Tahlequah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tahlequah?

Tahlequah has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 1,122 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tahlequah?

The hottest day measured in Tahlequah between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2011, reaching 44.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tahlequah?

The coldest day measured in Tahlequah between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 2021, at -24.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tahlequah?

Yes. Tahlequah gets on average 19.1 cm of snow per year and has around 60 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Tahlequah warmed?

Yes: Tahlequah warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Tahlequah?

The wettest day measured in Tahlequah between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 2017, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tahlequah?

The windiest day measured in Tahlequah between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1948, with winds reaching 38.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tahlequah?

The warmest month in Tahlequah is July (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tahlequah?

Tahlequah receives on average 1,122 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tahlequah?

Tahlequah gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Tahlequah (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 1,122 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 (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Tahlequah averages 60 frost days, 78 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.

Tahlequah 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 66 to 54 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.3 °C (on 3 August 2011) and the coldest -24.7 °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

TahlequahOklahoma

coords: 35.92°, -94.97°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

15.3°C

Average daily high

20.7°C

Average daily low

10.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,122mm

Sunshine / day

9.2h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

16.1km/h

Seasonal range

24.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

60 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

78 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

107 d/yr

Annual snowfall

19.1 cm

Average feels-like high

20.3 °C

Average feels-like low

8.8 °C

Average peak gust

37.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

78 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

44.3 °C

3 August 2011

Coldest day

-24.7 °C

16 February 2021

Wettest day

158 mm

29 April 2017

Windiest day

38.9 km/h

27 February 1948

Strongest gust

102.2 km/h

27 March 1998

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

3 August 2011

Coldest feels-like

-29.6 °C

16 February 2021

Snowiest day

16.1 cm

5 March 1989

Sunniest day

14.2 h

29 June 2022

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.4 °C19 August 2025	-17.5 °C20 February 2025	16.5 °C	1,386 mm	79	55
2024	37.8 °C6 August 2024	-18.1 °C16 January 2024	17.2 °C	1,150 mm	102	39
2023	40.2 °C21 August 2023	-6.8 °C1 February 2023	16.8 °C	1,050 mm	98	45
2022	40.2 °C19 July 2022	-17.6 °C22 December 2022	16.0 °C	1,202 mm	100	72
2021	36.7 °C1 September 2021	-24.7 °C16 February 2021	16.1 °C	1,431 mm	82	47
2020	35.9 °C11 July 2020	-8.7 °C14 February 2020	16.0 °C	1,368 mm	83	41
2019	36.4 °C12 August 2019	-12.8 °C4 March 2019	15.6 °C	1,558 mm	83	59
2018	40.3 °C20 July 2018	-16.2 °C17 January 2018	15.7 °C	1,160 mm	101	69
2017	36.7 °C22 July 2017	-14.8 °C7 January 2017	16.6 °C	1,293 mm	73	37
2016	37.2 °C11 August 2016	-14.8 °C18 December 2016	17.1 °C	915 mm	97	51
2015	36.7 °C9 August 2015	-14.4 °C8 January 2015	16.0 °C	1,587 mm	92	58
2014	37.1 °C25 August 2014	-16.3 °C3 March 2014	14.5 °C	911 mm	68	67
2013	37.5 °C10 July 2013	-13.9 °C7 December 2013	14.7 °C	1,286 mm	78	71
2012	41.2 °C1 August 2012	-8.7 °C12 February 2012	17.7 °C	763 mm	108	37
2011	44.3 °C3 August 2011	-20.4 °C10 February 2011	16.4 °C	1,079 mm	101	56
2010	39.9 °C13 August 2010	-15.8 °C8 January 2010	15.8 °C	964 mm	99	66
2009	37.5 °C13 July 2009	-10.8 °C10 December 2009	15.2 °C	1,142 mm	64	59
2008	39.1 °C3 August 2008	-12.2 °C22 December 2008	15.2 °C	1,226 mm	67	74
2007	38.8 °C14 August 2007	-11.8 °C16 February 2007	16.0 °C	1,119 mm	65	67
2006	39.9 °C19 July 2006	-10.6 °C8 December 2006	16.9 °C	934 mm	103	40
2005	37.8 °C23 July 2005	-14.8 °C9 December 2005	16.2 °C	791 mm	106	43
2004	35.0 °C26 August 2004	-12.5 °C6 January 2004	15.7 °C	1,133 mm	53	50
2003	38.2 °C22 August 2003	-12.9 °C8 February 2003	15.3 °C	1,094 mm	62	67
2002	37.6 °C3 August 2002	-19.4 °C4 March 2002	15.3 °C	1,008 mm	83	60
2001	37.6 °C22 July 2001	-19.3 °C2 January 2001	15.8 °C	1,105 mm	79	55
2000	40.9 °C2 September 2000	-18.8 °C22 December 2000	15.6 °C	1,025 mm	81	62
1999	39.6 °C11 August 1999	-12.1 °C3 January 1999	16.4 °C	1,142 mm	73	33
1998	39.8 °C4 September 1998	-12.1 °C22 December 1998	16.7 °C	1,057 mm	113	38
1997	36.5 °C25 July 1997	-22.7 °C17 January 1997	14.7 °C	1,121 mm	66	50
1996	37.8 °C6 July 1996	-22.0 °C4 February 1996	14.4 °C	1,381 mm	56	68
1995	37.9 °C28 August 1995	-12.6 °C9 December 1995	15.1 °C	1,240 mm	67	63
1994	37.1 °C28 June 1994	-11.9 °C18 January 1994	15.4 °C	1,331 mm	71	50
1993	39.9 °C31 July 1993	-11.7 °C18 February 1993	14.6 °C	1,390 mm	72	63
1992	34.1 °C10 August 1992	-11.4 °C16 January 1992	15.1 °C	1,349 mm	45	41
1991	37.2 °C1 August 1991	-9.1 °C3 November 1991	15.9 °C	1,216 mm	95	55
1990	38.0 °C30 August 1990	-18.3 °C30 December 1990	16.2 °C	1,605 mm	85	40
1989	35.9 °C24 August 1989	-21.7 °C23 December 1989	14.6 °C	921 mm	70	66
1988	37.6 °C23 June 1988	-15.7 °C10 January 1988	15.3 °C	1,132 mm	91	66
1987	37.9 °C7 August 1987	-9.5 °C21 January 1987	15.7 °C	1,410 mm	79	48
1986	42.4 °C30 July 1986	-16.8 °C11 February 1986	15.7 °C	1,301 mm	72	52
1985	38.9 °C1 September 1985	-20.4 °C20 January 1985	14.7 °C	1,398 mm	77	74
1984	39.3 °C29 August 1984	-19.6 °C19 January 1984	15.1 °C	1,363 mm	88	52
1983	38.4 °C22 August 1983	-20.5 °C25 December 1983	14.5 °C	1,149 mm	77	58
1982	36.6 °C20 July 1982	-18.0 °C10 January 1982	15.1 °C	1,378 mm	78	58
1981	37.9 °C24 July 1981	-17.8 °C11 February 1981	15.3 °C	1,392 mm	63	54
1980	40.4 °C17 July 1980	-14.1 °C12 February 1980	15.6 °C	916 mm	103	72
1979	34.3 °C1 July 1979	-21.8 °C1 February 1979	14.1 °C	1,152 mm	71	77
1978	38.3 °C9 July 1978	-15.5 °C19 February 1978	14.5 °C	922 mm	89	82
1977	39.1 °C25 July 1977	-20.7 °C10 January 1977	15.4 °C	1,111 mm	83	65
1976	35.5 °C25 July 1976	-16.1 °C8 January 1976	14.1 °C	877 mm	51	69
1975	35.4 °C23 July 1975	-12.1 °C18 December 1975	14.5 °C	1,112 mm	64	73
1974	40.0 °C22 July 1974	-13.2 °C1 January 1974	14.9 °C	1,282 mm	64	58
1973	35.0 °C24 August 1973	-19.1 °C12 January 1973	14.8 °C	1,621 mm	56	54
1972	37.2 °C26 July 1972	-15.6 °C15 January 1972	14.7 °C	935 mm	83	60
1971	36.8 °C14 July 1971	-15.5 °C8 February 1971	15.0 °C	980 mm	71	53
1970	39.5 °C8 August 1970	-18.5 °C9 January 1970	14.6 °C	999 mm	82	70
1969	38.3 °C9 August 1969	-11.7 °C1 January 1969	14.6 °C	1,027 mm	76	68
1968	36.2 °C9 August 1968	-18.3 °C7 January 1968	14.1 °C	1,198 mm	59	76
1967	36.2 °C7 August 1967	-11.4 °C8 March 1967	15.0 °C	823 mm	59	63
1966	38.6 °C11 July 1966	-15.9 °C29 January 1966	14.6 °C	778 mm	71	69
1965	36.6 °C24 July 1965	-12.0 °C25 February 1965	15.5 °C	786 mm	83	63
1964	39.4 °C4 August 1964	-14.1 °C18 December 1964	15.2 °C	939 mm	79	74
1963	38.6 °C27 August 1963	-17.9 °C23 January 1963	15.7 °C	594 mm	108	73
1962	38.8 °C19 August 1962	-17.5 °C10 January 1962	15.0 °C	939 mm	73	60
1961	34.4 °C5 July 1961	-13.4 °C21 January 1961	14.3 °C	1,113 mm	63	63
1960	36.4 °C12 July 1960	-12.8 °C5 March 1960	14.4 °C	978 mm	80	83
1959	34.4 °C6 August 1959	-16.9 °C4 January 1959	14.6 °C	1,156 mm	61	65
1958	35.0 °C13 June 1958	-12.6 °C15 December 1958	14.4 °C	1,087 mm	70	67
1957	38.3 °C29 July 1957	-12.1 °C16 January 1957	15.1 °C	1,440 mm	71	45
1956	40.6 °C16 August 1956	-10.2 °C16 January 1956	15.9 °C	728 mm	109	60
1955	37.0 °C28 July 1955	-12.7 °C11 February 1955	15.2 °C	1,026 mm	82	71
1954	43.0 °C13 July 1954	-13.8 °C22 January 1954	16.7 °C	621 mm	110	53
1953	38.6 °C20 June 1953	-11.5 °C23 December 1953	16.0 °C	886 mm	117	48
1952	38.0 °C29 June 1952	-7.3 °C23 January 1952	15.4 °C	848 mm	107	55
1951	39.1 °C7 August 1951	-17.2 °C2 February 1951	14.6 °C	1,040 mm	74	72
1950	34.9 °C26 June 1950	-14.9 °C6 December 1950	14.4 °C	1,468 mm	31	71
1949	35.8 °C12 August 1949	-15.3 °C30 January 1949	15.1 °C	1,290 mm	64	63
1948	35.9 °C14 June 1948	-20.1 °C12 March 1948	14.7 °C	1,020 mm	74	70
1947	40.4 °C31 July 1947	-22.0 °C4 January 1947	14.9 °C	949 mm	81	68
1946	39.0 °C9 August 1946	-11.5 °C30 December 1946	16.2 °C	1,469 mm	72	34
1945	36.7 °C1 September 1945	-12.6 °C19 December 1945	14.8 °C	1,451 mm	56	58
1944	38.0 °C2 August 1944	-13.2 °C9 January 1944	15.5 °C	986 mm	77	48
1943	40.3 °C3 August 1943	-12.2 °C19 January 1943	15.5 °C	769 mm	85	56
1942	35.6 °C2 August 1942	-12.7 °C8 January 1942	14.3 °C	1,187 mm	53	65
1941	36.5 °C18 July 1941	-9.8 °C18 January 1941	14.6 °C	1,034 mm	71	70
1940	34.9 °C3 August 1940	-19.5 °C18 January 1940	13.4 °C	966 mm	50	79

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

21.9 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

79 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

55 d/yr

-5

Annual rainfall

1386 mm

+264 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	6.5 °C	-1.2 °C	50 mm	-6 mm
Feb	10.1 °C	-0.4 °C	50 mm	-19 mm
Mar	20.3 °C	+4.8 °C	53 mm	-53 mm
Apr	21.9 °C	+1.1 °C	270 mm	+130 mm
May	24.4 °C	-0.4 °C	217 mm	+62 mm
Jun	29.8 °C	+0.2 °C	241 mm	+130 mm
Jul	33.1 °C	+0.6 °C	61 mm	-16 mm
Aug	31.8 °C	-0.5 °C	104 mm	+34 mm
Sep	29.0 °C	+0.8 °C	119 mm	+33 mm
Oct	24.2 °C	+2.0 °C	117 mm	+20 mm
Nov	18.4 °C	+3.4 °C	97 mm	+13 mm
Dec	12.7 °C	+3.1 °C	7 mm	-63 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.4 °C

19 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-17.5 °C

20 Feb 2025

Wettest day

63.9 mm

23 Sep 2025

Windiest day

37.1 km/h

14 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

95.0 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-22.6 °C

20 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

6.1 cm

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.1 h

19 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tahlequah?

Tahlequah has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 1,122 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tahlequah?

The hottest day measured in Tahlequah between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2011, reaching 44.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tahlequah?

The coldest day measured in Tahlequah between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 2021, at -24.7 °C.

Does it snow in Tahlequah?

Yes. Tahlequah gets on average 19.1 cm of snow per year and has around 60 frost days.

Has the climate of Tahlequah warmed?

Yes: Tahlequah warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Tahlequah?

The wettest day measured in Tahlequah between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 2017, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tahlequah?

The windiest day measured in Tahlequah between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1948, with winds reaching 38.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tahlequah?

The warmest month in Tahlequah is July (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Tahlequah?

Tahlequah receives on average 1,122 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tahlequah?

Tahlequah gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tahlequah?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tahlequah between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1989, with 16.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Tahlequah?

Yes: Tahlequah has on average 78 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tahlequah?

In Tahlequah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 3 August 2011, and the lowest was -29.6 °C on 16 February 2021.

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