Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr, 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 Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr's primary NOAA station, MT VERNON UNIV MO - SW CTR.
The climate verdict for Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr
Water is the standout signal in Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr, Missouri: 45.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 57°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.
- 57°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 45.5"
- precipitation, annual total
- 190 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00235862 · Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr, MO 57°F mean · 45.5" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 57°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,460
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Stratford
- PRCP-MID 45.5"
- SWING-WIDE 45°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,493 HDD
- STN-1 USC00235862
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Stratford, 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.
- Mt Vernon Univ… (this station) 57°F
- Hot Channing, TX 57°F
- Near Stratford, TX 57°F
- Near Dumas, TX 57°F
- Cold Springfield Wbo, MO 56°F
Climate Living Index · Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr
Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr: 63/100 · grade C
Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 56.5°F · 11.0° from 67.5°F | 65/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 45.5 in · 10.5 from 35 in | 63/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 125 calendar days | 62/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 190 days/year | 57/100 · C |
Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 33.1°F and warmest-month mean 78.2°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
- 78.2°F
- Coldest month
- 33.1°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 Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 65th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 69th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 59th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr'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 | 44°F (7°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 2.4" | 26.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 2.3" | 21.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (14°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.7" | 14.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 4.5" | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 76°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 5.9" | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 5.3" | 0.0 | 5.7 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 16.7 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 3.0" | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 4.7" | 0.2 | 5.1 |
| October | 71°F (22°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 3.0" | 4.6 | 0.2 |
| November | 58°F (14°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.9" | 14.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 2.8" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 90°F by July 31 and hold at or above 90°F on 22 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 103 dates, bottoming at 22°F around January 18.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 23 through August 13, covering 22 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 23 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 March 5, then returns to freezing around November 24, covering 103 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 1, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 20 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 105 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 13 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
7.5 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
11.7 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 17%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.9" and February 2.3". 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 Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr, it arrives in quantity
45.5" of precipitation falls across only about 105 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 105 a year, 29% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.43 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 12
- 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 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 14
50% probability date
Growing Season
190 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,493
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,411
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MO closest to Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr 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 (57°F here).
- Beaver, OK 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Brookneal, VA 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Channing, TX 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Dumas, TX 57°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (45.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Randleman, NC 45.5" · 0.0" off
- Bluefield, WV 45.4" · 0.0" off
- Emory, TX 45.4" · 0.0" off
- Lexington, NC 45.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,493 annual heating degree days against 1,411 for cooling. Its 45.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr's frost-free season lasts about 190 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 Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.1°F. The annual average is 57°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr carries 45.5 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 Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr'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 Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr, 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 Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr's primary station: MT VERNON UNIV MO - SW CTR (USC00235862). 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 Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr; 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 Mt Vernon Univ MO - SW Ctr 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.