Versailles, MO Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Versailles's primary NOAA station, VERSAILLES.
The climate verdict for Versailles
Versailles, Missouri has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 56°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 56°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 44.9"
- precipitation, annual total
- 204 days
- frost-free growing season
Versailles: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00238603 · Versailles, MO 56°F mean · 44.9" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,322
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lawrenceville
- PRCP-MID 44.9"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,690 HDD
- STN-1 USC00238603
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lawrenceville, 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.
- Versailles (this station) 56°F
- Cold Lawrenceville, IL 56°F
- Hot Chanute, KS 56°F
- Near Festus, MO 56°F
- Near Goodwell Rsch, OK 56°F
Climate Living Index · Versailles
Versailles: 67/100 · grade C
Versailles publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Versailles, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 103 calendar days | 74/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 204 days/year | 67/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 44.9 in · 9.9 from 35 in | 65/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 55.8°F · 11.7° from 67.5°F | 62/100 · C |
Versailles · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Versailles is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 31.3°F and warmest-month mean 78.3°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 78.3°F
- Coldest month
- 31.3°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 Versailles sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Versailles's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 63rd 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
- 68th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Versailles compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Versailles's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Versailles's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 38 complete annual observations from 1951 to 2021, VERSAILLES warmed at a fitted rate of 0.20°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Versailles primary station fitted change +0.20 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F (5°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 1.8" | 26.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 2.6" | 21.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.3" | 15.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 67°F (19°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 4.6" | 5.0 | 0.1 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 5.3" | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 5.3" | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 11.0 |
| August | 87°F (30°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 10.5 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.7" | 3.1 | 0.2 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.6" | 13.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 2.5" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 103 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 22°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 6, then returns to freezing around November 25, covering 103 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 9, when 37% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 23 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 94 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 30 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Versailles.
Where Versailles Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Versailles earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
5.3 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
Versailles spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 15%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Versailles has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.3" and January 1.8". The three wettest months together take 34% 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 Versailles, it arrives in quantity
44.9" of precipitation falls across only about 93 wet days here, averaging 0.48 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 93 a year, 25% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.48 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- January, about 5
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 29
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 8
50% probability date
Growing Season
204 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,690
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,379
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MO closest to Versailles 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 (56°F here).
- Bryson City, NC 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Covelo, CA 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Elnora, IN 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Hartley, TX 56°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (44.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Marlinton, WV 44.9" · 0.0" off
- Island Pond, VT 44.9" · 0.0" off
- Parsons, KS 44.9" · 0.0" off
- Tavernier, FL 45.0" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Versailles's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Versailles's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,690 annual heating degree days against 1,379 for cooling. Its 47.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Versailles's frost-free season lasts about 204 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Versailles's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 47.0°F. The annual average is 56°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Versailles's 44.9 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Versailles's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Versailles, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Versailles's primary station: VERSAILLES (USC00238603). 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 2975922). Match rule for Versailles: 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 Versailles 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.