Washburn, 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 Washburn's primary NOAA station, WASHBURN 5 W.
The climate verdict for Washburn
Water is the standout signal in Washburn, Missouri: 48.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 58°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.
- 58°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 48.5"
- annual precipitation
- 209 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Washburn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00238740 · Washburn, MO 58°F mean · 48.5" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 58°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,665
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Salem
- PRCP-MID 48.5"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,178 HDD
- STN-1 USC00238740
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Salem, AR ( -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.
- Washburn (this station) 58°F
- Hot Cape Girardeau, MO 58°F
- Near Salem, AR 58°F
- Cold Hereford, TX 57°F
- Near Barren Rvr Lake, KY 57°F
Climate Living Index · Washburn
Washburn: 69/100 · grade C
Washburn publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Washburn, 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 | 89 calendar days | 79/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 209 days/year | 71/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 57.6°F · 9.9° from 67.5°F | 68/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 48.5 in · 13.5 from 35 in | 53/100 · D |
Washburn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Washburn is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 35.1°F and warmest-month mean 79.0°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
- 79.0°F
- Coldest month
- 35.1°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 Washburn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Washburn'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
- Top 23% wettest
- Washburn's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 53rd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Washburn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Washburn'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F (7°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 2.7" | 23.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 50°F (10°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 2.4" | 19.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 3.8" | 9.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 5.3" | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 76°F (24°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 6.2" | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| June | 85°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 10.2 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 16.4 |
| August | 89°F (31°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 12.5 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 5.4 |
| October | 69°F (21°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.2" | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 58°F (14°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.7" | 9.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 3.0" | 20.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 90°F around July 29, short of 90°F on every date, while 89 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 25°F near January 7.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 1, then returns to freezing around December 4, covering 89 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.
The widest day
September 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Washburn.
Where Washburn Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 23°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Washburn 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
Washburn spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 17%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Washburn has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 6.2" 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 30
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
209 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,178
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,506
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MO closest to Washburn 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 (58°F here).
- Big Water, UT 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Gate, OK 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Gladeville, TN 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Independence, KS 58°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (48.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Bath, ME 48.5" · 0.0" off
- Johnston, SC 48.5" · 0.0" off
- Vevay, IN 48.5" · 0.0" off
- Rocky Ford, GA 48.4" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Washburn's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Washburn's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,178 annual heating degree days against 1,506 for cooling. Its 43.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Washburn's frost-free season lasts about 209 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 Washburn's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 43.9°F. The annual average is 58°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Washburn carries 48.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Washburn'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 Washburn, 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 Washburn's primary station: WASHBURN 5 W (USC00238740). 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 2977200). Match rule for Washburn: 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 Washburn 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.