Statistics Tulsa International Airport 2019-2023

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tulsa International Airport (KTUL) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	72.7	80	83	65	62	62
February	68.7	76	75	59	73	48
March	75.6	66	81	85	68	78
April	81.8	85	82	84	79	83
May	80.4	77	72	72	83	76
June	94.1	96	97	88	96	90
July	94.8	93	96	94	94	96
August	93.4	98	96	96	98	88
September	87.5		97	99	77	88
October	81.3		94	86	68	74
November	80.1		74	93	84	75
December	75.4		53	86	81	79
Average	82.9	84.0	84.7	84.4	80.9	78.9

752nd best VFR conditions of United States

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 mi or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	91.8	96	94	91	89	93
February	87.3	90	91	83	95	73
March	93.8	89	96	95	89	95
April	95.0	96	96	99	93	97
May	95.0	93	93	96	95	93
June	99.0	99	100	98	100	97
July	98.6	99	99	98	100	99
August	97.6	99	99	99	100	94
September	95.8		99	100	91	97
October	92.0		98	96	86	86
November	92.9		92	100	94	87
December	90.9		73	94	93	93
Average	94.5	95.1	95.0	95.8	93.8	92.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	10.7	13	11	10	12	9
February	12.0	14	12	5	12	10
March	18.4	16	19	19	20	15
April	22.2	23	23	22	22	24
May	26.5	27	27	24	25	26
June	31.9	32	33	32	33	30
July	34.1	34	37	33	34	33
August	33.3	35	35	34	32	33
September	30.7		32	33	28	32
October	23.0		25	25	22	21
November	16.7		15	18	19	16
December	12.8		12	19	12	13
Average	23.0	24.2	23.7	22.8	22.4	21.8

692nd highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-1.5	1	-3	1	2	-1
February	0.3	2	-2	-4	1	1
March	6.4	5	5	8	9	4
April	10.0	10	11	10	10	12
May	16.2	16	17	15	15	16
June	21.2	21	21	21	22	20
July	23.4	23	25	22	24	23
August	22.4	23	23	23	21	23
September	19.4		18	20	17	23
October	11.2		11	14	10	10
November	4.8		5	6	7	3
December	2.2		3	6	1	2
Average	11.7	12.5	11.4	11.8	11.5	11.2

1,884th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	7.3	11	4	6	8	9
February	13.2	10	12	22	11	21
March	5.9	9	8	6	8	4
April	6.1	8	6	6	5	4
May	5.5	6	10	9	6	5
June	1.6	2	2	3	0	3
July	2.7	5	3	2	5	1
August	3.0	2	2	1	2	8
September	4.2		2	1	7	4
October	9.4		8	7	12	13
November	5.9		6	2	6	10
December	4.9		6	3	7	6
Average	5.6	6.2	5.5	5.4	6.1	6.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	9.4	9	9	9	9	9
February	9.8	9	11	10	9	10
March	10.5	11	11	11	10	10
April	11.0	11	13	11	10	11
May	9.2	7	11	9	9	10
June	8.6	7	9	8	9	8
July	7.4	8	8	7	8	9
August	7.4	7	7	9	7	7
September	7.9		7	9	7	8
October	9.1		8	9	9	10
November	9.2		9	9	10	8
December	8.7		9	9	8	9
Average	9.0	8.4	9.3	9.1	8.6	9.0

692nd highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	259°	326°	285°	168°	283°
February	207°	301°	359°	315°	270°
March	218°	216°	169°	168°	251°
April	188°	170°	190°	158°	185°
May	146°	160°	125°	094°	173°
June	156°	156°	163°	176°	171°
July	189°	173°	163°	157°	158°
August	185°	155°	163°	140°	145°
September		149°	163°	166°	168°
October		223°	199°	158°	199°
November		190°	176°	180°	175°
December		212°	184°	266°	223°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.