90 2020-21 38.1
26 1925-26 42.1 91 1948-49 38.0
27 1982-83 42.1 92 1919-20 37.9
28 1994-95 42.1 93 1944-45 37.7
29 2001-02 42.0 94 1967-68 37.6
30 1952-53 41.9 95 1909-10 37.4
31 1918-19 41.8 96 1912-13 37.4
32 2012-13 41.7 97 1992-93 37.4
33 1907-08 41.7 98 1958-59 37.3
34 1949-50 41.5 99 1963-64 37.2
35 1938-39 41.4 100 2010-11 37.1
36 1932-33 41.4 101 1914-15 37.1
37 1997-98 41.3 102 1984-85 37.0
38 1989-90 41.1 103 1947-48 36.8
39 1980-81 41.1 104 1969-70 36.8
40 1954-55 41.1 105 1981-82 36.7
41 1908-09 41.0 106 1976-77 36.5
42 1913-14 41.0 107 1928-29 36.5
43 1921-22 41.0 108 1935-36 36.3
44 1910-11 41.0 109 1959-60 36.0
45 1956-57 40.9 110 2013-14 35.8
46 1927-28 40.8 111 1961-62 35.7
47 2008-09 40.7 112 1972-73 35.7
48 1940-41 40.7 113 1939-40 35.7
49 2003-04 40.6 114 1983-84 35.6
50 1996-97 40.6 115 1962-63 35.6
51 2017-18 40.3 116 2000-01 34.9
52 1986-87 40.3 117 2009-10 34.8
53 1942-43 40.3 118 1911-12 33.7
54 1990-91 40.2 119 1977-78 31.2
55 1946-47 40.1 120 1917-18 31.0
56 1979-80 40.1 121 1978-79 30.4
57 1985-86 40.1      
58 1971-72 40.1      
59 1957-58 40.1      
60 1923-24 40.1      
61 2006-07 40.0      
62 1988-89 39.8      
63 1941-42 39.8      
64 2018-19 39.7      
65 1945-46 39.7      
           

 

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 Updated: March 3, 2026