Selman, OK Climate

Selman, OK has a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. The summer months are typically warm to hot with temperatures reaching into the lower 90’s during the day. Winters are usually cold with temperatures dropping into the lower 30’s at night but often reach high 40’s during the day. Precipitation in Selman occurs mostly in spring and summer, averaging 29 inches annually, while winters tend to be relatively dry. Snowfall is rare and typically occurs only once or twice a year.

Climate	Selman, Oklahoma	United States
Rainfall		38.1

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.