Climate and average weather in Muskogee

In Muskogee, the summers are muggy, sweltering, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: early April to late May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Muskogee typically varies from 32°F to 92°F, and is rarely below 18°F or above 100°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 Muskogee for warm-weather activities are from early April to late May and mid September to early November.

Hottest
Jul
92°
Coldest
Jan
32°
Wettest
May
5.7 in
Driest
Aug
2.4 in
Rain / yr
42.4 in
102 wet days
Daylight
9.6–14.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
604 ft
35.7°N
Clearest
Sep
42% cloud

Muskogee is city in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States.

Density
9,645/km²
people per km²
Founded
1898

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

Muskogee 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 early April to late May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from May 27 to September 22, with daily high temperatures above 81°F. The hottest month of the year in Muskogee is July, with an average high of 92°F and low of 74°F.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from November 27 to February 27, with daily high temperatures below 57°F. The coldest month of the year in Muskogee is January, with an average low of 32°F and high of 49°F.

Days typically run about 18°F warmer than nights year-round.

20°40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan4932
Feb5335
Mar6243
Apr7152
May7861
Jun8770
Jul9274
Aug9172
Sep8465
Oct7353
Nov6143
Dec5135

How hot and cold Muskogee 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, Muskogee feels like about 99°F (around July 21). About 83 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 24°F (around January 10), with roughly 90 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)
Jan49492532
Feb53532935
Mar62623943
Apr71715152
May79786161
Jun90877070
Jul97927474
Aug95917272
Sep85846565
Oct73735353
Nov61613843
Dec51512835

Average hourly temperature in Muskogee

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 92°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 32°F.

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

Muskogee 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° / 32°2.57.21.39.92.1
Feb53° / 35°2.57.3110.63.3
Mar62° / 43°4.010.20.711.75.4
Apr71° / 52°5.210.4012.96.5
May78° / 61°5.711.9013.96.4
Jun87° / 70°3.99.7014.44.8
Jul92° / 74°2.87.8014.23.7
Aug91° / 72°2.47.1013.44.0
Sep84° / 65°3.57.4012.26.2
Oct73° / 53°3.88.3011.17.3
Nov61° / 43°3.27.60.310.15.4
Dec51° / 35°3.07.319.62.7

Chance of rain

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

Muskogee gets about 42.4 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 3.9 months, from around Mar 6 to Jul 2, peaking in May at about 39% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 30.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 5.7 in over about 12 wet days; August is the driest, with 2.4 in. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 10 · 39%Sep 30 · 21%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan237
Feb267
Mar3310
Apr3510
May3812
Jun3310
Jul258
Aug247
Sep257
Oct268
Nov268
Dec247

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Muskogee collects about 42.4 in of rain across 102 wet days — roughly 3.5 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 5.7 in, while August is the driest at just 2.4 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2.52.54.05.25.73.92.82.43.53.83.23.0
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan2.571
Feb2.571
Mar4.0101
Apr5.2100
May5.7120
Jun3.9100
Jul2.880
Aug2.470
Sep3.570
Oct3.880
Nov3.280
Dec3.071

Snow in Muskogee

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.

Muskogee averages about 4 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 27 to Mar 16 — about 3.6 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 1.2 day of snow and an estimated 2 in of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 8 in of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 1
Snow daysSnowfall (in)
Jan12
Feb12
Mar12
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec12

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Muskogee, 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 13 and lasts for 4.6 months, ending around October 30. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 71% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 31 and lasts for 7.4 months, ending around June 12. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 52% 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 · 73%May 3 · 46%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5149
Feb4852
Mar4852
Apr5050
May4852
Jun5941
Jul7030
Aug7129
Sep6832
Oct6337
Nov5644
Dec5248

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 10, 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)
Jan9.97:365:26
Feb10.67:165:56
Mar11.76:406:23
Apr12.95:556:49
May13.95:217:14
Jun14.45:107:34
Jul14.25:217:33
Aug13.45:457:06
Sep12.26:096:22
Oct11.16:345:39
Nov10.17:045:09
Dec9.67:305:05

Sunny days

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

Muskogee averages about 13 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 18 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.4 months, from around Jun 20 to Dec 1. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 16 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is May, down near 10 sunny days — about 39% fewer than the September peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightSep 3018 daysMay 2610 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr11Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun12Mixed
Jul16Bright
Aug16Bright
Sep16Bright
Oct16Bright
Nov14Mixed
Dec13Mixed

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 Muskogee, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.9 months, from around May 5 to September 30. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 97% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 1 to May 4, 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 14 · 100%Jul 18 · 2%oppressivehumidmuggycomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9820000
Feb9820000
Mar9072000
Apr701512300
May3015232930
Jun271543321
Jul021031533
Aug161438391
Sep22152130130
Oct641613710
Nov8983000
Dec9730000

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 Muskogee is typically calm, near 7 mph, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 7.3 months, from around Oct 15 to May 24. The windiest month is April, averaging about 8 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 25 to Oct 14, with August the calmest month at about 6 mph.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyApr 8 · 9 mphAug 4 · 6 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb8light breeze
Mar8light breeze
Apr8light breeze
May8light breeze
Jun7calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct7calm
Nov8light breeze
Dec8light breeze

Best time to visit Muskogee

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid May, Muskogee 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 Muskogee for general outdoor tourist activities run from early April to late May and again from mid September to early November, with a peak score in the first week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 5 · 7.7

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
Jan2.1poor
Feb3.3poor
Mar5.4fair
Apr6.5good
May6.4good
Jun4.8fair
Jul3.7fair
Aug4.0fair
Sep6.2good
Oct7.2good
Nov5.3fair
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 Muskogee for hot-weather activities is from mid May to mid October, with a peak score in the third week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 19 · 7.4

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 Muskogee, 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 92°F), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 49°F), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Muskogee sees daytime highs around 92°F and nights near 74°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Muskogee 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 Muskogee peaks around July 11 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 11UV 10Dec 21UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Muskogee

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
Apr74
May84.5
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.56
Aug7.55
Sep73.5
Oct50
Nov30
Dec00

Air quality in Muskogee by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Muskogee is worst in July — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (November, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodGoodModerateGoodJul 1617 µg/m³Nov 186 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb9Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr11Good
May12Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct6Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Muskogee typically lasts about 340 days, from around January 28 to January 2 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 17 to November 11.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonJan 2850%Mar 1790%Nov 1190%Jan 250%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan4931
Feb6328
Mar8715
Apr980
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct990
Nov8719
Dec6131

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. Muskogee banks about 5,112 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
Mar98
Apr338
May614
Jun854
Jul1,019
Aug985
Sep731
Oct405
Nov68
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.

Muskogee receives about 4.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.3 and 6.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 24 to Sep 30. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.7 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.3 kWh/m² — roughly 66% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 156.7 kWhDec 182.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.4Moderate
Mar4.3Bright
Apr5.3Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun6.5Intense
Jul6.7Intense
Aug6.1Intense
Sep5.0Bright
Oct3.8Moderate
Nov2.7Moderate
Dec2.3Moderate

Where is Muskogee?

Muskogee sits at 35.7°N, 95.4°W, 604 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Tahlequah, 25 mi away.

Topography around Muskogee

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Muskogee has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 ft around an average of 587 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 466 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,352 ft.

The land around Muskogee is covered by trees (55%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 2 miles, grassland (41%) and trees (38%) within 10 miles, and trees (50%) and grassland (39%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
131 ft
10 miles
466 ft
50 miles
1,352 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Tahlequah 25 mi · Broken Arrow 32 mi · Bixby 32 mi · Jenks 39 mi · Claremore 42 mi · Tulsa 45 mi · Owasso 45 mi · Sapulpa 45 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 Muskogee (35.7479°, -95.3697°, elevation 604 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).