Doniphan, Missouri climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Doniphan's normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 51.7 inches of precipitation and 8 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.1°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,312 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDoniphan
- Station IDUSC00232289
- Location36.62°N 90.81°W
- Elevation289 ft (88 m)
- Population1,782
On October 23, the normal high in Doniphan is 69°F and the normal low 42°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 Doniphan.
- Jan 46° 24°
- Feb 51° 27°
- Mar 60° 35°
- Apr 70° 44°
- May 78° 55°
- Jun 86° 64°
- Jul 90° 68°
- Aug 89° 66°
- Sep 82° 58°
- Oct 72° 45°
- Nov 59° 35°
- Dec 48° 28°
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 Doniphan each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.69 in), the least in January (3.41 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F | 24°F | 35.1°F | 3.41 | 1.7 | 8 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 51°F | 27°F | 39.0°F | 3.81 | 2.4 | 7 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 60°F | 35°F | 47.4°F | 4.66 | 2.0 | 9 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 44°F | 57.3°F | 5.59 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 78°F | 55°F | 66.2°F | 5.69 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 86°F | 64°F | 74.8°F | 3.52 | 0.0 | 8 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 90°F | 68°F | 78.8°F | 4.63 | 0.0 | 8 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 89°F | 66°F | 77.6°F | 3.77 | 0.0 | 7 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 82°F | 58°F | 70.0°F | 3.70 | 0.0 | 6 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 72°F | 45°F | 58.1°F | 3.86 | 0.1 | 7 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 59°F | 35°F | 46.6°F | 4.87 | 0.1 | 8 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 48°F | 28°F | 37.8°F | 4.15 | 1.4 | 8 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 46°F | 57.4°F | 51.66 | 7.7 | 95 | 51 | 109 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −4°C | 1.7°C | 87 mm | 4 cm |
| February | 10°C | −3°C | 3.9°C | 97 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 16°C | 2°C | 8.6°C | 118 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 21°C | 7°C | 14.1°C | 142 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 13°C | 19.0°C | 145 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 18°C | 23.8°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 26.0°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 19°C | 25.3°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 14°C | 21.1°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 7°C | 14.5°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 15°C | 1°C | 8.1°C | 124 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 9°C | −2°C | 3.2°C | 105 mm | 4 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00232289; 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 Doniphan?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00232289.
When is the last frost in Doniphan?
In Doniphan, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 12 in half of years and after April 29 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 26 in half of years and before October 11 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 121 year in 10 after April 29; 9 in 10 after March 25
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 261 year in 10 before October 11; 9 in 10 before November 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 196 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 216 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 31 in half of springs and before November 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Doniphan in zone 7a in ZIP code 63935, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Doniphan's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (24 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 USC00232289; 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 Doniphan?
In a normal year in Doniphan, 51 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 109 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 95 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 51a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 109a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 8high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 95a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1904) is 114°F, on August 8, 1934; the lowest is −24°F, on January 8, 1942.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2011, with 75.54 in; the snowiest season is 1978–79, with 33.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00232289; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00232289. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Doniphan?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Doniphan, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.4 |
| February | 67% | 3.0 |
| March | 69% | 4.0 |
| April | 74% | 5.2 |
| May | 75% | 5.8 |
| June | 83% | 6.7 |
| July | 83% | 6.4 |
| August | 83% | 5.8 |
| September | 82% | 4.9 |
| October | 77% | 3.6 |
| November | 73% | 2.6 |
| December | 67% | 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 Doniphan need?
A normal year in Doniphan brings 4,210 heating degree days, 22% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,470 cooling degree days, 62% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,316 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 925 | 0 |
| February | 730 | 0 |
| March | 549 | 3 |
| April | 255 | 24 |
| May | 75 | 112 |
| June | 4 | 298 |
| July | 0 | 428 |
| August | 1 | 391 |
| September | 32 | 183 |
| October | 242 | 28 |
| November | 554 | 2 |
| December | 843 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,210 | 1,470 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00232289. 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 Doniphan been warmer than normal lately?
Over 83 complete years from 1906 to 2015, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted -0.2°F per century (−0.01°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Doniphan's climate compare?
Doniphan is warmer than 114 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Missouri, and wetter than 121. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.4°F is warmer than 68%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Doniphan is Cfa: temperate, 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 Doniphan share this climate record?
6 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.
- Reyno, AR393 people · 18 mi S
- Maynard, AR377 people · 15 mi S
- Grandin, MO230 people · 15 mi N
- Success, AR95 people · 12 mi SE
- Datto, AR64 people · 16 mi S
- Warm Springs, AR62 people · 16 mi SW
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 Doniphan's climate
What is the coldest month in Doniphan?
January, with a normal high of 46°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Doniphan?
Yes: 8 inches in a normal year, falling on 4 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (2.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Doniphan?
May, with 5.69 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 3.41 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Doniphan in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Doniphan in zone 7a in ZIP code 63935, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Doniphan's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Doniphan?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 12; in one year in ten it comes after April 29. Waiting until April 29 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Missouri climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Corning, AR19 miles from this station, 59.5°F a year
- Pocahontas, AR26 miles from this station, 58.5°F a year
- Poplar Bluff, MO29 miles from this station, 58.6°F a year
- Alton, MO33 miles from this station, 55.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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