Eldorado Springs, Missouri climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Eldorado Springs's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 48.7 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.4°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,236 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationEldorado Springs
- Station IDUSC00232511
- Location37.86°N 94.02°W
- Elevation915 ft (279 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Eldorado Springs is 67°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 34%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Eldorado Springs.
- Jan 42° 22°
- Feb 48° 26°
- Mar 57° 35°
- Apr 67° 44°
- May 75° 54°
- Jun 84° 64°
- Jul 89° 68°
- Aug 88° 66°
- Sep 81° 58°
- Oct 70° 46°
- Nov 57° 35°
- Dec 46° 27°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Eldorado Springs each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in May (6.85 in), the least in January (2.13 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 22°F | 32.0°F | 2.13 | 1.3 | 8 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 48°F | 26°F | 36.7°F | 2.32 | 0.1 | 8 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 57°F | 35°F | 45.9°F | 3.35 | 0.3 | 10 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 44°F | 55.6°F | 5.36 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | 3 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 54°F | 64.6°F | 6.85 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 84°F | 64°F | 73.7°F | 5.69 | 0.0 | 11 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 89°F | 68°F | 78.4°F | 4.29 | 0.0 | 9 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 88°F | 66°F | 77.2°F | 3.93 | 0.0 | 8 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 81°F | 58°F | 69.2°F | 4.73 | 0.0 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 46°F | 58.0°F | 3.66 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 35°F | 46.0°F | 3.66 | 0.2 | 10 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 46°F | 27°F | 36.3°F | 2.70 | 0.1 | 8 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 45°F | 56.2°F | 48.67 | 2.0 | 117 | 43 | 100 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −6°C | 0.0°C | 54 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 9°C | −3°C | 2.6°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| March | 14°C | 1°C | 7.7°C | 85 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 20°C | 7°C | 13.1°C | 136 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 12°C | 18.1°C | 174 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 18°C | 23.2°C | 145 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 25.8°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 19°C | 25.1°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 14°C | 20.7°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 8°C | 14.4°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | 2°C | 7.8°C | 93 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 8°C | −3°C | 2.4°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00232511; 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.
Which months are mildest at Eldorado Springs?
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 (10).
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 USC00232511.
When is the last frost at Eldorado Springs?
In Eldorado Springs, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 8 in half of years and after April 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 29 in half of years and before October 13 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 81 year in 10 after April 27; 9 in 10 after March 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 291 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 10
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 199 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 223 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 28 in half of springs and before November 6 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Eldorado Springs in zone 6b in ZIP code 64744, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (19 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Missouri · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00232511; 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 at Eldorado Springs?
In a normal year in Eldorado Springs, 43 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 100 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 117 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 43a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 100a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 16high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 117a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1905) is 114°F, on September 8, 1912; the lowest is −24°F, on January 13, 1912.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 68.59 in; the snowiest season is 1978–79, with 30.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00232511; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00232511. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Eldorado Springs?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Eldorado Springs, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.4 |
| February | 69% | 3.0 |
| March | 69% | 4.0 |
| April | 72% | 5.1 |
| May | 73% | 5.7 |
| June | 82% | 6.7 |
| July | 84% | 6.5 |
| August | 82% | 5.8 |
| September | 82% | 4.9 |
| October | 77% | 3.6 |
| November | 74% | 2.6 |
| December | 71% | 2.1 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Eldorado Springs record?
A normal year at Eldorado Springs brings 4,583 heating degree days, 15% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,393 cooling degree days, 53% 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 4,167 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,021 | 0 |
| February | 793 | 0 |
| March | 595 | 4 |
| April | 301 | 20 |
| May | 103 | 90 |
| June | 8 | 269 |
| July | 0 | 417 |
| August | 1 | 379 |
| September | 48 | 174 |
| October | 251 | 35 |
| November | 573 | 3 |
| December | 890 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,583 | 1,393 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00232511. 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.
Have recent years at Eldorado Springs been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 57.1°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.2°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57.6°F | +1.4°F | 48.28 | – |
| 2022 | 57.1°F | +0.9°F | 36.60 | – |
| 2023 | 58.4°F | +2.2°F | 29.70 | – |
| 2025 | 57.1°F | +0.9°F | 45.42 | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00232511. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Eldorado Springs's climate compare?
Eldorado Springs is warmer than 97 of the 134 places with their own NOAA record in Missouri, and wetter than 113. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.2°F is warmer than 64%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Eldorado Springs 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 Eldorado Springs share this climate record?
3 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.
- El Dorado Springs, MO3,674 people · 0 mi NW
- Schell City, MO231 people · 12 mi NW
- Harwood, MO30 people · 10 mi NW
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 Eldorado Springs's climate
What is the coldest month at Eldorado Springs?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow at Eldorado Springs?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Eldorado Springs?
May, with 6.85 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 2.13 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Eldorado Springs in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Eldorado Springs in zone 6b in ZIP code 64744, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come at Eldorado Springs?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 8; in one year in ten it comes after April 27. Waiting until April 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Missouri climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Stockton, MO17 miles from this station, 57.5°F a year
- Nevada, MO20 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- Osceola, MO21 miles from this station, 56.3°F a year
- Appleton City, MO22 miles from this station, 55.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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