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Lawton, OK

34.558°N, 98.417°W · station LAWthr · 115 years of record
72°F
forecast low · Sep 5

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Lawton.
75°WED9/273°THU9/374°FRI9/472°SAT9/574°SUN9/674°MON9/774°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Lawton — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#97 / 114
coldest Sep 5 in 114 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 5 ever

49°F
set in 1974

Mildest Sep 5 ever

80°F
set in 1970
Forecast low 72°F — 97th coldest Sep 5 of 114 years · record 49°F (1974) · coldest since 2025.
1912: 72°F1913: 64°F1914: 68°F1915: 58°F1916: 66°F1917: 66°F1918: 59°F1919: 62°F1920: 60°F1921: 73°F1922: 72°F1923: 64°F1924: 58°F1925: 70°F1926: 66°F1927: 66°F1928: 57°F1929: 54°F1930: 69°F1931: 79°F1932: 67°F1933: 65°F1934: 58°F1935: 62°F1936: 76°F1937: 72°F1938: 70°F1939: 70°F1940: 68°F1941: 72°F1942: 64°F1943: 70°F1944: 73°F1945: 68°F1946: 70°F1947: 70°F1948: 66°F1949: 70°F1950: 69°F1951: 72°F1952: 55°F1953: 50°F1954: 70°F1955: 59°F1956: 68°F1957: 66°F1958: 66°F1959: 69°F1960: 68°F1961: 56°F1962: 60°F1963: 73°F1964: 72°F1965: 63°F1966: 67°F1967: 61°F1968: 60°F1969: 70°F1970: 80°F1971: 74°F1972: 62°F1973: 64°F1974: 49°F1975: 67°F1976: 66°F1977: 68°F1978: 69°F1979: 68°F1980: 70°F1981: 67°F1982: 62°F1983: 72°F1984: 55°F1985: 71°F1986: 68°F1987: 69°F1988: 61°F1989: 69°F1990: 69°F1991: 69°F1992: 66°F1993: 56°F1994: 71°F1995: 71°F1996: 67°F1997: 68°F1998: 68°F1999: 69°F2000: 69°F2001: 70°F2002: 67°F2003: 61°F2004: 69°F2005: 62°F2006: 61°F2007: 69°F2008: 61°F2009: 68°F2010: 56°F2011: 54°F2012: 70°F2013: 72°F2014: 69°F2015: 74°F2016: 70°F2017: 60°F2018: 72°F2019: 66°F2020: 71°F2021: 69°F2022: 59°F2023: 76°F2024: 71°F2025: 61°F72° forecast455055606570758019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 572°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record49°F
This-date rank#97 of 114
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-12°F (2021)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1912–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Lawton in each calendar month, and for the whole 1912–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan85°FJan 25, 1950-11°FJan 18, 1930
Feb95°FFeb 24, 1918-12°FFeb 16, 2021
Mar98°FMar 31, 19406°FMar 11, 1948
Apr102°FApr 15, 200622°FApr 13, 1957
May109°FMay 23, 200029°FMay 3, 2013
Jun114°FJun 28, 199445°FJun 2, 1917
Jul114°FJul 19, 193653°FJul 5, 1915
Aug115°FAug 11, 193650°FAug 30, 1915
Sep111°FSep 8, 202335°FSep 26, 1912
Oct104°FOct 1, 197716°FOct 30, 1917
Nov92°FNov 15, 202511°FNov 26, 1975
Dec88°FDec 24, 1955-8°FDec 22, 1989
All-time115°FAug 11, 1936-12°FFeb 16, 2021

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Lawton so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

3 broke
plus 5 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

3 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

88°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 15, 1956

Coldest high ever

8°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 22, 1989
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan59°FJan 25, 194414°FJan 14, 2024
Feb66°FFeb 18, 197110°FFeb 15, 2021
Mar69°FMar 19, 200420°FMar 12, 1948
Apr71°FApr 20, 192538°FApr 12, 1957
May86°FMay 28, 201150°FMay 6, 1917
Jun84°FJun 27, 197163°FJun 9, 1913
Jul88°FJul 15, 195671°FJul 11, 1996
Aug85°FAug 30, 201166°FAug 8, 1997
Sep80°FSep 5, 197050°FSep 26, 1926
Oct76°FOct 1, 201934°FOct 27, 2020
Nov68°FNov 15, 196430°FNov 28, 1919
Dec61°FDec 4, 20018°FDec 22, 1989
All-time88°FJul 15, 19568°FDec 22, 1989

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

61 days
record run, ended Jan 14 1913

So far in 2026

39 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Lawton's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 66°F · forecast is +6° vs normal.
Jan: 53°FJan: 27°FFeb: 58°FFeb: 32°FMar: 66°FMar: 41°FApr: 74°FApr: 48°FMay: 83°FMay: 59°FJun: 92°FJun: 68°FJul: 97°FJul: 72°FAug: 96°FAug: 71°FSep: 87°FSep: 63°FOct: 76°FOct: 50°FNov: 64°FNov: 38°FDec: 54°FDec: 30°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:07 AM
Sunset6:00 PM
Solar noon11:33 AM
Daylight12h 54m · losing 14 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

34.56°N, 98.42°W

Nearby Stations

Wichita Falls, TX40 mi SOklahoma City, OK73 mi NEChildress, TX106 mi WStillwater, OK133 mi NEDallas-Fort Worth, TX139 mi SEDallas, TX149 mi SE

The Last 6 Weeks

Lawton's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Lawton, OK — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Lawton's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Lawton, OK — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1912

Each cell is one day's low at Lawton, coloured by temperature — 115 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Lawton, OK daily low heat map 1912–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Lawton — counted through Sep 5 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
39 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 90th most in 115 years. Normal for this point: 46. Record: 73 in 1915.

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