Salisbury, Missouri climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Salisbury's normal year runs from 18°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 40.0 inches of precipitation 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, 1,017 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSalisbury
- Station IDUSC00237514
- Location39.42°N 92.81°W
- Elevation730 ft (223 m)
- Population1,569
On October 23, the normal high in Salisbury is 65°F and the normal low 41°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 Salisbury.
- Jan 37° 18°
- Feb 43° 22°
- Mar 54° 32°
- Apr 65° 43°
- May 75° 54°
- Jun 84° 64°
- Jul 88° 67°
- Aug 87° 65°
- Sep 80° 56°
- Oct 68° 44°
- Nov 54° 33°
- Dec 42° 24°
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 Salisbury each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 18°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.54 in), the least in January (1.52 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F | 18°F | 27.7°F | 1.52 | 5 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 43°F | 22°F | 32.4°F | 1.84 | 5 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 32°F | 43.0°F | 2.79 | 8 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 43°F | 53.8°F | 4.04 | 10 | <1 | 5 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 54°F | 64.4°F | 5.15 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 84°F | 64°F | 73.8°F | 5.54 | 9 | 6 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 88°F | 67°F | 77.4°F | 4.21 | 8 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 87°F | 65°F | 75.8°F | 3.64 | 7 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 80°F | 56°F | 68.0°F | 3.73 | 6 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 44°F | 56.0°F | 3.49 | 7 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 54°F | 33°F | 43.4°F | 2.43 | 6 | <1 | 15 | 10 h |
| December | 42°F | 24°F | 32.8°F | 1.64 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 65°F | 43°F | 54.0°F | 40.02 | 85 | 34 | 116 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −8°C | −2.4°C | 39 mm |
| February | 6°C | −5°C | 0.2°C | 47 mm |
| March | 12°C | 0°C | 6.1°C | 71 mm |
| April | 18°C | 6°C | 12.1°C | 103 mm |
| May | 24°C | 12°C | 18.0°C | 131 mm |
| June | 29°C | 18°C | 23.2°C | 141 mm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 25.2°C | 107 mm |
| August | 30°C | 18°C | 24.3°C | 92 mm |
| September | 27°C | 13°C | 20.0°C | 95 mm |
| October | 20°C | 7°C | 13.3°C | 89 mm |
| November | 12°C | 0°C | 6.3°C | 62 mm |
| December | 5°C | −5°C | 0.4°C | 42 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Brunswick (17 miles away), gets 12 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00237514; 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 Salisbury?
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 (6).
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 USC00237514.
When is the last frost in Salisbury?
In Salisbury, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 12 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 9 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 121 year in 10 after April 29; 9 in 10 after March 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 221 year in 10 before October 9; 9 in 10 before November 2
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 190 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 Salisbury in zone 6a in ZIP code 65281, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Salisbury's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (28 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 USC00237514; 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 Salisbury?
In a normal year in Salisbury, 34 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 116 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 85 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 34a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 116a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 29high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 85a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1946) is 114°F, on July 14, 1954; the lowest is −28°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 58.73 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 48.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00237514; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00237514. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Salisbury?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Salisbury, 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 Salisbury need?
A normal year in Salisbury brings 5,257 heating degree days, 2% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,296 cooling degree days, 43% 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 3,910 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,156 | 0 |
| February | 913 | 0 |
| March | 685 | 3 |
| April | 353 | 18 |
| May | 117 | 97 |
| June | 10 | 272 |
| July | 1 | 387 |
| August | 2 | 335 |
| September | 64 | 153 |
| October | 308 | 29 |
| November | 650 | 2 |
| December | 998 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,257 | 1,296 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00237514. 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 Salisbury been warmer than normal lately?
2021 averaged 55.2°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 54.0°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55.2°F | +1.2°F | 38.40 |
Over 71 complete years from 1947 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.1°F per century (+0.06°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00237514; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Salisbury's climate compare?
Salisbury is warmer than 37 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Missouri, and wetter than 22. 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, Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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.
- Glasgow, MO1,079 people · 14 mi S
- Keytesville, MO447 people · 7 mi W
- Armstrong, MO242 people · 12 mi SE
- Prairie Hill, MO153 people · 8 mi NE
- Clifton Hill, MO86 people · 8 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 Salisbury's climate
What is the coldest month in Salisbury?
January, with a normal high of 37°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Salisbury?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Salisbury's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Brunswick (17 miles away), records 12 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Salisbury?
June, with 5.54 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.52 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Salisbury in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Salisbury in zone 6a in ZIP code 65281, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Salisbury's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Salisbury?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 12; 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
- Brunswick, MO17 miles from this station, 54.1°F a year
- Moberly, MO20 miles from this station, 54.2°F a year
- Brookfield, MO27 miles from this station, 53.6°F a year
- Long Branch Reservoir, MO28 miles from this station, 53.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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