Shelbina, Missouri climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Shelbina's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 42.1 inches of precipitation and 16 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.4°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 30°C, 1,069 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationShelbina
- Station IDUSC00237720
- Location39.68°N 92.05°W
- Elevation747 ft (228 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population1,563
On October 23, the normal high in Shelbina is 64°F and the normal low 40°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 Shelbina.
- Jan 36° 17°
- Feb 41° 21°
- Mar 53° 31°
- Apr 64° 41°
- May 74° 52°
- Jun 83° 62°
- Jul 87° 66°
- Aug 85° 63°
- Sep 79° 54°
- Oct 67° 43°
- Nov 52° 31°
- Dec 40° 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 Shelbina each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.29 in), the least in January (1.77 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F | 17°F | 26.4°F | 1.77 | 5.7 | 6 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 41°F | 21°F | 30.8°F | 2.06 | 3.9 | 7 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 53°F | 31°F | 41.6°F | 2.88 | 1.7 | 10 | <1 | 19 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 64°F | 41°F | 52.7°F | 4.25 | 0.3 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 74°F | 52°F | 63.0°F | 5.26 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 83°F | 62°F | 72.4°F | 5.29 | 0.0 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 87°F | 66°F | 76.1°F | 4.53 | 0.0 | 8 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 85°F | 63°F | 73.9°F | 4.22 | 0.0 | 8 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 79°F | 54°F | 66.3°F | 3.90 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 43°F | 54.8°F | 3.29 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 52°F | 31°F | 41.8°F | 2.64 | 0.9 | 8 | <1 | 18 | 10 h |
| December | 40°F | 23°F | 31.4°F | 1.99 | 3.4 | 7 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 42°F | 52.6°F | 42.08 | 15.9 | 101 | 28 | 128 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −8°C | −3.1°C | 45 mm | 14 cm |
| February | 5°C | −6°C | −0.7°C | 52 mm | 10 cm |
| March | 12°C | −1°C | 5.3°C | 73 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 18°C | 5°C | 11.5°C | 108 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 23°C | 11°C | 17.2°C | 134 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 17°C | 22.4°C | 134 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 19°C | 24.5°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 17°C | 23.3°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 12°C | 19.1°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 6°C | 12.7°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 11°C | 0°C | 5.4°C | 67 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 5°C | −5°C | −0.3°C | 51 mm | 9 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00237720; 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 Shelbina?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August, 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 USC00237720.
When is the last frost in Shelbina?
In Shelbina, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 21 in half of years and after May 5 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 17 in half of years and before October 2 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 211 year in 10 after May 5; 9 in 10 after April 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 171 year in 10 before October 2; 9 in 10 before October 30
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 177 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 199 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 11 in half of springs and before October 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Shelbina in zone 6a in ZIP code 63468, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Shelbina's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (24 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 USC00237720; 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 Shelbina?
In a normal year in Shelbina, 28 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 128 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 101 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 28a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 128a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 33high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 101a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 6a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1928) is 112°F, on July 14, 1954; the lowest is −30°F, on January 16, 1977.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2008, with 61.14 in; the snowiest season is 1925–26, with 53.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00237720; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00237720. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Shelbina?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Shelbina, 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 Shelbina need?
A normal year in Shelbina brings 5,573 heating degree days, 4% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,092 cooling degree days, 20% 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 3,600 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,196 | 0 |
| February | 956 | 0 |
| March | 725 | 1 |
| April | 380 | 11 |
| May | 139 | 77 |
| June | 13 | 235 |
| July | 2 | 346 |
| August | 4 | 282 |
| September | 79 | 120 |
| October | 338 | 21 |
| November | 697 | 1 |
| December | 1,043 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,573 | 1,092 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00237720. 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 Shelbina been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 54.3°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 52.6°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.7°F | +0.1°F | 43.98 | 15.3 |
| 2022 | 50.7°F | −1.9°F | 37.96 | 29.7 |
| 2023 | 53.7°F | +1.1°F | 24.02 | 7.6 |
| 2024 | 54.3°F | +1.7°F | 34.79 | 12.2 |
Over 60 complete years from 1942 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.9°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00237720; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Shelbina's climate compare?
Shelbina is warmer than 19 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Missouri, and wetter than 45. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.6°F is warmer than 52%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Shelbina 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 Shelbina share this climate record?
6 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.
- Paris, MO1,177 people · 15 mi S
- Clarence, MO724 people · 12 mi W
- Shelbyville, MO503 people · 9 mi N
- Holliday, MO118 people · 14 mi S
- Leonard, MO54 people · 16 mi NW
- Goss, MO0 people · 13 mi SE
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 Shelbina's climate
What is the coldest month in Shelbina?
January, with a normal high of 36°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Shelbina?
Yes: 16 inches in a normal year, falling on 10 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (5.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Shelbina?
June, with 5.29 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.77 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Shelbina in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Shelbina in zone 6a in ZIP code 63468, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Shelbina's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Shelbina?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 21; in one year in ten it comes after May 5. Waiting until May 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Missouri climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Monroe City, MO17 miles from this station, 52.9°F a year
- Steffenville, MO22 miles from this station, 52.5°F a year
- Long Branch Reservoir, MO25 miles from this station, 53.9°F a year
- Moberly, MO27 miles from this station, 54.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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