Clarksville L&d, MO Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Clarksville L&d's primary NOAA station, CLARKSVILLE L&D 24.
The climate verdict for Clarksville L&d
Clarksville L&d, Missouri has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 38.5"
- annual precipitation · 12" snow
- 211 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Clarksville L&d: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00231640 · Clarksville L&d, MO 54°F mean · 38.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,979
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Garden City
- PRCP-MID 38.5"
- SWING-WIDE 50°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,166 HDD
- STN-1 USC00231640
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Garden City, KS (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MO station list.
- Clarksville L&d (this station) 54°F
- Cold Osage City, KS 54°F
- Hot Garden City, KS 54°F
- Near Great Bend, KS 54°F
- Near Sweet Springs, MO 54°F
Climate Living Index · Clarksville L&d
Clarksville L&d: 68/100 · grade C
Clarksville L&d publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Clarksville L&d, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 38.5 in · 3.5 from 35 in | 87/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 211 days/year | 72/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 112 calendar days | 69/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 11.6 inches/year | 61/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.4°F · 13.1° from 67.5°F | 57/100 · C |
Clarksville L&d · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Clarksville L&d is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 28.1°F and warmest-month mean 77.9°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 77.9°F
- Coldest month
- 28.1°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Clarksville L&d sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Clarksville L&d's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 58th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 55th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 80%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Clarksville L&d is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Clarksville L&d compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Clarksville L&d's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F (3°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 2.0" | 4.5" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 41°F (5°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.7" | 3.2" | 23.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.0" | 1.4" | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.0" | 0.1" | 2.9 | 0.2 |
| May | 74°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.6 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.6 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.2 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| October | 67°F (19°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 1.4 | 0.3 |
| November | 53°F (12°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.0" | 0.1" | 12.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 2.1" | 2.3" | 24.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 112 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 19°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 13, then returns to freezing around November 23, covering 112 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 2, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 3 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 111 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 21°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Clarksville L&d.
Where Clarksville L&d Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 21°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Clarksville L&d earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 4.5"
8.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.2"
7.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
10.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
11.2 days with precipitation
12.4 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
8.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.3"
8.9 days with precipitation
Clarksville L&d spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 15%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Clarksville L&d has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 49.8°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 4.6" and February 1.7". The three wettest months together take 34% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
How Clarksville L&d's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 111 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 38.5" between them, or roughly 0.35 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Snow reaches Clarksville L&d, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 11.6 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 7 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
211 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,166
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,324
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MO closest to Clarksville L&d on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (54°F here).
- Arlington, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Bent Creek, NC 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Bloomfield, NM 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Charleston, WV 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (38.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Iowa City, IA 38.5" · 0.0" off
- Franklin, WV 38.5" · 0.0" off
- Prairie City, IL 38.5" · 0.0" off
- Mundelein, IL 38.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Clarksville L&d's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Clarksville L&d's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,166 annual heating degree days against 1,324 for cooling. Its 49.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Clarksville L&d's frost-free season lasts about 211 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Clarksville L&d's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 49.8°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Clarksville L&d's 38.5 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Annual snowfall totals 11.6 inches. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Clarksville L&d's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Clarksville L&d, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Clarksville L&d's primary station: CLARKSVILLE L&D 24 (USC00231640). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Clarksville L&d; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Clarksville L&d comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.