Joplin Regional Airport, MO Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Joplin Regional Airport's primary NOAA station, JOPLIN REGIONAL AIRPORT.
The climate verdict for Joplin Regional Airport
Water is the standout signal in Joplin Regional Airport, Missouri: 45.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 58°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.
- 58°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 45.6"
- precipitation, annual total
- 201 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Joplin Regional Airport: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00013987 · Joplin Regional Airport, MO 58°F mean · 45.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 58°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,734
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Louisville Mcal…
- PRCP-MID 45.6"
- SWING-WIDE 45°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,120 HDD
- STN-1 USW00013987
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Louisville Mcalpine, KY ( -0.1 °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.
- Joplin Regional… (this station) 58°F
- Cold Louisville Mcal…, KY 58°F
- Hot Natl Arboretum…, MD 58°F
- Near Bartlesville F…, OK 58°F
- Near Carthage, MO 58°F
Climate Living Index · Joplin Regional Airport
Joplin Regional Airport: 59/100 · grade C
Joplin Regional Airport publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Joplin Regional Airport, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 58.1°F · 9.4° from 67.5°F | 70/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 201 days/year | 65/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 45.6 in · 10.6 from 35 in | 63/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 128 calendar days | 60/100 · C |
| Summer moisture balance | 66.4°F mean dew point | 29/100 · F |
Joplin Regional Airport · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Joplin Regional Airport is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 34.9°F and warmest-month mean 79.9°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 79.9°F
- Coldest month
- 34.9°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 Joplin Regional Airport sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Joplin Regional Airport's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 69th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 30% wettest
- Joplin Regional Airport's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 59th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Joplin Regional Airport compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Joplin Regional Airport'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
Joplin Regional Airport's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 77 complete annual observations from 1948 to 2025, JOPLIN REGIONAL AIRPORT warmed at a fitted rate of 0.03°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Joplin Regional Airport primary station fitted change +0.03 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F (7°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.9" | 23.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 50°F (10°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.0" | 18.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 60°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.3" | 9.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 69°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 5.0" | 2.2 | 0.1 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 6.6" | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| June | 86°F (30°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 5.6" | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 18.4 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 17.4 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| October | 71°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.8" | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| November | 58°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.3" | 10.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 48°F (9°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 2.6" | 20.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Joplin Regional Airport works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by August 1 and hold at or above 90°F on 40 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 88 dates, bottoming at 25°F around January 17.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 11 through August 19, covering 40 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 19 to October 18.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 26, then returns to freezing around December 1, covering 88 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 8, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 30 at 23%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 106 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 2 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Joplin Regional Airport.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
7.7 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
12.5 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
Joplin Regional Airport 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 14%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Joplin Regional Airport has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 6.6" and January 1.9". The three wettest months together take 38% 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.
When it rains in Joplin Regional Airport, it arrives in quantity
45.6" of precipitation falls across only about 106 wet days here, averaging 0.43 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 106 a year, 29% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.43 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 13
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 7
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
201 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,120
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,650
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65% | 9.6 | 52% | 32% |
| February | 61% | 10.5 | 53% | 31% |
| March | 61% | 11.2 | 52% | 27% |
| April | 67% | 10.1 | 47% | 28% |
| May | 73% | 8.5 | 51% | 18% |
| June | 69% | 8.5 | 59% | 9% |
| July | 68% | 7.3 | 63% | 8% |
| August | 68% | 7.4 | 62% | 12% |
| September | 68% | 7.9 | 68% | 13% |
| October | 67% | 9.4 | 58% | 27% |
| November | 66% | 10.0 | 58% | 28% |
| December | 68% | 9.7 | 56% | 32% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MO closest to Joplin Regional Airport 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 (58°F here).
- Cairo, IL 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Dickson, TN 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Henderson, TN 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Hillsboro, NM 58°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (45.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Danforth, ME 45.6" · 0.0" off
- Girard, KS 45.6" · 0.0" off
- Ridgway, PA 45.5" · 0.0" off
- Rushville, IN 45.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Joplin Regional Airport's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Joplin Regional Airport's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,120 annual heating degree days against 1,650 for cooling. Its 45.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Joplin Regional Airport's frost-free season lasts about 201 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 Joplin Regional Airport's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.0°F. The annual average is 58°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Joplin Regional Airport carries 45.6 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 Joplin Regional Airport'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 Joplin Regional Airport, 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 Joplin Regional Airport's primary station: JOPLIN REGIONAL AIRPORT (USW00013987). 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 Joplin Regional Airport; 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 Joplin Regional Airport 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.