Rosebud, Missouri climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Rosebud's normal year runs from 18°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 45.2 inches of precipitation and 14 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.7°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,148 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationRosebud
- Station IDUSC00237300
- Location38.45°N 91.38°W
- Elevation730 ft (223 m)
- From the center5 miles
- Population393
On October 23, the normal high in Rosebud is 65°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 29%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Rosebud.
- Jan 40° 18°
- Feb 45° 21°
- Mar 55° 30°
- Apr 66° 40°
- May 75° 50°
- Jun 83° 60°
- Jul 87° 64°
- Aug 87° 61°
- Sep 79° 52°
- Oct 68° 41°
- Nov 55° 31°
- Dec 44° 22°
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 Rosebud 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 (5.58 in), the least in February (2.40 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 18°F | 28.9°F | 2.69 | 4.2 | 8 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 45°F | 21°F | 33.0°F | 2.40 | 3.5 | 8 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 55°F | 30°F | 42.4°F | 3.67 | 1.7 | 11 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 66°F | 40°F | 52.9°F | 4.84 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 50°F | 62.4°F | 5.58 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 83°F | 60°F | 71.1°F | 4.48 | 0.0 | 11 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 87°F | 64°F | 75.5°F | 3.94 | 0.0 | 9 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 87°F | 61°F | 73.9°F | 3.94 | 0.0 | 8 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 79°F | 52°F | 65.8°F | 4.01 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 41°F | 54.5°F | 3.37 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 31°F | 42.7°F | 3.58 | 1.5 | 9 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 44°F | 22°F | 33.1°F | 2.69 | 3.3 | 9 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 65°F | 41°F | 53.0°F | 45.19 | 14.2 | 114 | 31 | 124 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −8°C | −1.7°C | 68 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 7°C | −6°C | 0.6°C | 61 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 13°C | −1°C | 5.8°C | 93 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 19°C | 4°C | 11.6°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 10°C | 16.9°C | 142 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 15°C | 21.7°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 18°C | 24.2°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 16°C | 23.3°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 11°C | 18.8°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 5°C | 12.5°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | −1°C | 5.9°C | 91 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 7°C | −5°C | 0.6°C | 68 mm | 8 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00237300; 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 Rosebud?
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 USC00237300.
When is the last frost in Rosebud?
In Rosebud, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 27 in half of years and after May 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 13 in half of years and before September 29 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 271 year in 10 after May 12; 9 in 10 after April 11
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 131 year in 10 before September 29; 9 in 10 before October 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 168 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 191 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 14 in half of springs and before October 24 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rosebud in zone 6b in ZIP code 63091, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Rosebud's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (22 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 USC00237300; 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 Rosebud?
In a normal year in Rosebud, 31 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 124 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 114 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
- 124a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 23high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 114a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 5a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1980) is 107°F, on August 30, 1984; the lowest is −26°F, on January 7, 2014.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 61.38 in; the snowiest season is 1983–84, with 32.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00237300; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00237300. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Rosebud?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Rosebud, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 67% | 2.2 |
| February | 66% | 2.9 |
| March | 67% | 3.8 |
| April | 72% | 5.0 |
| May | 73% | 5.7 |
| June | 81% | 6.5 |
| July | 83% | 6.4 |
| August | 81% | 5.6 |
| September | 81% | 4.8 |
| October | 75% | 3.4 |
| November | 72% | 2.4 |
| December | 67% | 1.9 |
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 Rosebud need?
A normal year in Rosebud brings 5,353 heating degree days, 0% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,028 cooling degree days, 13% 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 3,539 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,119 | 0 |
| February | 895 | 0 |
| March | 701 | 2 |
| April | 376 | 14 |
| May | 146 | 66 |
| June | 20 | 205 |
| July | 2 | 326 |
| August | 7 | 284 |
| September | 87 | 111 |
| October | 343 | 19 |
| November | 669 | 1 |
| December | 989 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,353 | 1,028 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00237300. 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 Rosebud been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 54.7°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.0°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.7°F | +0.7°F | 36.21 | – |
| 2022 | 52.7°F | −0.3°F | 44.69 | – |
| 2023 | 55.5°F | +2.5°F | 43.42 | – |
| 2025 | 54.7°F | +1.7°F | 37.93 | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00237300. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Rosebud's climate compare?
Rosebud is warmer than 24 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Missouri, and wetter than 78. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.0°F is warmer than 54%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Rosebud 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 Rosebud share this climate record?
7 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.
- Owensville, MO2,780 people · 10 mi SW
- New Haven, MO2,399 people · 14 mi NE
- Hermann, MO2,192 people · 17 mi N
- Gerald, MO1,359 people · 4 mi SE
- Berger, MO269 people · 15 mi N
- Leslie, MO156 people · 8 mi E
- Rhineland, MO136 people · 20 mi N
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 Rosebud's climate
What is the coldest month in Rosebud?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in Rosebud?
Yes: 14 inches in a normal year, falling on 10 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (4.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Rosebud?
May, with 5.58 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.40 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Rosebud in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Rosebud in zone 6b in ZIP code 63091, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Rosebud's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Rosebud?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 27; in one year in ten it comes after May 12. Waiting until May 12 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Missouri climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Freedom, MO18 miles from this station, 54.8°F a year
- Union, MO20 miles from this station, 56.9°F a year
- Washington, MO22 miles from this station, 54.8°F a year
- Warrenton, MO29 miles from this station, 54.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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