Moberly, Missouri climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Moberly's normal year runs from 19°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 42.7 inches of precipitation and 15 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.3°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,085 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMoberly
- Station IDUSC00235671
- Location39.42°N 92.44°W
- Elevation860 ft (262 m)
- Population13,337
On October 23, the normal high in Moberly is 64°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 28%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Moberly.
- Jan 37° 19°
- Feb 42° 23°
- Mar 54° 34°
- Apr 65° 44°
- May 74° 55°
- Jun 83° 64°
- Jul 87° 68°
- Aug 86° 66°
- Sep 78° 57°
- Oct 67° 46°
- Nov 53° 34°
- Dec 42° 25°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Moberly each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 19°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.16 in), the least in January (1.87 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F | 19°F | 28.0°F | 1.87 | 5.6 | 6 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 42°F | 23°F | 32.5°F | 2.06 | 3.2 | 7 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 34°F | 43.8°F | 3.26 | 1.3 | 9 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 44°F | 54.4°F | 4.58 | 0.2 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 74°F | 55°F | 64.5°F | 5.13 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 83°F | 64°F | 73.2°F | 5.16 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 87°F | 68°F | 77.3°F | 4.53 | 0.0 | 8 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 86°F | 66°F | 75.7°F | 3.94 | 0.0 | 8 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 78°F | 57°F | 67.8°F | 3.95 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 46°F | 56.3°F | 3.38 | 0.1 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 53°F | 34°F | 43.5°F | 2.65 | 0.7 | 7 | <1 | 12 | 10 h |
| December | 42°F | 25°F | 33.3°F | 2.19 | 4.0 | 7 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 44°F | 54.2°F | 42.70 | 15.1 | 101 | 27 | 102 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −7°C | −2.2°C | 47 mm | 14 cm |
| February | 6°C | −5°C | 0.3°C | 52 mm | 8 cm |
| March | 12°C | 1°C | 6.6°C | 83 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 18°C | 7°C | 12.4°C | 116 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 23°C | 13°C | 18.1°C | 130 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 18°C | 22.9°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 20°C | 25.2°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 19°C | 24.3°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 14°C | 19.9°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 8°C | 13.5°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 12°C | 1°C | 6.4°C | 67 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 6°C | −4°C | 0.7°C | 56 mm | 10 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00235671; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Moberly?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00235671.
When is the last frost in Moberly?
In Moberly, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 13 in half of years and after April 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 25 in half of years and before October 12 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 131 year in 10 after April 27; 9 in 10 after March 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 251 year in 10 before October 12; 9 in 10 before November 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 195 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 215 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 3 in half of springs and before November 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Moberly in zone 6b in ZIP code 65270. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Moberly's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (28 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 USC00235671; 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 in Moberly?
In a normal year in Moberly, 27 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 102 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 101 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 27a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 102a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 26high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 101a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 5a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1936) is 112°F, on July 14, 1954; the lowest is −20°F, on January 11, 1977.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 59.29 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 48.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00235671; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00235671. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Moberly?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Moberly, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (83%) and December the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 67% | 2.1 |
| February | 69% | 2.9 |
| March | 68% | 3.8 |
| April | 71% | 5.0 |
| May | 73% | 5.6 |
| June | 80% | 6.4 |
| July | 83% | 6.4 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 82% | 4.8 |
| October | 74% | 3.3 |
| November | 72% | 2.3 |
| December | 67% | 1.8 |
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 much heating and cooling does Moberly need?
A normal year in Moberly brings 5,157 heating degree days, 4% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,253 cooling degree days, 38% 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 3,905 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,147 | 0 |
| February | 912 | 0 |
| March | 661 | 3 |
| April | 333 | 15 |
| May | 109 | 95 |
| June | 8 | 256 |
| July | 1 | 381 |
| August | 3 | 333 |
| September | 61 | 144 |
| October | 295 | 27 |
| November | 646 | 1 |
| December | 981 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,157 | 1,253 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00235671. 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.
Has Moberly been warmer than normal lately?
Over 85 complete years from 1900 to 2017, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.2°F per century (+0.07°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Moberly's climate compare?
Moberly is warmer than 45 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Missouri, and wetter than 54. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.2°F is warmer than 58%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Moberly is Dfa: continental, 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 Moberly share this climate record?
8 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.
- Huntsville, MO1,350 people · 6 mi W
- Sturgeon, MO963 people · 15 mi SE
- Madison, MO533 people · 12 mi E
- Higbee, MO438 people · 9 mi SW
- Clark, MO239 people · 11 mi SE
- Cairo, MO201 people · 6 mi N
- Renick, MO149 people · 5 mi S
- Middle Grove, MO46 people · 9 mi E
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 Moberly's climate
What is the coldest month in Moberly?
January, with a normal high of 37°F and a normal low of 19°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Moberly?
Yes: 15 inches in a normal year, falling on 7 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (5.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Moberly?
June, with 5.16 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.87 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Moberly in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Moberly in zone 6b in ZIP code 65270. By the same method at Moberly's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Moberly?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 13; 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
- Salisbury, MO20 miles from this station, 54.0°F a year
- Long Branch Reservoir, MO23 miles from this station, 53.9°F a year
- Shelbina, MO27 miles from this station, 52.6°F a year
- New Franklin, MO32 miles from this station, 54.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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