Climate and average weather in El Reno

In El Reno, the summers are humid, sweltering, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and mostly clear.

Best: late March to late May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in El Reno typically varies from 29°F to 93°F, and is rarely below 16°F or above 102°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit El Reno for warm-weather activities are from late March to late May and mid September to early November.

Hottest
Jul
93°
Coldest
Jan
29°
Wettest
May
4.1 in
Driest
Jan
1.3 in
Rain / yr
30.4 in
80 wet days
Daylight
9.6–14.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,358 ft
35.5°N
Clearest
Oct
37% cloud

El Reno is city in Oklahoma, United States.

Density
90/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

El Reno weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late March to late May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in El Reno, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.8 months, from May 27 to September 18, with daily high temperatures above 83°F. The hottest month of the year in El Reno is July, with an average high of 93°F and low of 73°F.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from November 25 to February 27, with daily high temperatures below 57°F. The coldest month of the year in El Reno is January, with an average low of 29°F and high of 49°F.

Days typically run about 20°F warmer than nights year-round.

20°40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan4929
Feb5433
Mar6341
Apr7150
May7960
Jun8869
Jul9373
Aug9271
Sep8464
Oct7351
Nov6040
Dec5031

How hot and cold El Reno really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, El Reno feels like about 97°F (around July 21). About 79 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 20°F (around January 11), with roughly 110 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 32°F), worst in January.

20°40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan49492129
Feb54542433
Mar63633541
Apr71714750
May79796060
Jun90886969
Jul96937373
Aug94927271
Sep84846464
Oct73735051
Nov60603340
Dec50502331

Average hourly temperature in El Reno

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 93°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 29°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

El Reno weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan49° / 29°1.34.31.29.92.4
Feb54° / 33°1.65.11.410.73.6
Mar63° / 41°2.77.10.711.75.9
Apr71° / 50°3.88.1012.97.0
May79° / 60°4.110.2013.86.6
Jun88° / 69°3.69.1014.44.6
Jul93° / 73°2.06.3014.23.3
Aug92° / 71°2.56.5013.33.8
Sep84° / 64°2.76.7012.26.3
Oct73° / 51°2.76.70.111.17.6
Nov60° / 40°1.95.20.410.15.6
Dec50° / 31°1.64.91.39.62.7

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

El Reno gets about 30.4 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.8 months, from around Mar 15 to Jul 9, peaking in May at about 34% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 13.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 4.1 in over about 10 wet days; January is the driest, with 1.3 in. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 25 · 34%Jan 13 · 13%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan144
Feb185
Mar227
Apr288
May3310
Jun309
Jul206
Aug217
Sep237
Oct217
Nov185
Dec155

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, El Reno collects about 30.4 in of rain across 80 wet days — roughly 2.5 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 4.1 in, while January is the driest at just 1.3 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 38% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

012345JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1.31.62.73.84.13.62.02.52.72.71.91.6
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan1.341
Feb1.651
Mar2.771
Apr3.880
May4.1100
Jun3.690
Jul2.060
Aug2.570
Sep2.770
Oct2.770
Nov1.950
Dec1.651

Snow in El Reno

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

El Reno averages about 5 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 25 to Mar 21 — about 3.8 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 1.5 days of snow and an estimated 2 in of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 10 in of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 4
Snow daysSnowfall (in)
Jan12
Feb12
Mar12
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov01
Dec13

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In El Reno, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around June 10 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around October 30. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 77% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 31 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around June 9. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 43% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 20 · 79%May 2 · 55%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6139
Feb5743
Mar5743
Apr5941
May5743
Jun6832
Jul7723
Aug7525
Sep7129
Oct7129
Nov6436
Dec6040

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 11, brings about 14 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.97:465:36
Feb10.77:276:06
Mar11.76:506:33
Apr12.96:056:59
May13.85:327:24
Jun14.45:207:44
Jul14.25:327:43
Aug13.35:557:17
Sep12.26:206:33
Oct11.16:445:49
Nov10.17:145:20
Dec9.67:405:16

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

El Reno averages about 15 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 12 and 19 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.5 months, from around Jun 21 to Dec 3. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 18 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is May, down near 12 sunny days — about 32% fewer than the July peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2019 daysMay 2512 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan15Bright
Feb13Mixed
Mar13Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May12Mixed
Jun14Mixed
Jul18Bright
Aug17Bright
Sep17Bright
Oct18Bright
Nov16Bright
Dec15Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In El Reno, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.7 months, from around May 9 to September 27. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 90% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 28 to May 8, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 9 · 100%Jul 14 · 8%oppressivecomfortablemuggyhumiddrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb991000
Mar944100
Apr7913710
May391730140
Jun71229457
Jul28295110
Aug41432419
Sep311823253
Oct7316840
Nov945100
Dec991000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in El Reno is typically light breeze, near 10 mph, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.3 months, from around Feb 12 to Jun 21. The windiest month is April, averaging about 11 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 22 to Oct 12, with August the calmest month at about 8 mph.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezebreezyApr 10 · 12 mphAug 10 · 8 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan10light breeze
Feb10light breeze
Mar11light breeze
Apr11light breeze
May11light breeze
Jun10light breeze
Jul9light breeze
Aug8light breeze
Sep9light breeze
Oct10light breeze
Nov10light breeze
Dec10light breeze

Best time to visit El Reno

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in El Reno throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid May, El Reno is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit El Reno for general outdoor tourist activities run from late March to late May and again from mid September to early November, with a peak score in the second week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 9 · 7.9

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan2.4poor
Feb3.7fair
Mar5.9good
Apr7.0good
May6.6good
Jun4.6fair
Jul3.4poor
Aug3.8fair
Sep6.3good
Oct7.6ideal
Nov5.5good
Dec2.7poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit El Reno for hot-weather activities is from early May to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 23 · 7.6

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for El Reno, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 93°F), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 49°F), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, El Reno sees daytime highs around 93°F and nights near 73°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in El Reno by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in El Reno peaks around July 12 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 10Dec 21UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr9Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in El Reno

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb40
Mar5.50
Apr7.55
May85
Jun8.56
Jul8.56
Aug85.5
Sep6.53.5
Oct50
Nov3.50
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in El Reno typically lasts about 301 days, from around February 13 to December 10 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 28 to November 2.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 1350%Mar 2890%Nov 290%Dec 1050%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3931
Feb5228
Mar8023
Apr960
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct980
Nov7928
Dec4831

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. El Reno banks about 4,979 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar77
Apr310
May603
Jun853
Jul1,029
Aug985
Sep713
Oct372
Nov39
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

El Reno receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.5 and 7.0 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 25. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.9 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.6 kWh/m² — roughly 63% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 147.0 kWhDec 172.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.9Moderate
Feb3.7Moderate
Mar4.7Bright
Apr5.8Bright
May6.2Intense
Jun6.8Intense
Jul7.0Intense
Aug6.3Intense
Sep5.2Bright
Oct4.0Bright
Nov3.0Moderate
Dec2.5Moderate

Where is El Reno?

El Reno sits at 35.5°N, 98.0°W, 1,358 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Yukon, 11 mi away.

Topography around El Reno

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of El Reno.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around El Reno has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 ft around an average of 1,345 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 420 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,086 ft.

The land around El Reno is covered by grassland (39%), cropland (22%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 2 miles, cropland (46%) and grassland (43%) within 10 miles, and grassland (49%) and cropland (28%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
125 ft
10 miles
420 ft
50 miles
1,086 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Yukon 11 mi · Mustang 17 mi · Bethany 18 mi · Oklahoma City 25 mi · Edmond 28 mi · Moore 30 mi · Del City 30 mi · Midwest City 32 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for El Reno (35.5323°, -97.955°, elevation 1,358 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).