Oklahoma Cities and Towns
The Sooner  State  46th State

Climate & Weather:

Weather conditions in Oklahoma vary widely.

Summers are usually hot, humid and windy, with cooler evenings. In winter, northern cold fronts and chilling winds bring temperatures down to freezing.

Early evening thunderstorms are common in summer, and tornados strike the state on a regular basis. Oklahoma is in America's Tornado Alley.

January is the coldest month, with average high temperatures near 40 degrees. July is the warmest month, with average high temperatures around 82 degrees. Hotter summers and colder winters, with snow, are not uncommon.

Annual precipitation amounts range from 20 - 30 inches central and west, while in the east, 40 - 50 inches are normal.

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Firsts, Facts, Trivia:  

Oklahoma has produced more astronauts than any other state. These include Major General Thomas P. Stafford (Weatherford); Gordon Cooper (Shawnee); Owen Garriott (Enid); Shannon Lucid (Oklahoma City) and William Reid Pogue (Okemah).

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Featured Tourist Spots:

National Wrestling Hall of Fame - America's shrine to the sport of wrestling, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, is a focal point for the past, the present and the future. It preserves the heritage of the sport, celebrates new achievements, and encourages the youth of our land to aspire to lofty goals.

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Oklahoma History:

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado first explored the region for Spain in 1541. The U.S. acquired most of Oklahoma in 1803 in the Louisiana Purchase from France; the Western Panhandle region became U.S. territory with the annexation of Texas in 1845.
Set aside as Indian Territory in 1834, the region was divided into Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory on May 2, 1890. The two were combined to make a new state, Oklahoma, on Nov. 16, 1907.
On April 22, 1889, the first day homesteading was permitted, 50,000 people swarmed into the area. Those who tried to beat the noon starting gun were called “Sooners,” hence the state's nickname.

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