Appleton City, Missouri climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Appleton City's normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 43.5 inches of precipitation and 10 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.0°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,105 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAppleton City
- Station IDUSC00230204
- Location38.19°N 94.03°W
- Elevation866 ft (264 m)
- Population1,080
On October 23, the normal high in Appleton City is 65°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Appleton City.
- Jan 40° 21°
- Feb 45° 25°
- Mar 56° 34°
- Apr 66° 44°
- May 75° 55°
- Jun 84° 64°
- Jul 88° 69°
- Aug 87° 67°
- Sep 79° 58°
- Oct 68° 46°
- Nov 55° 35°
- Dec 44° 26°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Appleton City each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.88 in), the least in January (1.57 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 21°F | 30.6°F | 1.57 | 3.8 | 6 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 45°F | 25°F | 35.1°F | 1.74 | 2.3 | 5 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 56°F | 34°F | 45.2°F | 3.19 | 1.3 | 9 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 66°F | 44°F | 54.9°F | 4.63 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 4 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 55°F | 64.8°F | 5.88 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 84°F | 64°F | 73.9°F | 4.66 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 88°F | 69°F | 78.4°F | 4.50 | 0.0 | 8 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 87°F | 67°F | 77.0°F | 4.13 | 0.0 | 7 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 79°F | 58°F | 68.7°F | 4.33 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 46°F | 57.1°F | 3.35 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 35°F | 44.9°F | 3.19 | 0.3 | 7 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 44°F | 26°F | 34.8°F | 2.32 | 2.1 | 6 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 45°F | 55.4°F | 43.49 | 9.8 | 95 | 35 | 108 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −6°C | −0.8°C | 40 mm | 10 cm |
| February | 7°C | −4°C | 1.7°C | 44 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 13°C | 1°C | 7.3°C | 81 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 19°C | 7°C | 12.7°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 13°C | 18.2°C | 149 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 18°C | 23.3°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 20°C | 25.8°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 19°C | 25.0°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 15°C | 20.4°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 8°C | 13.9°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | 2°C | 7.2°C | 81 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 7°C | −4°C | 1.6°C | 59 mm | 5 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00230204; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Appleton City?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00230204.
When is the last frost in Appleton City?
In Appleton City, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 7 in half of years and after April 24 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 29 in half of years and before October 15 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 71 year in 10 after April 24; 9 in 10 after March 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 291 year in 10 before October 15; 9 in 10 before November 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 202 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 224 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 29 in half of springs and before November 6 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Appleton City in zone 6b in ZIP code 64724, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Appleton City's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (29 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Missouri · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00230204; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Appleton City?
In a normal year in Appleton City, 35 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 108 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 95 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 35a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 108a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 22high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 95a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 5a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1890) is 116°F, on July 14, 1954; the lowest is −29°F, on February 13, 1905.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1951, with 61.22 in; the snowiest season is 1978–79, with 30.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00230204; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00230204. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Appleton City?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Appleton City, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (83%) and March the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.3 |
| February | 70% | 3.0 |
| March | 69% | 4.0 |
| April | 71% | 5.0 |
| May | 73% | 5.7 |
| June | 81% | 6.6 |
| July | 83% | 6.5 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 82% | 4.8 |
| October | 76% | 3.5 |
| November | 74% | 2.5 |
| December | 71% | 2.0 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Appleton City need?
A normal year in Appleton City brings 4,822 heating degree days, 10% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,376 cooling degree days, 52% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,092 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,066 | 0 |
| February | 836 | 0 |
| March | 619 | 3 |
| April | 320 | 17 |
| May | 105 | 97 |
| June | 7 | 274 |
| July | 0 | 414 |
| August | 2 | 373 |
| September | 51 | 164 |
| October | 275 | 32 |
| November | 605 | 2 |
| December | 936 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,822 | 1,376 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00230204. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Appleton City been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 57.1°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 55.4°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 58.0°F | +2.6°F | 30.89 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 58.4°F | +3.0°F | 42.69 | 4.3 |
| 2025 | 57.1°F | +1.7°F | 40.80 | 14.6 |
Over 98 complete years from 1894 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.0°F per century (+0.05°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00230204; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Appleton City's climate compare?
Appleton City is warmer than 73 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Missouri, and wetter than 61. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 55.4°F is warmer than 62%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Appleton City is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Appleton City share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Montrose, MO392 people · 6 mi NE
- Rockville, MO139 people · 8 mi S
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Appleton City's climate
What is the coldest month in Appleton City?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Appleton City?
Yes: 10 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (3.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Appleton City?
May, with 5.88 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.57 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Appleton City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Appleton City in zone 6b in ZIP code 64724, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Appleton City's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Appleton City?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 7; in one year in ten it comes after April 24. Waiting until April 24 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Missouri climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Clinton, MO20 miles from this station, 55.3°F a year
- Osceola, MO20 miles from this station, 56.3°F a year
- Butler, MO21 miles from this station, 55.6°F a year
- Eldorado Springs, MO22 miles from this station, 56.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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