Springfield, MO Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Springfield's primary NOAA station, SPRINGFIELD.
The climate verdict for Springfield
Springfield, Missouri has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 57°F. It scores 78/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 72% of them.
- 57°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 78/100
- comfort score, above 72% of station-mapped location scores
- 44.7"
- annual precipitation · 14" snow
- 201 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Springfield: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00013995 · Springfield, MO 57°F mean · 44.7" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 57°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,665
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Harrisburg
- PRCP-MID 44.7"
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-TOP 78/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,277 HDD
- STN-1 USW00013995
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Harrisburg, IL ( -0.1 °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.
- Hot Providence, KY 58°F
- Springfield (this station) 57°F
- Cold Miami, TX 57°F
- Near Harrisburg, IL 57°F
- Near Boonville, IN 57°F
Climate Living Index · Springfield
Springfield: 61/100 · grade C
Springfield publishes all six Living Index dimensions from NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals.
PlainClimate-derived for Springfield, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 78/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 57.4°F · 10.1° from 67.5°F | 68/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 117 calendar days | 66/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 44.7 in · 9.7 from 35 in | 66/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 201 days/year | 65/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 13.7 inches/year | 58/100 · C |
| Summer moisture balance | 65.3°F mean dew point | 34/100 · F |
Springfield · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Springfield is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 34.3°F and warmest-month mean 79.2°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 79.2°F
- Coldest month
- 34.3°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 Springfield sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Springfield's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 68th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 68th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 58th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Springfield compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Springfield's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
78 Top 28% score exceeds 72% 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%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Springfield's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 129 complete annual observations from 1888 to 2025, SPRINGFIELD warmed at a fitted rate of 0.03°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Springfield primary station fitted change +0.03 °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 | 44°F (7°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 2.5" | 4.4" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 50°F (10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.4" | 3.3" | 19.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 59°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.5" | 2.0" | 12.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.7" | 0.1" | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 76°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 5.6" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| June | 85°F (30°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.1 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.7 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.1 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 2.4 | 0.2 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.6" | 0.6" | 11.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 2.6" | 3.3" | 22.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Springfield works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 90°F by July 30 and hold at or above 90°F on 23 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 94 dates, bottoming at 24°F around January 15.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 20 through August 11, covering 23 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 22 to October 16.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 1, then returns to freezing around November 29, covering 94 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 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 10 at 25%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 110 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 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 Springfield.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 4.4"
8.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.3"
7.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.0"
10.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
10.8 days with precipitation
12.4 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
8.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.3"
8.0 days with precipitation
Springfield spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 17%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Springfield has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.6" and February 2.4". The three wettest months together take 33% 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 Springfield, it arrives in quantity
44.7" of precipitation falls across only about 110 wet days here, averaging 0.41 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 110 a year, 30% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.41 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- September, 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.
Winter brings real snow to Springfield
Springfield averages 13.7 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 10 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 13.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 10 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 3% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
201 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,277
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,540
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66% | 9.8 | 52% | 34% |
| February | 63% | 10.9 | 53% | 33% |
| March | 63% | 11.0 | 53% | 29% |
| April | 68% | 9.9 | 49% | 28% |
| May | 74% | 8.4 | 52% | 18% |
| June | 71% | 8.0 | 61% | 10% |
| July | 69% | 7.2 | 63% | 10% |
| August | 69% | 7.5 | 65% | 11% |
| September | 68% | 8.2 | 71% | 14% |
| October | 69% | 9.5 | 57% | 29% |
| November | 69% | 10.2 | 57% | 31% |
| December | 70% | 9.9 | 54% | 36% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MO closest to Springfield 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 (57°F here).
- Anthony, KS 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Cookeville, TN 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Elkton, KY 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Freedom, OK 57°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (44.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Altoona, PA 44.7" · 0.0" off
- Corinna, ME 44.7" · 0.0" off
- Iuka, IL 44.7" · 0.0" off
- Northfield, VT 44.7" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Springfield
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Springfield's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,277 annual heating degree days against 1,540 for cooling. Its 44.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Springfield's frost-free season lasts about 201 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Springfield coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 34°F (1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Springfield typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Springfield snow peak
January
Springfield averages 13.7 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Springfield's primary station: SPRINGFIELD (USW00013995). 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 2970000). Match rule for Springfield: 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 Springfield 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.