Ponca City climate — normals and trends
Ponca City (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 895 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (27.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Ponca City averages 76 frost days, 83 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Ponca City has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 84 to 68 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.4 °C (on 2 August 2012) and the coldest -29.5 °C (on 4 January 1947).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Ponca CityOklahoma
- coords
- 36.71°, -97.09°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.7°C
Average daily high
20.4°C
Average daily low
9.7°C
Annual rainfall
895mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
19.8km/h
Seasonal range
26.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
76 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
83 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
24.6 cm
Average feels-like high
19.2 °C
Average feels-like low
7.5 °C
Average peak gust
39.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
77 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
44.4 °C
2 August 2012
Coldest day
-29.5 °C
4 January 1947
Wettest day
126 mm
6 October 2016
Windiest day
55.4 km/h
14 March 2025
Strongest gust
106.2 km/h
14 March 2025
Hottest feels-like
45.5 °C
12 July 1954
Coldest feels-like
-34.7 °C
4 January 1947
Snowiest day
20.4 cm
16 March 1970
Sunniest day
14.5 h
26 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.4 °C | -1.2 °C | 32 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 8.1 °C | -1.4 °C | 16 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 20.6 °C | +5.8 °C | 63 mm | -15 mm |
| Apr | 21.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 192 mm | +83 mm |
| May | 24.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 171 mm | +37 mm |
| Jun | 30.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 232 mm | +124 mm |
| Jul | 32.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 84 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 30.9 °C | -1.6 °C | 88 mm | +27 mm |
| Sep | 28.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 59 mm | -27 mm |
| Oct | 24.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 88 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 17.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 37 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 12.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 2 mm | -38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ponca City?
Ponca City has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 895 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ponca City?
The hottest day measured in Ponca City between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2012, reaching 44.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ponca City?
The coldest day measured in Ponca City between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1947, at -29.5 °C.
Does it snow in Ponca City?
Yes. Ponca City gets on average 24.6 cm of snow per year and has around 76 frost days.
Has the climate of Ponca City warmed?
Yes: Ponca City warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ponca City?
The wettest day measured in Ponca City between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 2016, with 126 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ponca City?
The windiest day measured in Ponca City between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 2025, with winds reaching 55.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ponca City?
The warmest month in Ponca City is July (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Ponca City?
Ponca City receives on average 895 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ponca City?
Ponca City gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ponca City?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ponca City between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1970, with 20.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ponca City?
Yes: Ponca City has on average 77 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ponca City?
In Ponca City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.5 °C on 12 July 1954, and the lowest was -34.7 °C on 4 January 1947.
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