Ridgeway, MO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BETHANY, MO US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Ridgeway has an annual average temperature of 51.8°F with about 39.1 inches of precipitation per year and 21.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 15.6°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.53 in) and January the driest (1.00 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
51.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,619
Cooling need
876

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

24 of 366 (6.6%) of Ridgeway'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.

1890s
16
1900s
21
1910s
33
1920s
21
1930s
100
1940s
17
1950s
37
1960s
27
1970s
16
1980s
20
1990s
9
2000s
11
2010s
25
2020s
13

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 34.0°F 15.6°F 24.8°F 1.00 in 5.4 in 5
February 39.0°F 19.4°F 29.2°F 1.58 in 5.2 in 6
March 51.6°F 29.6°F 40.6°F 2.07 in 3.3 in 7
April 62.7°F 40.6°F 51.6°F 4.01 in 0.3 in 11
May 72.7°F 51.2°F 61.9°F 5.53 in 12
June 82.2°F 61.7°F 71.9°F 5.19 in 10
July 86.6°F 66.1°F 76.4°F 4.96 in 9
August 85.3°F 63.7°F 74.5°F 4.20 in 8
September 77.7°F 55.0°F 66.4°F 3.90 in 7
October 65.3°F 43.1°F 54.2°F 3.05 in 0.1 in 7
November 50.7°F 30.8°F 40.7°F 1.98 in 1.3 in 6
December 38.4°F 21.0°F 29.7°F 1.66 in 5.6 in 5

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