All-time weather records — Elk City, OK

Record high
114.1°F
July 19, 2022
Record low
-11.9°F
January 18, 1930
Wettest day
30.00 in
January 15, 1982

Climate change signal in Elk City

16.4%

of Elk City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (60 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1900s
·
5
1910s
3
15
1920s
18
10
1930s
58
38
1940s
27
41
1950s
71
62
1960s
23
50
1970s
22
29
1980s
24
56
1990s
26
28
2000s
34
14
2010s
18
5
2020s
42
13

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1911, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1904-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 4, 2006 -11.9°F — Jan 18, 1930 30.00 in — Jan 15, 1982
February 95.0°F — Feb 11, 2017 -8.0°F — Feb 8, 1933 2.17 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 98.1°F — Mar 26, 2020 -2.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 3.96 in — Mar 28, 1989
April 100.0°F — Apr 12, 1972 19.0°F — Apr 2, 1936 3.40 in — Apr 19, 1957
May 106.0°F — May 23, 1953 30.9°F — May 3, 1954 5.22 in — May 26, 1959
June 111.0°F — Jun 24, 1980 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1964 4.00 in — Jun 18, 1926
July 114.1°F — Jul 19, 2022 50.0°F — Jul 14, 1950 5.58 in — Jul 22, 1960
August 113.0°F — Aug 12, 1936 45.0°F — Aug 6, 1982 5.47 in — Aug 17, 1968
September 108.0°F — Sep 5, 2000 28.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 5.70 in — Sep 19, 1988
October 102.9°F — Oct 4, 2000 17.1°F — Oct 30, 1993 5.15 in — Oct 3, 1986
November 90.0°F — Nov 4, 2005 9.0°F — Nov 17, 1959 3.04 in — Nov 2, 2024
December 88.0°F — Dec 24, 1955 -9.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.55 in — Dec 2, 2015

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Elk City.