Neosho, Missouri climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Neosho's normal year runs from 25°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 50.0 inches of precipitation and 8 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.8°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,269 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNeosho
- Station IDUSC00235976
- Location36.87°N 94.36°W
- Elevation1,033 ft (315 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population13,782
On October 23, the normal high in Neosho is 69°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Neosho.
- Jan 46° 25°
- Feb 51° 29°
- Mar 60° 38°
- Apr 70° 47°
- May 77° 57°
- Jun 85° 66°
- Jul 90° 70°
- Aug 89° 68°
- Sep 82° 60°
- Oct 72° 48°
- Nov 60° 38°
- Dec 49° 29°
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 Neosho each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 25°F. The most precipitation falls in May (6.74 in), the least in February (2.41 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F | 25°F | 35.8°F | 2.55 | 2.8 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 51°F | 29°F | 40.0°F | 2.41 | 0.9 | 6 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 60°F | 38°F | 49.0°F | 3.70 | 2.0 | 8 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 47°F | 58.4°F | 5.31 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 57°F | 67.1°F | 6.74 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 85°F | 66°F | 75.7°F | 5.70 | 0.0 | 9 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 90°F | 70°F | 80.1°F | 4.20 | 0.0 | 7 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 89°F | 68°F | 78.9°F | 3.65 | 0.0 | 6 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 82°F | 60°F | 70.9°F | 4.99 | 0.0 | 7 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 72°F | 48°F | 59.7°F | 4.14 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 38°F | 48.6°F | 3.70 | 0.1 | 7 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 49°F | 29°F | 39.2°F | 2.87 | 2.3 | 6 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 48°F | 58.6°F | 49.96 | 8.1 | 86 | 41 | 98 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −4°C | 2.1°C | 65 mm | 7 cm |
| February | 11°C | −2°C | 4.4°C | 61 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 16°C | 3°C | 9.4°C | 94 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 21°C | 8°C | 14.7°C | 135 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 14°C | 19.5°C | 171 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 19°C | 24.3°C | 145 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 26.1°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 15°C | 21.6°C | 127 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 9°C | 15.4°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 15°C | 3°C | 9.2°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 10°C | −2°C | 4.0°C | 73 mm | 6 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00235976; 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 Neosho?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, 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 USC00235976.
When is the last frost in Neosho?
In Neosho, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 7 in half of years and after April 25 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 31 in half of years and before October 18 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 71 year in 10 after April 25; 9 in 10 after March 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 311 year in 10 before October 18; 9 in 10 before November 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 206 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 229 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 27 in half of springs and before November 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Neosho in zone 7a in ZIP code 64850, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Neosho's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (21 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Missouri · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00235976; 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 Neosho?
In a normal year in Neosho, 41 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 98 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 86 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 41a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 98a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 12high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 86a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 112°F, on July 14, 1954; the lowest is −31°F, on January 22, 1930.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2019, with 75.54 in; the snowiest season is 1969–70, with 43.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00235976; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00235976. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Neosho?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Neosho, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.5 |
| February | 67% | 3.1 |
| March | 69% | 4.1 |
| April | 72% | 5.2 |
| May | 73% | 5.8 |
| June | 82% | 6.7 |
| July | 84% | 6.5 |
| August | 82% | 5.8 |
| September | 82% | 5.0 |
| October | 77% | 3.7 |
| November | 75% | 2.7 |
| December | 69% | 2.1 |
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 Neosho need?
A normal year in Neosho brings 3,976 heating degree days, 26% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,679 cooling degree days, 85% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,664 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 905 | 0 |
| February | 702 | 1 |
| March | 505 | 9 |
| April | 240 | 41 |
| May | 73 | 138 |
| June | 5 | 326 |
| July | 0 | 468 |
| August | 1 | 430 |
| September | 34 | 213 |
| October | 214 | 48 |
| November | 496 | 5 |
| December | 800 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,976 | 1,679 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00235976. 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 Neosho been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 61.9°F, 3.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.6°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.0°F | +0.4°F | 50.80 | – |
| 2022 | 58.4°F | −0.2°F | 44.79 | – |
| 2023 | 60.9°F | +2.3°F | 46.75 | – |
| 2024 | 61.9°F | +3.3°F | 37.86 | – |
Over 117 complete years from 1893 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.2°F per century (+0.01°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00235976; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Neosho's climate compare?
Neosho is warmer than 126 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Missouri, and wetter than 117. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.6°F is warmer than 71%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Neosho is Cfa: temperate, 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 Neosho share this climate record?
5 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.
- Granby, MO2,097 people · 7 mi NE
- Newtonia, MO213 people · 10 mi E
- Stella, MO169 people · 12 mi SE
- Peoria, OK130 people · 17 mi W
- Stark City, MO130 people · 10 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 Neosho's climate
What is the coldest month in Neosho?
January, with a normal high of 46°F and a normal low of 25°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Neosho?
Yes: 8 inches in a normal year, falling on 3 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (2.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Neosho?
May, with 6.74 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.41 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Neosho in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Neosho in zone 7a in ZIP code 64850, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Neosho's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Neosho?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 7; in one year in ten it comes after April 25. Waiting until April 25 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Missouri climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Diamond, MO8 miles from this station, 56.9°F a year
- Anderson, MO16 miles from this station, 57.2°F a year
- Joplin, MO21 miles from this station, 58.1°F a year
- Carthage, MO22 miles from this station, 58.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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