Licking, MO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LICKING 4N, MO US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Licking has an annual average temperature of 55.3°F with about 46.5 inches of precipitation per year and 11 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 88.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 21.4°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.54 in) and February the driest (2.71 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
45.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
4,512
Cooling need
1,026

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

48 of 366 (13.1%) of Licking'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.

1930s
32
1940s
46
1950s
74
1960s
29
1970s
20
1980s
40
1990s
29
2000s
26
2010s
31
2020s
39

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 41.9°F 21.4°F 31.7°F 2.81 in 3.5 in 8
February 47.0°F 25.2°F 36.1°F 2.71 in 1.7 in 7
March 56.4°F 33.7°F 45.0°F 4.12 in 2.0 in 10
April 67.4°F 43.3°F 55.3°F 4.80 in 11
May 75.5°F 53.4°F 64.5°F 5.54 in 13
June 83.4°F 62.4°F 72.9°F 4.54 in 10
July 88.0°F 66.6°F 77.3°F 3.48 in 8
August 87.3°F 64.7°F 76.0°F 4.04 in 8
September 79.7°F 56.2°F 68.0°F 4.20 in 8
October 68.6°F 44.4°F 56.5°F 3.34 in 8
November 55.6°F 34.3°F 45.0°F 4.09 in 0.2 in 9
December 45.2°F 25.7°F 35.5°F 2.87 in 3.6 in 8

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