Lock Springs, MO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CHILLICOTHE AGRI-SCI, MO US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Lock Springs has an annual average temperature of 53.8°F with about 40.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 87.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.3°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.42 in) and January the driest (1.25 in).

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
50.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,052
Cooling need
1,017

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

168 of 366 (45.9%) of Lock Springs'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.

1990s
13
2000s
100
2010s
162
2020s
91

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 36.6°F 18.3°F 27.4°F 1.25 in 7
February 42.3°F 22.2°F 32.2°F 1.60 in 8
March 54.1°F 32.6°F 43.4°F 2.80 in 10
April 65.6°F 42.9°F 54.2°F 3.84 in 11
May 74.8°F 53.5°F 64.1°F 5.42 in 12
June 83.5°F 63.5°F 73.5°F 5.29 in 11
July 87.8°F 67.3°F 77.5°F 4.10 in 9
August 86.0°F 65.2°F 75.6°F 4.76 in 11
September 78.6°F 55.9°F 67.3°F 3.84 in 9
October 66.8°F 44.1°F 55.5°F 3.25 in 10
November 53.0°F 32.4°F 42.7°F 2.43 in 7
December 41.2°F 23.1°F 32.1°F 1.70 in 7

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