New Franklin, 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 New Franklin's primary NOAA station, NEW FRANKLIN 1W.
The climate verdict for New Franklin
New Franklin, Missouri has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 41.5"
- annual precipitation · 10" snow
- 192 days
- growing season, frost-free days
New Franklin: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00236012 · New Franklin, MO 54°F mean · 41.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,911
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Springfield Cap…
- PRCP-MID 41.5"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,215 HDD
- STN-1 USC00236012
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Springfield Capital, 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.
- New Franklin (this station) 54°F
- Hot Casey, IL 54°F
- Near Springfield Cap…, IL 54°F
- Near Independence, MO 54°F
- Near Robinson, IL 54°F
Climate Living Index · New Franklin
New Franklin: 64/100 · grade C
New Franklin publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for New Franklin, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 41.5 in · 6.5 from 35 in | 77/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 117 calendar days | 66/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 10.3 inches/year | 63/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 192 days/year | 59/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.0°F · 13.5° from 67.5°F | 56/100 · C |
New Franklin · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
New Franklin is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 28.1°F and warmest-month mean 77.2°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 77.2°F
- Coldest month
- 28.1°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 New Franklin sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for New Franklin's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 57th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 61st percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 78%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for New Franklin is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How New Franklin compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
New Franklin's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
New Franklin's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 52 complete annual observations from 1958 to 2023, NEW FRANKLIN 1W warmed at a fitted rate of 0.16°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- New Franklin primary station fitted change +0.16 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F (3°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 2.0" | 2.9" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 2.1" | 3.7" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 54°F (12°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 2.9" | 0.7" | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.4" | 0.1" | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.5 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.1 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 3.2 | 0.2 |
| November | 54°F (12°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 2.7" | 0.5" | 14.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (6°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 1.9" | 2.4" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 117 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 18°F near January 16.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 14, then returns to freezing around November 19, covering 117 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 7, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 18 at 23%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 107 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for New Franklin.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 2.9"
7.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.7"
7.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
9.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
11.1 days with precipitation
12.4 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
7.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.4"
7.3 days with precipitation
New Franklin spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 14%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. New Franklin has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 49.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 4.9" and December 1.9". The three wettest months together take 34% 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 New Franklin, it arrives in quantity
41.5" of precipitation falls across only about 107 wet days here, averaging 0.39 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 107 a year, 29% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.39 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.
Snow reaches New Franklin, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 10.3 inches of snow a year here, most likely in February. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 6 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 22
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 13
50% probability date
Growing Season
192 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,215
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,244
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MO closest to New Franklin 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 (54°F here).
- Boardman, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Damascus, MD 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Estacada, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Gassaway, WV 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (41.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Corvallis, OR 41.5" · 0.0" off
- Van Buren, ME 41.5" · 0.0" off
- Ada, OK 41.5" · 0.0" off
- Lewisburg, WV 41.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How New Franklin's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
New Franklin's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,215 annual heating degree days against 1,244 for cooling. Its 49.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
New Franklin's frost-free season lasts about 192 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 New Franklin's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 49.1°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
New Franklin's 41.5 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Annual snowfall totals 10.3 inches. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from New Franklin'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 New Franklin, 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 New Franklin's primary station: NEW FRANKLIN 1W (USC00236012). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 2951824). Match rule for New Franklin: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for New Franklin 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.