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In the tables below, * denotes an official state record as designated by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI); records with ** await NCEI approval as a state record. All other records are calculated from data at the Oklahoma Climatological Survey and have not been sent to NCDC for official designation.

Temperature

Variable Value Location (Data Source) Date
Maximum temperature * 120°F Alva (COOP) July 18, 1936
Altus (COOP) July 19, 1936
Poteau (COOP) August 10, 1936
Altus (COOP) August 12, 1936
Minimum temperature * −31°F Nowata (Mesonet) February 10, 2011
Number of days with temperature ≥ 100°F 101 Grandfield (Mesonet) 2011
Number of consecutive days with temperature ≥ 100°F 70 Hammon (COOP) June 24, 1980 to September 1, 1980
Warmest summer (June to August) 86.9°F Statewide average June 1, 2011 to August 31, 2011

Precipitation

Variable Value Location (Data Source) Date
24-hour rainfall * 15.68 inches Enid (COOP) October 11, 1973
24-hour snowfall * 27 inches Spavinaw (COOP) 11 PM CST on February 8, 2011 to 11 PM CST on February 9, 2011
Snow depth * 36 inches Buffalo (COOP) February 22, 1971
Lowest annual total precipitation 6.53 inches Regnier (COOP) 1956
Driest year 19.04 inches Statewide average (COOP) 1910

Other

Variable Value Location (Data Source) Date
Wind gust * 150.8 mph El Reno (Mesonet) May 24, 2011
Hail stone diameter * 6.0 inches 2 miles north of Gotebo May 23, 2011