Ozark Beach, Missouri climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Ozark Beach's normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 45.7 inches of precipitation and 7 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.6°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,160 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationOzark Beach
- Station IDUSC00236460
- Location36.67°N 93.11°W
- Elevation834 ft (254 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Ozark Beach is 70°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Ozark Beach.
- Jan 48° 24°
- Feb 53° 28°
- Mar 62° 35°
- Apr 72° 44°
- May 79° 54°
- Jun 88° 63°
- Jul 92° 67°
- Aug 91° 65°
- Sep 84° 58°
- Oct 73° 46°
- Nov 61° 35°
- Dec 50° 28°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Ozark Beach each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.28 in), the least in February (2.51 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 24°F | 35.9°F | 2.67 | 2.3 | 7 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 53°F | 28°F | 40.0°F | 2.51 | 1.8 | 6 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 35°F | 48.3°F | 4.15 | 1.0 | 9 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 44°F | 57.7°F | 4.85 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 79°F | 54°F | 66.5°F | 5.28 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 88°F | 63°F | 75.4°F | 4.24 | 0.0 | 9 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 92°F | 67°F | 79.3°F | 4.25 | 0.0 | 8 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 91°F | 65°F | 77.9°F | 3.11 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 84°F | 58°F | 70.8°F | 4.13 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 46°F | 59.3°F | 3.74 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 35°F | 47.9°F | 3.93 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 50°F | 28°F | 39.2°F | 2.82 | 1.7 | 7 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 45°F | 58.2°F | 45.68 | 6.8 | 94 | 53 | 103 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −4°C | 2.2°C | 68 mm | 6 cm |
| February | 11°C | −2°C | 4.4°C | 64 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 16°C | 2°C | 9.1°C | 105 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 22°C | 7°C | 14.3°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 12°C | 19.2°C | 134 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 17°C | 24.1°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 19°C | 26.3°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 18°C | 25.5°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 14°C | 21.6°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 8°C | 15.2°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 2°C | 8.8°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 10°C | −2°C | 4.0°C | 72 mm | 4 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00236460; 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.
Which months are mildest at Ozark Beach?
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 USC00236460.
When is the last frost at Ozark Beach?
In Ozark Beach, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 6 in half of years and after April 22 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 31 in half of years and before October 17 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 61 year in 10 after April 22; 9 in 10 after March 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 311 year in 10 before October 17; 9 in 10 before November 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 205 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 229 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 26 in half of springs and before November 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ozark Beach in zone 7a in ZIP code 65731, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (25 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 USC00236460; 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 at Ozark Beach?
In a normal year in Ozark Beach, 53 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 103 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 94 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 53a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 103a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 9high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 94a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1946) is 116°F, on July 15, 1954; the lowest is −19°F, on February 2, 1951.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2019, with 65.24 in; the snowiest season is 1969–70, with 49.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00236460; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00236460. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Ozark Beach?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Ozark Beach, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (81%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.5 |
| February | 67% | 3.0 |
| March | 69% | 4.1 |
| April | 72% | 5.2 |
| May | 73% | 5.8 |
| June | 81% | 6.6 |
| July | 81% | 6.4 |
| August | 81% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 4.9 |
| October | 77% | 3.7 |
| November | 74% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Ozark Beach record?
A normal year at Ozark Beach brings 3,997 heating degree days, 26% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,544 cooling degree days, 70% 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 4,455 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 904 | 0 |
| February | 699 | 0 |
| March | 519 | 3 |
| April | 243 | 25 |
| May | 70 | 117 |
| June | 4 | 315 |
| July | 0 | 443 |
| August | 1 | 400 |
| September | 28 | 201 |
| October | 215 | 38 |
| November | 514 | 3 |
| December | 801 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,997 | 1,544 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00236460. 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.
Have recent years at Ozark Beach been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 58.3°F, 0.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.2°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57.7°F | −0.5°F | 54.09 | 11.3 |
| 2023 | 58.6°F | +0.4°F | 47.12 | 5.3 |
| 2024 | 59.2°F | +1.0°F | 52.43 | 8.1 |
| 2025 | 58.3°F | +0.1°F | 44.74 | 13.1 |
Over 57 complete years from 1949 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.5°F per century (+0.14°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00236460; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Ozark Beach's climate compare?
Ozark Beach is warmer than 125 of the 134 places with their own NOAA record in Missouri, and wetter than 85. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.2°F is warmer than 69%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Ozark Beach 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 Ozark Beach 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.
- Forsyth, MO2,766 people · 1 mi N
- Merriam Woods, MO2,042 people · 5 mi NW
- Kissee Mills, MO1,182 people · 3 mi E
- Rockaway Beach, MO819 people · 3 mi NW
- Bull Creek, MO406 people · 6 mi NW
- Saddlebrooke, MO315 people · 12 mi NW
- Taneyville, MO270 people · 6 mi NE
- Kirbyville, MO203 people · 4 mi SW
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 Ozark Beach's climate
What is the coldest month at Ozark Beach?
January, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow at Ozark Beach?
Yes: 7 inches in a normal year, falling on 3 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (2.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Ozark Beach?
May, with 5.28 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.51 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Ozark Beach in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Ozark Beach in zone 7a in ZIP code 65731, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come at Ozark Beach?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 6; in one year in ten it comes after April 22. Waiting until April 22 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Missouri climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Branson, MO11 miles from this station, 57.5°F a year
- Lead Hill, AR21 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- Oldfield, MO21 miles from this station, 52.6°F a year
- Galena, MO22 miles from this station, 56.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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