Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge, MO Climate: Temperature 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 Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge's primary NOAA station, LEES SUMMIT REED WR.
The climate verdict for Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge
Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge, Missouri has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 53°F. July is the warmest month at 77°F and January the coldest at 27°F.
- 53°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 196 days
- frost-free growing season
Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00234850 · Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge, MO 53°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 53°F
- RANK-MID #3,636
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sullivan
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 50°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 5,445 HDD
- STN-1 USC00234850
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sullivan, IL (+ 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.
- Lees Summit Ree… (this station) 53°F
- Cold Springfield, IL 53°F
- Hot Vandalia, MO 53°F
- Near Sullivan, IL 53°F
- Near Winchester, IL 53°F
Climate Living Index · Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge
Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge: 59/100 · grade C
Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 119 calendar days | 65/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 196 days/year | 61/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 53.0°F · 14.5° from 67.5°F | 53/100 · D |
Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- 53rd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 81%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F (2°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | N/A | 28.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 42°F (5°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | N/A | 22.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (12°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | N/A | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (17°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 53°F (11°C) | N/A | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | N/A | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 77°F (25°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 11.9 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 11.2 |
| September | 76°F (24°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 66°F (19°C) | N/A | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| October | 66°F (19°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | N/A | 3.1 | 0.1 |
| November | 52°F (11°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 42°F (6°C) | N/A | 14.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 32°F (0°C) | N/A | 26.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 25, short of 90°F on every date, while 119 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 16°F near January 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 13, then returns to freezing around November 16, covering 119 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
October 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 21°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge.
Where Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 21°F.
Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge 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
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 13
50% probability date
Growing Season
196 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,445
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,125
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MO closest to Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge 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 (53°F here).
- Centerport, NY 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Emmitsburg, MD 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Glencoe, KY 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Goldfield, NV 53°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,445 annual heating degree days against 1,125 for cooling. Its 50.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge's frost-free season lasts about 196 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 Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 50.0°F. The annual average is 53°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge'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 Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge, 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 Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge's primary station: LEES SUMMIT REED WR (USC00234850). 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 Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge; 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 Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge 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.