Fair Play, MO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BOLIVAR 1 NE, MO US.

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Fair Play has an annual average temperature of 56°F with about 46.4 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 89.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 21.7°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.90 in) and February the driest (2.25 in).

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
45.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
4,380
Cooling need
1,122

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

38 of 366 (10.4%) of Fair Play's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1900s
18
1910s
104
1920s
22
1930s
23
1940s
19
1950s
56
1960s
26
1970s
6
1980s
24
1990s
8
2000s
13
2010s
17
2020s
30

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 42.8°F 21.7°F 32.2°F 2.31 in 8
February 47.9°F 25.4°F 36.6°F 2.25 in 8
March 57.5°F 34.0°F 45.8°F 3.59 in 11
April 67.6°F 43.5°F 55.5°F 4.96 in 11
May 75.9°F 54.2°F 65.1°F 5.90 in 13
June 84.3°F 63.0°F 73.7°F 4.88 in 11
July 89.1°F 67.0°F 78.0°F 4.62 in 9
August 88.4°F 65.2°F 76.8°F 3.71 in 8
September 81.0°F 56.6°F 68.8°F 4.25 in 8
October 69.8°F 44.5°F 57.1°F 3.79 in 9
November 57.1°F 34.3°F 45.7°F 3.42 in 9
December 46.4°F 25.7°F 36.1°F 2.70 in 7

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