All-time weather records — Tahlequah, OK

Record high
118.0°F
July 18, 1936
Record low
-23.1°F
January 18, 1930
Wettest day
7.35 in
August 14, 2002

Climate change signal in Tahlequah

0%

of Tahlequah's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
16
17
1910s
21
43
1920s
24
11
1930s
123
43
1940s
25
32
1950s
52
62
1960s
37
44
1970s
17
31
1980s
18
52
1990s
13
19
2000s
20
12

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 1901, the latest in 2008. Period of observation: 1900-2008.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 11, 1916 -23.1°F — Jan 18, 1930 3.73 in — Jan 21, 1916
February 88.0°F — Feb 22, 1996 -13.0°F — Feb 10, 1929 4.10 in — Feb 17, 2008
March 96.1°F — Mar 21, 1916 -9.9°F — Mar 12, 1948 3.78 in — Mar 12, 1975
April 93.9°F — Apr 5, 1946 19.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 4.03 in — Apr 15, 1945
May 97.0°F — May 28, 1937 30.0°F — May 4, 1954 4.72 in — May 10, 1943
June 108.0°F — Jun 22, 1936 41.0°F — Jun 4, 1919 4.04 in — Jun 9, 1974
July 118.0°F — Jul 18, 1936 45.0°F — Jul 31, 1971 6.13 in — Jul 15, 1961
August 118.0°F — Aug 9, 1936 45.0°F — Aug 31, 1915 7.35 in — Aug 14, 2002
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 1939 28.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 6.23 in — Sep 26, 1996
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 1953 16.0°F — Oct 30, 1917 6.60 in — Oct 9, 1970
November 89.1°F — Nov 1, 1927 6.1°F — Nov 24, 1950 5.37 in — Nov 5, 1994
December 80.1°F — Dec 8, 1991 -14.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.10 in — Dec 24, 1932

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