Shawnee climate — normals and trends
Shawnee (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 861 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 (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Shawnee averages 52 frost days, 94 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.
Shawnee has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 58 to 46 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.7 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -24.5 °C (on 16 February 2021).
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
ShawneeOklahoma
- coords
- 35.33°, -96.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.2°C
Average daily high
21.8°C
Average daily low
11.2°C
Annual rainfall
861mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
18.6km/h
Seasonal range
24.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
52 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
94 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
89 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.3 cm
Average feels-like high
21.0 °C
Average feels-like low
9.4 °C
Average peak gust
39.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
91 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
43.7 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-24.5 °C
16 February 2021
Wettest day
187 mm
29 April 2017
Windiest day
47.7 km/h
27 May 1973
Strongest gust
109.8 km/h
13 March 2019
Hottest feels-like
45.9 °C
19 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-29.7 °C
16 February 2021
Snowiest day
24.3 cm
6 January 1988
Sunniest day
14.2 h
25 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 26 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 11.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 25 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 21.2 °C | +4.7 °C | 61 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 22.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 335 mm | +226 mm |
| May | 26.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 157 mm | +31 mm |
| Jun | 31.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 154 mm | +63 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 59 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 31.8 °C | -1.6 °C | 89 mm | +35 mm |
| Sep | 30.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 16 mm | -60 mm |
| Oct | 26.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 94 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 19.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 28 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 14.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 4 mm | -42 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shawnee?
Shawnee has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 861 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shawnee?
The hottest day measured in Shawnee between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 43.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shawnee?
The coldest day measured in Shawnee between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 2021, at -24.5 °C.
Does it snow in Shawnee?
Yes. Shawnee gets on average 16.3 cm of snow per year and has around 52 frost days.
Has the climate of Shawnee warmed?
Yes: Shawnee warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shawnee?
The wettest day measured in Shawnee between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 2017, with 187 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shawnee?
The windiest day measured in Shawnee between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1973, with winds reaching 47.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shawnee?
The warmest month in Shawnee is July (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Shawnee?
Shawnee receives on average 861 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shawnee?
Shawnee 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 Shawnee?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shawnee between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1988, with 24.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shawnee?
Yes: Shawnee has on average 91 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shawnee?
In Shawnee, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.9 °C on 19 July 2018, and the lowest was -29.7 °C on 16 February 2021.
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