Lake Lafayette, MO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ELM, MO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Lake Lafayette has an annual average temperature of 53.9°F with about 42.9 inches of precipitation per year and 11.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 87.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.1°F). July is typically the wettest month (5.57 in) and January the driest (1.36 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.
Best time to visit Lake Lafayette
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →98 of 366 (26.8%) of Lake Lafayette'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.
| 1980s | 3 | |
| 1990s | 87 | |
| 2000s | 106 | |
| 2010s | 128 | |
| 2020s | 42 |
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 | 38.1°F | 18.1°F | 28.1°F | 1.36 in | 3.8 in | 7 |
| February | 43.3°F | 22.4°F | 32.9°F | 1.78 in | 2.9 in | 7 |
| March | 54.4°F | 32.4°F | 43.4°F | 2.93 in | 1.1 in | 10 |
| April | 64.6°F | 42.4°F | 53.5°F | 4.41 in | 0.1 in | 11 |
| May | 74.3°F | 53.0°F | 63.6°F | 5.29 in | — | 12 |
| June | 83.2°F | 62.6°F | 72.9°F | 5.21 in | — | 10 |
| July | 87.7°F | 66.6°F | 77.2°F | 5.57 in | — | 9 |
| August | 86.7°F | 64.6°F | 75.7°F | 4.43 in | — | 9 |
| September | 79.1°F | 55.9°F | 67.5°F | 3.92 in | — | 8 |
| October | 67.5°F | 43.7°F | 55.6°F | 3.44 in | — | 9 |
| November | 53.7°F | 32.6°F | 43.1°F | 2.66 in | 0.7 in | 8 |
| December | 42.4°F | 22.9°F | 32.7°F | 1.85 in | 3.3 in | 7 |
Climate twins of Lake Lafayette
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).