Oklahoma

Pawnee, Oklahoma Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Ralston, 19.3 km from Pawnee

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 94°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 24°F. A normal year brings 37.4 in of precipitation and 7.1 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Stillwater Municipal (SWO), since 1996. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Pawnee through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
83°F
Normal low
57°F
Record high
93°Fin 2012
Record low
46°Fin 2000
Chance of a wet day
18%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January49°F24°F82°F (2015)-5°F (2024)1.22 in3.11.4 in25.28820
February55°F28°F90°F (2024)-21°F (2011)1.57 in3.51.7 in19.76622
March64°F37°F97°F (2026)0°F (2014)2.76 in5.31.6 in11.445512
April73°F47°F102°F (2006)22°F (2018)4.06 in6.20.0 in2.619848
May80°F58°F100°F (2014)32°F (2013)5.36 in8.40.0 in0.151169
June89°F67°F106°F (2006)47°F (1998)4.50 in6.40.0 in0.01382
July94°F71°F112°F (2011)53°F (2013)3.75 in5.10.0 in0.00541
August93°F69°F114°F (2012)50°F (2010)3.95 in5.40.0 in0.00494
September86°F60°F109°F (2000)34°F (2000)3.39 in5.60.0 in0.021260
October75°F48°F98°F (2021)22°F (2000)3.08 in5.20.0 in2.117666
November62°F36°F90°F (2023)13°F (2013)1.94 in3.90.0 in13.04876
December51°F27°F85°F (2025)-2°F (2016)1.86 in3.82.4 in22.88080
Year73°F48°F37.44 in627.1 in973,7421,981

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

37.4 in in a normal year, most in May.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Pawnee, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Ralston.

7.1 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Ralston. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around April 11 and the first fall freeze around October 24, a growing season of about 196 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 23, first October 14
Median at 32°F
last April 11, first October 24
Median at 28°F
last March 31, first November 1

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Pawnee.

The muggiest month is July, when 68 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January26°F74%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February30°F72%99%1%0%0%0%0%
March38°F69%92%5%3%0%0%0%
April47°F68%76%14%8%2%0%0%
May58°F72%33%18%24%22%3%0%
June66°F70%5%12%20%35%27%1%
July67°F64%2%8%22%32%34%2%
August65°F61%5%14%27%30%23%2%
September58°F63%34%18%20%23%5%0%
October47°F66%75%13%7%5%1%0%
November37°F71%94%6%1%0%0%0%
December29°F75%99%1%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is July, with the sky 42 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is March, at 60 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 12.5 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 18, with 14 h 39 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 9 h 41 min.

Hours of daylight at Pawnee through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Pawnee in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1996. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00347390 (Ralston), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00003965, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.