Lakeside, 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 Lakeside's primary NOAA station, LAKESIDE.
The climate verdict for Lakeside
Lakeside, Missouri has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 58°F. It scores 83/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 81% of them.
- 58°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 83/100
- comfort score, above 81% of station-mapped location scores
- 42.6"
- annual precipitation · 4" snow
- 217 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Lakeside: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00234694 · Lakeside, MO 58°F mean · 42.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 58°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,734
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Panhandle
- PRCP-MID 42.6"
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-TOP 83/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,065 HDD
- STN-1 USC00234694
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Panhandle, TX (+ 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.
- Lakeside (this station) 58°F
- Cold Union City, TN 58°F
- Hot Wupatki Nationa…, AZ 58°F
- Near Panhandle, TX 58°F
- Near Cairo, IL 58°F
Climate Living Index · Lakeside
Lakeside: 75/100 · grade B
Lakeside publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lakeside, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 83/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 82 calendar days | 82/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 217 days/year | 76/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 42.6 in · 7.6 from 35 in | 73/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 4.3 inches/year | 72/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 58.0°F · 9.5° from 67.5°F | 70/100 · B |
Lakeside · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lakeside is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 34.6°F and warmest-month mean 79.5°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
- 79.5°F
- Coldest month
- 34.6°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 Lakeside sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lakeside'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
- 64th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 58th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lakeside compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lakeside's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
83 Top 19% score exceeds 81% 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
Lakeside's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 71 complete annual observations from 1932 to 2025, LAKESIDE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.04°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Lakeside primary station fitted change +0.04 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F (7°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 2.1" | 1.7" | 25.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (9°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.0" | 0.6" | 20.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 59°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.0" | 0.3" | 11.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 69°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 2.3 | 0.1 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 5.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| June | 85°F (29°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.4 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.5 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.2 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| October | 71°F (21°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| November | 59°F (15°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 8.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 48°F (9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.1" | 1.7" | 19.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 90°F around July 21, short of 90°F on every date, while 82 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 25°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 27, then returns to freezing around December 8, covering 82 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 7, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 25 at 21%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 99 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 29 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 Lakeside.
Where Lakeside Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 23°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Lakeside 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: 1.7"
6.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
6.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
9.6 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.7"
6.5 days with precipitation
Lakeside spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 15%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Lakeside has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.5" and February 2.0". The three wettest months together take 35% 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 Lakeside, it arrives in quantity
42.6" of precipitation falls across only about 99 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 99 a year, 27% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.43 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 6
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.
Snow reaches Lakeside, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 4.3 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 2 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 3
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 31
50% probability date
Growing Season
217 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,065
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,565
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MO closest to Lakeside 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).
- Bartlesville, OK 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbia, TN 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Disputanta, VA 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Hot Springs, NC 58°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (42.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Cadiz, OH 42.6" · 0.0" off
- Port Allegany, PA 42.6" · 0.0" off
- Whitehall, NY 42.5" · 0.0" off
- Berlin, NH 42.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Lakeside's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Lakeside's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,065 annual heating degree days against 1,565 for cooling. Its 44.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Lakeside's frost-free season lasts about 217 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 Lakeside's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 44.9°F. The annual average is 58°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Lakeside's 42.6 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Annual snowfall totals 4.3 inches. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Lakeside'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 Lakeside, 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 Lakeside's primary station: LAKESIDE (USC00234694). 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 an incorporated place (GEOID 2940142). Match rule for Lakeside: 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 Lakeside 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.