[Jim Mac]

Does the climate vary much around the state?

Is the humidity high?

Does any part of the state has mild summers and winters?

[Goodpasture]

Originally Posted by Jim Mac

Does the climate vary much around the state?

Quite a bit.

We really don't have much in the way of climate.....mostly we get a lot of weather and it changes on a daily basis.

Originally Posted by Jim Mac

Is the humidity high?

Some times and some places

Originally Posted by Jim Mac

Does any part of the state has mild summers and winters?

some parts do.......just not the same parts every year.

[debzkidz]

The further south you go, the warmer the winters, but not by a lot. Compared to Wisconsin winters, they are very mild. However, I don't think you will find anywhere in OK that summers would be mild, especially by Wisconsin standards.

Humidity - hum, lets see. When I moved here everyone told me it was really humid. I find that to be a really subjective thing. I moved here from the gulf coast, so to me, it's not bad at all. My friends from NM think its a swamp!

[#1soonerfan]

Oklahoma has 11 ecoregions within its borders, which is more than just about any other state outside Texas and California. so yes the weather varies widely. In the panhandle you have a climate similar to that of Colorado or New Mexico while in the SE corner of the state you have something akin to Louisiana or Misssissippi. When these two start clashing you can get some outrageous weather.

As far as mild summers, I agree that you will probably not find that anywhere near here. In OKC where I'm at its forecast to hit 99 this week. The winters here for the most part are actually pleasant but its a total crapshoot from year to year. This winter within the span of three weeks we went from 70s to a foot of snow to -5 degree temp (with a -20 wind chill) with an additional 6 inches of snow back up to 70.

On the flip side its not really that humid here, at least in OKC (then again I grew up in Texas so my threshold of what is humid is probably pretty high). Its also pretty sunny most of the year.

But yeah if your looking fro predictability and nice mild weather all year round keep looking. Maybe try New Mexico?

[Jim Mac]

Thanks. We're considering New Mexico and Arizona for when my wife retires. BUT I want to be near fishing, and it doesn't look too good for either of these states. The areas that do you have fishing nearby, it's near the mountains, so it's too cold in winter and/or too much snow. I've had enough of snow and cold here in WI.

[eddie gein]

Like anywhere else, northern Oklahoma is colder and has more snow than southern Oklahoma. This is most notable moving NW to SE. The southeast quadrant of Oklahoma gets very little snow.

Humidity wise, it is very dry in western Oklahoma (particularly the panhandle) and gets more humid as you go east. It's also usually hotter in western Oklahoma in the summer (especially SW Oklahoma) but the lack of humidity makes the heat index about the same.

If you like to fish, the eastern half of the state has most of the lakes. There are a few in the southwest portion of the state but only a handful in the northwest part of Oklahoma. The biggest concentration of large lakes in Oklahoma is probably in the northeast quadrant of Oklahoma.