Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Canton (USC00341445), Oklahoma, United States, with 60 years of record.
Key Facts for Canton
Canton (USC00341445) is a weather station in Oklahoma, United States at 36.06 latitude and -98.59 longitude, 485 m (1,590 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1943 to 2002, 60 years of record.
1,464 records set at Canton still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Canton set a daily record low minimum temperature of 11.7 C (53.1 F) on 27 August 2002.
About the Station
Location: Oklahoma, United States, 36.06 latitude, -98.59 longitude.
Elevation: 485 m (1,590 ft).
Period of record: 1943 to 2002, 60 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Canton. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Canton, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
28.3 C (82.9 F)
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
32.2 C (90.0 F)
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
32.8 C (91.0 F)
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
37.8 C (100.0 F)
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
n/a
n/a
May
40.0 C (104.0 F)
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
43.3 C (109.9 F)
5.0 C (41.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
44.4 C (111.9 F)
10.6 C (51.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
45.0 C (113.0 F)
5.6 C (42.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
42.8 C (109.0 F)
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
36.7 C (98.1 F)
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
31.7 C (89.1 F)
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
31.7 C (89.1 F)
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Canton still stand. 1943 holds the most, with 66.
Standing records at Canton by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1943
66
1944
21
1945
34
1946
19
1947
29
1948
24
1949
14
1950
44
1951
28
1952
35
1953
50
1954
65
1955
39
1956
46
1957
20
1958
18
1959
24
1960
26
1961
16
1962
31
1963
27
1964
19
1965
30
1966
41
1967
27
1968
19
1969
23
1970
39
1971
25
1972
30
1973
19
1974
15
1975
9
1976
12
1977
4
1978
22
1979
15
1980
19
1981
22
1982
20
1983
27
1984
16
1985
22
1986
18
1987
15
1988
11
1989
37
1990
15
1991
18
1992
18
1993
21
1994
16
1995
30
1996
30
1997
8
1998
20
1999
7
2000
30
2001
11
2002
8
All-Time Record Progression
4 new records
4 all-time records were set at Canton between 11 January 1982 and 3 August 1995. Each dot is a new record.
When Canton set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1982-01-11
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -13.9 C (7.0 F)
1983-12-22
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -15.6 C (3.9 F)
1983-12-26
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -17.8 C (0.0 F)
1995-08-03
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 160.3 mm (6.3 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Aug: 160.3 mm (6.3 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Canton. The most was 160.3 mm (6.3 in) on 3 August 1995.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Canton
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
30 January 1982
Feb
52.6 mm (2.1 in)
21 February 1997
Mar
75.9 mm (3.0 in)
23 March 2000
Apr
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
11 April 1997
May
154.2 mm (6.1 in)
16 May 1957
Jun
103.4 mm (4.1 in)
23 June 1963
Jul
119.6 mm (4.7 in)
13 July 1987
Aug
160.3 mm (6.3 in)
3 August 1995
Sep
95.5 mm (3.8 in)
25 September 1959
Oct
95.8 mm (3.8 in)
2 October 1959
Nov
102.6 mm (4.0 in)
3 November 1974
Dec
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
4 December 1947
Period of Record Coverage
1943 to 2002
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
60 years of record at Canton, 1943 to 2002. 25 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1943, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 34 complete years at Canton, 1944 to 2001. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 15.2 C (59.4 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1993, at 13.4 C (56.1 F), and the warmest was 1954, at 17.6 C (63.7 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.4 C (4.3 F).
Annual mean temperature at Canton as warming stripes, 1944 to 2001
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1944
14.7 C
-0.57 C
1945
13.6 C
-1.69 C
1948
14.6 C
-0.63 C
1951
14.9 C
-0.32 C
1952
16.3 C
+1.05 C
1953
16.7 C
+1.47 C
1954
17.6 C
+2.35 C
1955
15.9 C
+0.65 C
1956
16.8 C
+1.52 C
1957
14.5 C
-0.71 C
1958
15.1 C
-0.15 C
1959
15.2 C
-0.06 C
1960
14.7 C
-0.59 C
1962
15.6 C
+0.35 C
1963
16.4 C
+1.18 C
1964
16.1 C
+0.88 C
1965
16.2 C
+0.99 C
1966
15.3 C
+0.06 C
1967
15.8 C
+0.56 C
1968
15.1 C
-0.14 C
1969
15.6 C
+0.32 C
1970
16.0 C
+0.73 C
1971
16.0 C
+0.71 C
1972
15.5 C
+0.24 C
1978
14.1 C
-1.12 C
1982
13.9 C
-1.38 C
1984
14.5 C
-0.74 C
1993
13.4 C
-1.86 C
1994
14.5 C
-0.74 C
1995
14.1 C
-1.17 C
1996
14.0 C
-1.29 C
1999
15.5 C
+0.24 C
2000
14.8 C
-0.43 C
2001
15.5 C
+0.28 C
The annual mean temperature here has fallen by 0.20 C (0.01 to 0.40) per decade over 1944 to 2001. In Fahrenheit: 0.37 F (0.02 to 0.71) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 34 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Canton
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
-0.20 C (-0.40 to -0.01) per decade
-0.37 F (-0.71 to -0.02) per decade
1944 to 2001
34
Fall
Mean daily maximum
-0.3 C (-0.6 to -0.1) per decade
-0.6 F (-1.1 to -0.2) per decade
1944 to 2001
34
Fall
Mean daily minimum
-0.1 C (-0.2 to 0.1) per decade
-0.1 F (-0.4 to 0.2) per decade
1944 to 2001
34
Not clearly different from zero
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1943 to 2002
Yearly extremes at Canton: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1964
40.6 C (105.1 F)
60
Coldest night (TNn)
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1947
-17.5 C (0.5 F)
60
Wettest day (Rx1day)
160.3 mm (6.3 in)
1995
66.6 mm (2.6 in)
60
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
247.5 mm (9.7 in)
1995
102.5 mm (4.0 in)
60
Longest dry spell (CDD)
87 days
1955
35 days
60
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Canton, 1943 to 2002. The record is 45.0 C (113.0 F) in 1964, marked on the chart; the median year is 40.6 C (105.1 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Canton by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1943
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1944
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1945
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1946
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1947
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1948
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1949
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1950
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1951
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1952
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1953
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1954
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1955
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1956
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1957
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1958
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1959
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1960
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1961
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1962
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1963
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1964
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1965
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1966
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1967
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1968
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1969
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1970
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1971
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1972
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1973
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1974
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1975
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1976
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1977
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1978
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1979
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1980
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1981
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1982
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1983
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1984
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1985
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1986
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1987
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1988
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1989
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1990
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1991
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1992
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1993
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1994
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1995
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1996
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1997
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1998
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1999
40.6 C (105.1 F)
2000
42.8 C (109.0 F)
2001
42.8 C (109.0 F)
2002
39.4 C (102.9 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Canton, 1943 to 2002. The record is -28.9 C (-20.0 F) in 1947, marked on the chart; the median year is -17.5 C (0.5 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Canton by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1943
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1944
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1945
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1946
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1947
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1948
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1949
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1950
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1951
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1952
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1953
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1954
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1955
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1956
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1957
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1958
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1959
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1960
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1961
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1962
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1963
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1964
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1965
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1966
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1967
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1968
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1969
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1970
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1971
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1972
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1973
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1974
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1975
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1976
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1977
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1978
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1979
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1980
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1981
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1982
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1983
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1984
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1985
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1986
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1987
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1988
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1989
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1990
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1991
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1992
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1993
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1994
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1995
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1996
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1997
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1998
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1999
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
2000
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
2001
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
2002
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Canton, 1943 to 2002. The record is 160.3 mm (6.3 in) in 1995, marked on the chart; the median year is 66.6 mm (2.6 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Canton by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1943
54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1944
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1945
54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1946
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1947
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1948
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1949
47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1950
81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1951
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1952
33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1953
56.6 mm (2.2 in)
1954
74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1955
138.7 mm (5.5 in)
1956
23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1957
154.2 mm (6.1 in)
1958
71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1959
95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1960
58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1961
77.2 mm (3.0 in)
1962
47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1963
103.4 mm (4.1 in)
1964
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1965
52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1966
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1967
103.1 mm (4.1 in)
1968
56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1969
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1970
58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1971
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1972
75.2 mm (3.0 in)
1973
85.6 mm (3.4 in)
1974
102.6 mm (4.0 in)
1975
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1976
77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1977
83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1978
56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1979
47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1980
67.1 mm (2.6 in)
1981
79.2 mm (3.1 in)
1982
80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1983
102.1 mm (4.0 in)
1984
51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1985
45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1986
60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1987
119.6 mm (4.7 in)
1988
71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1989
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1990
66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1991
48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1992
69.6 mm (2.7 in)
1993
71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1994
71.4 mm (2.8 in)
1995
160.3 mm (6.3 in)
1996
89.9 mm (3.5 in)
1997
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1998
66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1999
87.1 mm (3.4 in)
2000
75.9 mm (3.0 in)
2001
79.8 mm (3.1 in)
2002
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Canton, 1943 to 2002. The record is 247.5 mm (9.7 in) in 1995, marked on the chart; the median year is 102.5 mm (4.0 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Canton by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1943
55.5 mm (2.2 in)
1944
57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1945
24.7 mm (1.0 in)
1946
80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1947
89.3 mm (3.5 in)
1948
87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1949
88.5 mm (3.5 in)
1950
117.4 mm (4.6 in)
1951
142.7 mm (5.6 in)
1952
52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1953
89.1 mm (3.5 in)
1954
98.3 mm (3.9 in)
1955
204.2 mm (8.0 in)
1956
55.2 mm (2.2 in)
1957
172.7 mm (6.8 in)
1958
149.6 mm (5.9 in)
1959
186.2 mm (7.3 in)
1960
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1961
100.6 mm (4.0 in)
1962
99.3 mm (3.9 in)
1963
118.9 mm (4.7 in)
1964
142.8 mm (5.6 in)
1965
125.6 mm (4.9 in)
1966
50.4 mm (2.0 in)
1967
169.4 mm (6.7 in)
1968
86.3 mm (3.4 in)
1969
114.2 mm (4.5 in)
1970
74.7 mm (2.9 in)
1971
75.4 mm (3.0 in)
1972
115.1 mm (4.5 in)
1973
98.2 mm (3.9 in)
1974
142.0 mm (5.6 in)
1975
100.9 mm (4.0 in)
1976
79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1977
132.1 mm (5.2 in)
1978
105.4 mm (4.1 in)
1979
72.5 mm (2.9 in)
1980
110.9 mm (4.4 in)
1981
105.1 mm (4.1 in)
1982
129.0 mm (5.1 in)
1983
123.0 mm (4.8 in)
1984
68.8 mm (2.7 in)
1985
63.3 mm (2.5 in)
1986
138.5 mm (5.5 in)
1987
169.5 mm (6.7 in)
1988
107.5 mm (4.2 in)
1989
71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1990
104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1991
124.2 mm (4.9 in)
1992
79.1 mm (3.1 in)
1993
122.1 mm (4.8 in)
1994
130.6 mm (5.1 in)
1995
247.5 mm (9.7 in)
1996
121.6 mm (4.8 in)
1997
79.7 mm (3.1 in)
1998
108.5 mm (4.3 in)
1999
96.6 mm (3.8 in)
2000
107.2 mm (4.2 in)
2001
92.9 mm (3.7 in)
2002
67.0 mm (2.6 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Canton, 1943 to 2002. The record is 87 days in 1955, marked on the chart; the median year is 35 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Canton by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1943
3 days
1944
4 days
1945
2 days
1946
23 days
1947
38 days
1948
28 days
1949
50 days
1950
58 days
1951
30 days
1952
51 days
1953
40 days
1954
47 days
1955
87 days
1956
38 days
1957
36 days
1958
35 days
1959
39 days
1960
27 days
1961
26 days
1962
57 days
1963
35 days
1964
32 days
1965
52 days
1966
30 days
1967
25 days
1968
23 days
1969
36 days
1970
65 days
1971
53 days
1972
42 days
1973
39 days
1974
35 days
1975
27 days
1976
62 days
1977
36 days
1978
34 days
1979
37 days
1980
34 days
1981
19 days
1982
39 days
1983
33 days
1984
24 days
1985
23 days
1986
29 days
1987
26 days
1988
42 days
1989
56 days
1990
35 days
1991
50 days
1992
26 days
1993
22 days
1994
25 days
1995
38 days
1996
41 days
1997
27 days
1998
33 days
1999
23 days
2000
76 days
2001
29 days
2002
24 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
34 years with a frost
Across 34 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Canton falls on 8 April and the median first autumn frost on 25 October, which leaves a median of 198 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +1.0 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Canton
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1952 to 2001)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
8 April
n/a
7 April
n/a
-0.9 days per decade
First autumn frost
25 October
n/a
26 October
n/a
+0.2 days per decade
Growing days
198 days
n/a
198 days
n/a
+1.0 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
48 years, 1948 to 2001
A day with at least 68.0 mm (2.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 165.1 mm (6.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Canton: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
68.0 mm (2.7 in)
5 years
93.1 mm (3.7 in)
10 years
110.0 mm (4.3 in)
25 years
131.9 mm (5.2 in)
50 years
148.4 mm (5.8 in)
Longer than the 48 years of record
100 years
165.1 mm (6.5 in)
Longer than the 48 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 48 years of values from 1948 to 2001.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 160.3 mm (6.3 in) in 1995; 154.2 mm (6.1 in) in 1957; 138.7 mm (5.5 in) in 1955.
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Data for Canton standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Canton threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.