Fort Leonard Wood, MO Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Fort Leonard Wood's primary NOAA station, FT LEONARD WOOD.
The climate verdict for Fort Leonard Wood
Water is the standout signal in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri: 46.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 55°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 55°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 46.8"
- precipitation, annual total
- 193 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Fort Leonard Wood: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00232981 · Fort Leonard Wood, MO 55°F mean · 46.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 55°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,185
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grovespring
- PRCP-MID 46.8"
- SWING-WIDE 45°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,728 HDD
- STN-1 USC00232981
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Grovespring, MO (+ 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.
- Fort Leonard Wo… (this station) 55°F
- Hot Teterboro, NJ 55°F
- Near Grovespring, MO 55°F
- Near Wfo Sterling, VA 55°F
- Near Hagerstown Wash…, MD 55°F
Climate Living Index · Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Leonard Wood: 62/100 · grade C
Fort Leonard Wood publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Fort Leonard Wood, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 112 calendar days | 69/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 55.3°F · 12.2° from 67.5°F | 60/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 193 days/year | 59/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 46.8 in · 11.8 from 35 in | 58/100 · C |
Fort Leonard Wood · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Fort Leonard Wood is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 31.8°F and warmest-month mean 77.1°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
- 77.1°F
- Coldest month
- 31.8°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 Fort Leonard Wood sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Fort Leonard Wood's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 61st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 27% wettest
- Fort Leonard Wood's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 60th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Fort Leonard Wood compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Fort Leonard Wood's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (6°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 2.8" | 26.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 47°F (8°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 2.5" | 22.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 4.2" | 13.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.9" | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 5.1" | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| June | 83°F (29°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 13.8 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 10.2 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| October | 69°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.4" | 3.4 | 0.2 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.9" | 14.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 46°F (8°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.2" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 23, short of 90°F on every date, while 112 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near January 11.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 12, then returns to freezing around November 22, 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.
The widest day
April 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Fort Leonard Wood.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Fort Leonard Wood spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 28% of the annual total and December through February 18%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Fort Leonard Wood has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45.3°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.1" and February 2.5". The three wettest months together take 31% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 14
50% probability date
Growing Season
193 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,728
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,241
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MO closest to Fort Leonard Wood 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 (55°F here).
- Beattyville, KY 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Eureka, KS 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Gatlinburg, TN 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Manchester, KY 55°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (46.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Dunkirk, NY 46.8" · 0.0" off
- Oxon Hill, MD 46.8" · 0.0" off
- Palestine, TX 46.8" · 0.0" off
- Saluda, SC 46.8" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Fort Leonard Wood's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Fort Leonard Wood's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,728 annual heating degree days against 1,241 for cooling. Its 45.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Fort Leonard Wood's frost-free season lasts about 193 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 Fort Leonard Wood's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.3°F. The annual average is 55°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Fort Leonard Wood carries 46.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Fort Leonard Wood'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 Fort Leonard Wood, 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 Fort Leonard Wood's primary station: FT LEONARD WOOD (USC00232981). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 2925264), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Fort Leonard Wood: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Fort Leonard Wood 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.