New Franklin, Missouri climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
New Franklin's normal year runs from 18°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 41.5 inches of precipitation and 10 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.2°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,054 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNew Franklin (1 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00236012
- Location39.02°N 92.76°W
- Elevation641 ft (195 m)
- Population1,021
On October 23, the normal high in New Franklin is 65°F and the normal low 41°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 New Franklin.
- Jan 38° 18°
- Feb 43° 23°
- Mar 54° 32°
- Apr 65° 43°
- May 75° 54°
- Jun 83° 63°
- Jul 87° 67°
- Aug 86° 65°
- Sep 79° 56°
- Oct 68° 44°
- Nov 54° 33°
- Dec 42° 23°
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 New Franklin each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 18°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.87 in), the least in December (1.88 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F | 18°F | 28.1°F | 1.98 | 2.9 | 7 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 43°F | 23°F | 32.8°F | 2.10 | 3.7 | 7 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 32°F | 43.4°F | 2.93 | 0.7 | 9 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 43°F | 54.0°F | 4.41 | 0.1 | 11 | <1 | 4 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 54°F | 64.3°F | 4.87 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 83°F | 63°F | 73.3°F | 4.64 | 0.0 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 87°F | 67°F | 77.2°F | 4.39 | 0.0 | 9 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 86°F | 65°F | 75.5°F | 4.03 | 0.0 | 9 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 79°F | 56°F | 67.5°F | 4.10 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 44°F | 55.6°F | 3.45 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 54°F | 33°F | 43.6°F | 2.70 | 0.5 | 8 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| December | 42°F | 23°F | 32.9°F | 1.88 | 2.4 | 7 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 65°F | 44°F | 54.0°F | 41.48 | 10.3 | 107 | 31 | 113 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −8°C | −2.2°C | 50 mm | 7 cm |
| February | 6°C | −5°C | 0.4°C | 53 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 12°C | 0°C | 6.3°C | 74 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 18°C | 6°C | 12.2°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 12°C | 17.9°C | 124 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 17°C | 22.9°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 25.1°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 18°C | 24.2°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 13°C | 19.7°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 7°C | 13.1°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 12°C | 1°C | 6.4°C | 69 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 6°C | −5°C | 0.5°C | 48 mm | 6 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00236012; 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 New Franklin?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00236012.
When is the last frost in New Franklin?
In New Franklin, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 13 in half of years and after April 29 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 22 in half of years and before October 7 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 29; 9 in 10 after March 29
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 221 year in 10 before October 7; 9 in 10 before November 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 191 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 212 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 2 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts New Franklin in zone 6b in ZIP code 65274, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, New Franklin's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (29 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 USC00236012; 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 New Franklin?
In a normal year in New Franklin, 31 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 113 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 107 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 31a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 113a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 26high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 107a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1956) is 109°F, on July 30, 1980; the lowest is −24°F, on January 12, 1974.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2008, with 56.82 in; the snowiest season is 2018–19, with 31.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00236012; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00236012. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is New Franklin?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around New Franklin, 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 New Franklin need?
A normal year in New Franklin brings 5,215 heating degree days, 3% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,244 cooling degree days, 37% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,851 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,145 | 0 |
| February | 902 | 0 |
| March | 672 | 3 |
| April | 346 | 17 |
| May | 116 | 94 |
| June | 10 | 259 |
| July | 1 | 377 |
| August | 3 | 330 |
| September | 67 | 140 |
| October | 314 | 23 |
| November | 645 | 1 |
| December | 995 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,215 | 1,244 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00236012. 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 New Franklin been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 56.2°F, 2.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 54.0°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 56.2°F | +2.2°F | – | – |
Over 52 complete years from 1958 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.0°F per century (+0.16°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00236012; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does New Franklin's climate compare?
New Franklin is warmer than 37 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Missouri, and wetter than 39. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.0°F is warmer than 57%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, New Franklin 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 New Franklin 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.
- Fayette, MO2,832 people · 10 mi NE
- Harrisburg, MO293 people · 18 mi NE
- Blackwater, MO178 people · 13 mi W
- Franklin, MO70 people · 0 mi S
- Arrow Rock, MO60 people · 11 mi W
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 New Franklin's climate
What is the coldest month in New Franklin?
January, with a normal high of 38°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in New Franklin?
Yes: 10 inches in a normal year, falling on 6 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (3.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in New Franklin?
May, with 4.87 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is December with 1.88 in.
What plant hardiness zone is New Franklin in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts New Franklin in zone 6b in ZIP code 65274, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at New Franklin's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in New Franklin?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 13; in one year in ten it comes after April 29. Waiting until April 29 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Missouri climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Boonville, MO4 miles from this station, 54.6°F a year
- Marshall, MO26 miles from this station, 54.0°F a year
- Salisbury, MO29 miles from this station, 54.0°F a year
- California, MO29 miles from this station, 54.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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