Playability Score: 89/100 — Good
Current conditions: 90°F, wind 8 mph, 1% chance of rain.
Updated July 9, 2026
Oklahoma City golf weather is highly variable with strong frontal passages and tornado-season wind. Spring and fall deliver the best conditions. Summer heat above 100°F limits afternoon play. Plains wind is a constant factor.
Plains wind averages never dip below 12.1 mph in OKC — even in the calmest months, August and September — and they crest at 16.9 mph in April, right when the calendar says conditions should be ideal. Club selection here is a negotiation with the plains, not just the scorecard.
Temperatures swing wide too — February, March, and April each carry a 20-degree daily spread between low and high, meaning you might start a morning round in a jacket and finish sweating through an approach shot. Add frontal systems that can shift wind direction 180 degrees mid-round, and OKC golf rewards players who stay adaptable rather than stubborn.
April is the windiest month of the year at 16.9 mph average peak, and May piles on 16 precip days — the wettest month in the data. Temperatures are pleasant enough (highs in the low 70s in April, upper 70s in May), but expect sustained south winds ahead of fronts and sharp northwest gusts behind them. Club up or down by two on exposed holes; the wind direction can flip completely between your tee shot and your approach.
July averages a high of 93°F and August follows at 92°F, pushing afternoon rounds well past comfortable. Wind actually eases in summer — August and September tie for the calmest readings at 12.1 mph — so the tradeoff is less wind battle but real heat management. July lows sit at 75°F and August's at 74°F, meaning both months offer minimal overnight relief, and early morning tee times are the only escape before heat accumulates.
September drops to 9 precip days and ties for the calmest winds of the year at 12.1 mph, while the average high of 86°F is still warm but manageable in the morning. October cools to a 74°F high with 9 precip days and winds ticking back up to 14.8 mph — still better than spring. This two-month window is the most consistent stretch for keeping the ball flight predictable.
December is the driest month with only 6 precip days, and average peak winds drop to 14.4 mph — modest by OKC standards but still above the site's 'calm' threshold of 8 mph. Highs hover around 53°F, which is playable in layers, but January lows dip to 31°F and morning frost delays are routine. Frontal passages bring the sharpest single-day wind shifts of the year, so check the forecast the morning of, not the night before.
September and October each log only 9 precip days and carry the year's calmest or near-calmest wind readings (12.1 and 14.8 mph respectively), with highs that land comfortably in the 74–86°F range. November cools further to a 61°F average high with just 7 precip days, nearly as dry as December's 6 precip days, while temperatures still support comfortable morning rounds. Across all three months, the gap between wind-disrupted spring and brutal summer heat makes fall the most consistently playable stretch in OKC.
April holds the top spot at 16.9 mph average peak wind, with March (16.2 mph) and February (15.7 mph) close behind. Spring months run at or above 15 mph on average — March at 16.2, April at 16.9, and May at 15.1 mph. If you're visiting in spring, plan to play morning rounds before daily heating accelerates the south wind.
The closest OKC gets to calm conditions is August and September, both averaging 12.1 mph peak winds — the lowest readings in the 12-month dataset. That's still above the site's 8 mph calm threshold, so truly quiet rounds are the exception rather than the norm. Your best odds are early morning tee times in late August or September, before surface heating kicks up the breeze.
May is the highest-risk month, logging 16 precip days — more than any other month by a meaningful margin. June still carries 11 precip days with summer convection becoming a factor. The standard Oklahoma pattern is clear mornings and storm potential building from early afternoon onward, so a 7 a.m. tee time in May is a very different risk profile than a 1 p.m. start.