Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Ponca City (USC00347196), Oklahoma, United States, with 122 years of record.
Key Facts for Ponca City
Ponca City (USC00347196) is a weather station in Oklahoma, United States at 36.72 latitude and -97.09 longitude, 305 m (1,000 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1893 to 2014, 122 years of record.
1,464 records set at Ponca City still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Ponca City set a daily record snow depth of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 4 March 2014.
About the Station
Location: Oklahoma, United States, 36.72 latitude, -97.09 longitude.
Elevation: 305 m (1,000 ft).
Period of record: 1893 to 2014, 122 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 Ponca City. 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 Ponca City, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
26.7 C (80.1 F)
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
30.6 C (87.1 F)
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
34.4 C (93.9 F)
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
38.3 C (100.9 F)
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
38.3 C (100.9 F)
-0.6 C (30.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
42.8 C (109.0 F)
5.0 C (41.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
46.7 C (116.1 F)
11.1 C (52.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
46.7 C (116.1 F)
7.2 C (45.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
42.8 C (109.0 F)
0.0 C (32.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
36.7 C (98.1 F)
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
30.0 C (86.0 F)
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
26.7 C (80.1 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 Ponca City still stand. 1936 holds the most, with 81.
Standing records at Ponca City by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1893
37
1894
48
1895
56
1896
17
1897
9
1930
22
1931
35
1932
28
1933
42
1934
36
1935
25
1936
81
1937
31
1938
38
1939
47
1940
26
1941
21
1942
24
1943
27
1944
13
1945
20
1946
28
1947
27
1948
20
1949
16
1950
38
1951
39
1952
34
1953
45
1954
33
1955
33
1956
51
1957
15
1958
18
1959
13
1960
29
1961
23
1962
36
1963
22
1964
24
1965
17
1966
27
1967
22
1968
18
1969
15
1970
31
1971
21
1972
35
1973
15
1974
19
1975
13
1976
4
All-Time Record Progression
5 new records
5 all-time records were set at Ponca City between 25 July 1967 and 30 April 2012. Each dot is a new record.
When Ponca City set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1967-07-25
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 146.1 mm (5.8 in)
1969-06-26
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 30.6 C (87.1 F)
1971-02-21
Record daily snowfall
Record daily snowfall 25.4 cm (10.0 in)
2011-02-09
Record daily snowfall
Record daily snowfall 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
2012-04-30
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 246.4 mm (9.7 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Apr: 246.4 mm (9.7 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Ponca City. The most was 246.4 mm (9.7 in) on 30 April 2012.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Ponca City
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
54.6 mm (2.1 in)
19 January 1894
Feb
57.2 mm (2.3 in)
11 February 1894
Mar
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
10 March 1974
Apr
246.4 mm (9.7 in)
30 April 2012
May
109.2 mm (4.3 in)
12 May 1937
Jun
113.0 mm (4.4 in)
21 June 1942
Jul
146.1 mm (5.8 in)
25 July 1967
Aug
100.3 mm (3.9 in)
18 August 2009
Sep
136.1 mm (5.4 in)
13 September 1961
Oct
125.7 mm (4.9 in)
2 October 1955
Nov
99.8 mm (3.9 in)
8 November 2011
Dec
71.1 mm (2.8 in)
19 December 1933
Period of Record Coverage
1893 to 1976
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
52 years of record at Ponca City, 1893 to 1976. 6 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1893, 1896, 1897, 1930, 1935, 1976.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 41 complete years at Ponca City, 1895 to 1975. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 15.9 C (60.7 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1895, at 14.5 C (58.1 F), and the warmest was 1954, at 17.5 C (63.5 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.6 C (2.9 F).
Annual mean temperature at Ponca City as warming stripes, 1895 to 1975
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1895
14.5 C
-1.45 C
1931
17.0 C
+1.03 C
1932
15.6 C
-0.32 C
1933
17.2 C
+1.23 C
1934
17.2 C
+1.27 C
1936
16.7 C
+0.78 C
1937
15.2 C
-0.71 C
1938
17.3 C
+1.34 C
1939
17.2 C
+1.27 C
1940
15.0 C
-0.91 C
1941
16.2 C
+0.22 C
1942
15.7 C
-0.25 C
1943
16.0 C
+0.08 C
1944
16.0 C
+0.08 C
1945
15.2 C
-0.72 C
1946
17.1 C
+1.13 C
1947
15.9 C
-0.02 C
1948
15.5 C
-0.44 C
1949
15.5 C
-0.42 C
1950
15.1 C
-0.86 C
1951
15.1 C
-0.89 C
1952
15.6 C
-0.40 C
1953
16.5 C
+0.50 C
1954
17.5 C
+1.57 C
1955
15.6 C
-0.40 C
1956
16.8 C
+0.82 C
1957
15.6 C
-0.36 C
1958
15.4 C
-0.55 C
1959
15.6 C
-0.31 C
1960
15.2 C
-0.74 C
1961
15.0 C
-0.93 C
1962
16.1 C
+0.14 C
1963
16.6 C
+0.68 C
1964
16.4 C
+0.43 C
1967
15.7 C
-0.29 C
1969
15.3 C
-0.69 C
1970
15.7 C
-0.21 C
1971
15.6 C
-0.33 C
1972
15.4 C
-0.51 C
1974
16.2 C
+0.23 C
1975
15.8 C
-0.11 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1895 to 1975 is -0.04 C (-0.20 to 0.12) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: -0.1 F (-0.4 to 0.2) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 41 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Ponca City
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
-0.04 C (-0.20 to 0.12) per decade
-0.1 F (-0.4 to 0.2) per decade
1895 to 1975
41
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
-0.01 C (-0.22 to 0.21) per decade
-0.02 F (-0.40 to 0.37) per decade
1895 to 1975
41
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
-0.1 C (-0.3 to 0.1) per decade
-0.1 F (-0.5 to 0.2) per decade
1895 to 1975
41
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
1893 to 2014
Yearly extremes at Ponca City: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1936
40.6 C (105.1 F)
52
Coldest night (TNn)
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1947
-16.9 C (1.5 F)
52
Wettest day (Rx1day)
246.4 mm (9.7 in)
2012
71.6 mm (2.8 in)
58
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
306.4 mm (12.1 in)
2012
104.7 mm (4.1 in)
58
Longest dry spell (CDD)
91 days
1936
33 days
58
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Ponca City, 1893 to 2014. The record is 46.7 C (116.1 F) in 1936, marked on the chart; the median year is 40.6 C (105.1 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Ponca City by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1893
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1894
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1895
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1896
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1897
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1930
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1931
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1932
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1933
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1934
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1935
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1936
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1937
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1938
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1939
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1940
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1941
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1942
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1943
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1944
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1945
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1946
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1947
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1948
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1949
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1950
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1951
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1952
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1953
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1954
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1955
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1956
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1957
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1958
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1959
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1960
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1961
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1962
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1963
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1964
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1965
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1966
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1967
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1968
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1969
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1970
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1971
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1972
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1973
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1974
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1975
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1976
40.6 C (105.1 F)
2009
n/a
2010
n/a
2011
n/a
2012
n/a
2013
n/a
2014
n/a
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Ponca City, 1893 to 2014. The record is -23.9 C (-11.0 F) in 1947, marked on the chart; the median year is -16.9 C (1.5 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Ponca City by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1893
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1894
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1895
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1896
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1897
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1930
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1931
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1932
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1933
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1934
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1935
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1936
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1937
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1938
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1939
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1940
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1941
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1942
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1943
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1944
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1945
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1946
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1947
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1948
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1949
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1950
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1951
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1952
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1953
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1954
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1955
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1956
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1957
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1958
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1959
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1960
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1961
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1962
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1963
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1964
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1965
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1966
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1967
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1968
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1969
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1970
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1971
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1972
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1973
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1974
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1975
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1976
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
2009
n/a
2010
n/a
2011
n/a
2012
n/a
2013
n/a
2014
n/a
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Ponca City, 1893 to 2014. The record is 246.4 mm (9.7 in) in 2012, marked on the chart; the median year is 71.6 mm (2.8 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Ponca City by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1893
41.7 mm (1.6 in)
1894
72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1895
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1896
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1897
101.1 mm (4.0 in)
1930
60.7 mm (2.4 in)
1931
70.1 mm (2.8 in)
1932
92.2 mm (3.6 in)
1933
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1934
94.2 mm (3.7 in)
1935
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1936
61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1937
109.2 mm (4.3 in)
1938
85.3 mm (3.4 in)
1939
51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1940
66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1941
86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1942
113.0 mm (4.4 in)
1943
67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1944
114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1945
142.2 mm (5.6 in)
1946
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1947
45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1948
54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1949
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1950
104.6 mm (4.1 in)
1951
77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1952
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1953
54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1954
47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1955
125.7 mm (4.9 in)
1956
35.1 mm (1.4 in)
1957
89.7 mm (3.5 in)
1958
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1959
121.9 mm (4.8 in)
1960
72.1 mm (2.8 in)
1961
136.1 mm (5.4 in)
1962
59.9 mm (2.4 in)
1963
76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1964
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1965
109.0 mm (4.3 in)
1966
83.8 mm (3.3 in)
1967
146.1 mm (5.8 in)
1968
71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1969
84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1970
49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1971
88.6 mm (3.5 in)
1972
45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1973
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1974
51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1975
68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1976
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
2009
100.3 mm (3.9 in)
2010
39.6 mm (1.6 in)
2011
99.8 mm (3.9 in)
2012
246.4 mm (9.7 in)
2013
46.0 mm (1.8 in)
2014
12.4 mm (0.5 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Ponca City, 1893 to 2014. The record is 306.4 mm (12.1 in) in 2012, marked on the chart; the median year is 104.7 mm (4.1 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Ponca City by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1893
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1894
98.3 mm (3.9 in)
1895
73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1896
84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1897
212.9 mm (8.4 in)
1930
99.1 mm (3.9 in)
1931
110.0 mm (4.3 in)
1932
129.5 mm (5.1 in)
1933
99.0 mm (3.9 in)
1934
96.5 mm (3.8 in)
1935
75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1936
117.1 mm (4.6 in)
1937
116.1 mm (4.6 in)
1938
127.7 mm (5.0 in)
1939
87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1940
100.1 mm (3.9 in)
1941
112.8 mm (4.4 in)
1942
159.5 mm (6.3 in)
1943
137.9 mm (5.4 in)
1944
148.6 mm (5.9 in)
1945
222.5 mm (8.8 in)
1946
55.7 mm (2.2 in)
1947
107.7 mm (4.2 in)
1948
86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1949
91.5 mm (3.6 in)
1950
157.4 mm (6.2 in)
1951
161.1 mm (6.3 in)
1952
86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1953
77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1954
61.3 mm (2.4 in)
1955
163.6 mm (6.4 in)
1956
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1957
135.9 mm (5.4 in)
1958
89.9 mm (3.5 in)
1959
196.4 mm (7.7 in)
1960
106.0 mm (4.2 in)
1961
152.5 mm (6.0 in)
1962
69.1 mm (2.7 in)
1963
110.8 mm (4.4 in)
1964
117.8 mm (4.6 in)
1965
154.4 mm (6.1 in)
1966
103.4 mm (4.1 in)
1967
163.4 mm (6.4 in)
1968
83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1969
90.7 mm (3.6 in)
1970
89.9 mm (3.5 in)
1971
125.9 mm (5.0 in)
1972
77.4 mm (3.0 in)
1973
114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1974
163.3 mm (6.4 in)
1975
94.6 mm (3.7 in)
1976
66.0 mm (2.6 in)
2009
125.0 mm (4.9 in)
2010
85.9 mm (3.4 in)
2011
107.7 mm (4.2 in)
2012
306.4 mm (12.1 in)
2013
87.2 mm (3.4 in)
2014
18.7 mm (0.7 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Ponca City, 1893 to 2014. The record is 91 days in 1936, marked on the chart; the median year is 33 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Ponca City by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1893
32 days
1894
29 days
1895
58 days
1896
39 days
1897
24 days
1930
23 days
1931
23 days
1932
30 days
1933
27 days
1934
34 days
1935
29 days
1936
91 days
1937
23 days
1938
43 days
1939
31 days
1940
29 days
1941
18 days
1942
29 days
1943
42 days
1944
29 days
1945
49 days
1946
22 days
1947
39 days
1948
25 days
1949
36 days
1950
58 days
1951
19 days
1952
53 days
1953
39 days
1954
61 days
1955
56 days
1956
35 days
1957
46 days
1958
33 days
1959
41 days
1960
27 days
1961
35 days
1962
32 days
1963
57 days
1964
33 days
1965
42 days
1966
43 days
1967
26 days
1968
19 days
1969
23 days
1970
56 days
1971
52 days
1972
37 days
1973
19 days
1974
36 days
1975
27 days
1976
35 days
2009
38 days
2010
35 days
2011
18 days
2012
27 days
2013
30 days
2014
29 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
41 years with a frost
Across 41 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Ponca City falls on 4 April and the median first autumn frost on 27 October, which leaves a median of 206 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by -0.2 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Ponca City
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1942 to 1975)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
4 April
n/a
4 April
n/a
+1.4 days per decade
First autumn frost
27 October
n/a
27 October
n/a
+1.2 days per decade
Growing days
206 days
n/a
206 days
n/a
-0.2 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, 1895 to 2013
A day with at least 73.5 mm (2.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 214.4 mm (8.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Ponca City: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
73.5 mm (2.9 in)
5 years
104.4 mm (4.1 in)
10 years
127.3 mm (5.0 in)
25 years
159.5 mm (6.3 in)
50 years
185.9 mm (7.3 in)
Longer than the 48 years of record
100 years
214.4 mm (8.4 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 1895 to 2013.
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: 246.4 mm (9.7 in) in 2012; 146.1 mm (5.8 in) in 1967; 142.2 mm (5.6 in) in 1945.
Station Changes
No change in the annual mean temperature of this station was found against its neighbours.
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Data for Ponca City standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Ponca City 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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.