All-time weather records — Ponca City, OK

Record high
116.1°F
July 6, 1996
Record low
-25.1°F
February 10, 2011
Wettest day
11.11 in
November 20, 1979

Climate change signal in Ponca City

18.3%

of Ponca City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (67 of 366 records since 2015).

6.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (25 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 #
1940s
8
13
1950s
90
54
1960s
29
78
1970s
23
63
1980s
22
50
1990s
42
24
2000s
44
31
2010s
64
34
2020s
44
19

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 28, 2015 -11.9°F — Jan 19, 1984 3.67 in — Jan 30, 1999
February 91.9°F — Feb 22, 1996 -25.1°F — Feb 10, 2011 2.85 in — Feb 20, 1997
March 97.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -2.0°F — Mar 3, 1960 2.77 in — Mar 4, 2004
April 100.9°F — Apr 12, 1972 19.0°F — Apr 1, 1972 8.23 in — Apr 29, 2012
May 100.0°F — May 4, 2014 30.0°F — May 2, 1967 5.50 in — May 20, 2019
June 109.9°F — Jun 15, 1953 44.1°F — Jun 2, 1969 5.40 in — Jun 12, 2002
July 116.1°F — Jul 6, 1996 50.0°F — Jul 5, 1972 6.19 in — Jul 25, 1967
August 111.9°F — Aug 2, 2011 48.9°F — Aug 29, 1988 4.30 in — Aug 17, 2009
September 109.9°F — Sep 2, 2000 28.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 5.76 in — Sep 29, 1986
October 96.1°F — Oct 1, 2006 15.1°F — Oct 31, 1993 6.58 in — Oct 3, 1986
November 90.0°F — Nov 2, 2012 1.9°F — Nov 24, 1986 11.11 in — Nov 20, 1979
December 82.9°F — Dec 24, 2021 -9.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.49 in — Dec 24, 2023

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