Versailles, Missouri climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Versailles's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 44.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.2°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,141 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationVersailles
- Station IDUSC00238603
- Location38.43°N 92.84°W
- Elevation1,003 ft (306 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population2,693
On October 23, the normal high in Versailles is 65°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 27%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Versailles.
- Jan 41° 22°
- Feb 46° 26°
- Mar 57° 35°
- Apr 67° 45°
- May 75° 56°
- Jun 83° 65°
- Jul 88° 69°
- Aug 87° 67°
- Sep 79° 59°
- Oct 68° 47°
- Nov 55° 36°
- Dec 44° 26°
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 Versailles each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.35 in), the least in January (1.76 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F | 22°F | 31.3°F | 1.76 | 5 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 46°F | 26°F | 35.7°F | 2.59 | 6 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 57°F | 35°F | 45.8°F | 3.30 | 9 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 45°F | 56.1°F | 4.62 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 56°F | 65.5°F | 5.35 | 11 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 83°F | 65°F | 73.9°F | 5.33 | 9 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 88°F | 69°F | 78.3°F | 4.27 | 7 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 87°F | 67°F | 76.8°F | 3.62 | 7 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 79°F | 59°F | 68.7°F | 4.27 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 47°F | 57.4°F | 3.74 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 36°F | 45.2°F | 3.61 | 8 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 44°F | 26°F | 35.3°F | 2.48 | 6 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 46°F | 55.8°F | 44.94 | 93 | 30 | 109 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −5°C | −0.4°C | 45 mm |
| February | 8°C | −3°C | 2.1°C | 66 mm |
| March | 14°C | 2°C | 7.7°C | 84 mm |
| April | 19°C | 7°C | 13.4°C | 117 mm |
| May | 24°C | 13°C | 18.6°C | 136 mm |
| June | 28°C | 18°C | 23.3°C | 135 mm |
| July | 31°C | 21°C | 25.7°C | 108 mm |
| August | 30°C | 19°C | 24.9°C | 92 mm |
| September | 26°C | 15°C | 20.4°C | 108 mm |
| October | 20°C | 8°C | 14.1°C | 95 mm |
| November | 13°C | 2°C | 7.3°C | 92 mm |
| December | 7°C | −3°C | 1.8°C | 63 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Lakeside (20 miles away), gets 4 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00238603; 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 Versailles?
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 (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 USC00238603.
When is the last frost in Versailles?
In Versailles, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 8 in half of years and after April 30 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 29 in half of years and before October 16 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 81 year in 10 after April 30; 9 in 10 after March 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 291 year in 10 before October 16; 9 in 10 before November 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 202 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 223 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 29 in half of springs and before November 7 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Versailles in zone 6b in ZIP code 65084, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Versailles's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (16 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 USC00238603; 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 Versailles?
In a normal year in Versailles, 30 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 109 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 93 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 30a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 109a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 20high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 93a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1904) is 115°F, on July 14, 1954; the lowest is −23°F, on December 22, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1998, with 64.81 in; the snowiest season is 1939–40, with 33.7 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00238603; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00238603. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Versailles?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Versailles, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 68% | 2.2 |
| February | 67% | 2.9 |
| March | 68% | 3.8 |
| April | 71% | 5.0 |
| May | 73% | 5.7 |
| June | 81% | 6.5 |
| July | 83% | 6.5 |
| August | 81% | 5.6 |
| September | 82% | 4.8 |
| October | 75% | 3.5 |
| November | 72% | 2.4 |
| December | 68% | 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 Versailles need?
A normal year in Versailles brings 4,690 heating degree days, 13% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,379 cooling degree days, 52% 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 4,143 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,043 | 0 |
| February | 821 | 0 |
| March | 601 | 4 |
| April | 290 | 21 |
| May | 91 | 106 |
| June | 8 | 275 |
| July | 0 | 412 |
| August | 1 | 367 |
| September | 50 | 159 |
| October | 269 | 31 |
| November | 597 | 3 |
| December | 921 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,690 | 1,379 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00238603. 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 Versailles been warmer than normal lately?
2021 averaged 55.9°F, 0.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 55.8°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55.9°F | +0.1°F | 45.16 |
Over 38 complete years from 1951 to 2021, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.5°F per century (+0.20°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00238603; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Versailles's climate compare?
Versailles is warmer than 82 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Missouri, and wetter than 75. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 55.8°F is warmer than 63%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Versailles 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 Versailles share this climate record?
4 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.
- Stover, MO1,067 people · 8 mi W
- Syracuse, MO163 people · 17 mi N
- Gravois Mills, MO139 people · 9 mi S
- Fortuna, MO92 people · 10 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 Versailles's climate
What is the coldest month in Versailles?
January, with a normal high of 41°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Versailles?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Versailles's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Lakeside (20 miles away), records 4 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Versailles?
May, with 5.35 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.76 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Versailles in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Versailles in zone 6b in ZIP code 65084, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Versailles's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Versailles?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 8; in one year in ten it comes after April 30. Waiting until April 30 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Missouri climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Eldon, MO15 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- Lakeside, MO20 miles from this station, 58.0°F a year
- California, MO21 miles from this station, 54.9°F a year
- Cole Camp, MO23 miles from this station, 54.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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