La Plata, MO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from KIRKSVILLE RGNL AP, MO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
La Plata has an annual average temperature of 51.9°F with about 39.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 85.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 17.2°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.07 in) and January the driest (1.60 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →84 of 366 (23%) of La Plata'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.
| 1940s | 9 | |
| 1950s | 75 | |
| 1960s | 68 | |
| 1970s | 16 | |
| 1990s | 11 | |
| 2000s | 50 | |
| 2010s | 88 | |
| 2020s | 49 |
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 | 34.4°F | 17.2°F | 25.8°F | 1.60 in | — | 8 |
| February | 39.5°F | 20.6°F | 30.1°F | 1.77 in | — | 8 |
| March | 51.8°F | 30.6°F | 41.2°F | 2.62 in | — | 10 |
| April | 63.3°F | 41.0°F | 52.1°F | 3.93 in | — | 11 |
| May | 72.4°F | 51.7°F | 62.1°F | 5.02 in | — | 13 |
| June | 81.9°F | 61.3°F | 71.6°F | 5.07 in | — | 11 |
| July | 85.8°F | 65.0°F | 75.4°F | 4.35 in | — | 9 |
| August | 84.4°F | 62.8°F | 73.6°F | 3.94 in | — | 10 |
| September | 77.1°F | 53.9°F | 65.5°F | 3.65 in | — | 8 |
| October | 64.5°F | 43.2°F | 53.8°F | 3.24 in | — | 10 |
| November | 50.9°F | 31.2°F | 41.1°F | 2.41 in | — | 9 |
| December | 39.1°F | 22.1°F | 30.6°F | 1.67 in | — | 8 |
Climate twins of La Plata
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).