Wasola, Missouri climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Wasola's normal year runs from 23°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 46.5 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, 1,182 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWasola (5 mi N)
- Station IDUSC00238754
- Location36.86°N 92.59°W
- Elevation1,226 ft (374 m)
- Population (census place)30
On October 23, the normal high in Wasola is 67°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Wasola.
- Jan 44° 23°
- Feb 49° 26°
- Mar 58° 34°
- Apr 68° 44°
- May 75° 53°
- Jun 83° 62°
- Jul 87° 66°
- Aug 87° 65°
- Sep 80° 56°
- Oct 69° 46°
- Nov 57° 35°
- Dec 47° 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 Wasola each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 23°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.26 in), the least in February (2.87 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F | 23°F | 33.1°F | 2.96 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 49°F | 26°F | 37.4°F | 2.87 | 6 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 58°F | 34°F | 46.2°F | 3.88 | 7 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 44°F | 56.1°F | 5.16 | 6 | <1 | 3 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 53°F | 64.2°F | 5.26 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 83°F | 62°F | 72.6°F | 3.47 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 87°F | 66°F | 76.7°F | 4.12 | 7 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 87°F | 65°F | 75.7°F | 3.24 | 6 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 80°F | 56°F | 68.0°F | 4.02 | 5 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 69°F | 46°F | 57.3°F | 4.28 | 6 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 35°F | 45.8°F | 4.17 | 7 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 47°F | 26°F | 36.4°F | 3.09 | 6 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 45°F | 55.8°F | 46.52 | 77 | 28 | 96 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −5°C | 0.6°C | 75 mm |
| February | 9°C | −3°C | 3.0°C | 73 mm |
| March | 15°C | 1°C | 7.9°C | 99 mm |
| April | 20°C | 7°C | 13.4°C | 131 mm |
| May | 24°C | 12°C | 17.9°C | 134 mm |
| June | 28°C | 17°C | 22.6°C | 88 mm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 24.8°C | 105 mm |
| August | 31°C | 18°C | 24.3°C | 82 mm |
| September | 27°C | 14°C | 20.0°C | 102 mm |
| October | 21°C | 8°C | 14.1°C | 109 mm |
| November | 14°C | 2°C | 7.7°C | 106 mm |
| December | 8°C | −3°C | 2.4°C | 78 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Mansfield (17 miles away), gets 8 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00238754; 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 Wasola?
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 (5).
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 USC00238754.
When is the last frost in Wasola?
In Wasola, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 10 in half of years and after April 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 27 in half of years and before October 14 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 101 year in 10 after April 26; 9 in 10 after March 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 271 year in 10 before October 14; 9 in 10 before November 9
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 198 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 223 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 31 in half of springs and before November 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wasola in zone 7a in ZIP code 65715, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Wasola's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (18 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 USC00238754; 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 Wasola?
In a normal year in Wasola, 28 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 96 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 77 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
- 96a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 15high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 77a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1941) is 111°F, on July 14, 1954; the lowest is −22°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2019, with 61.36 in; the snowiest season is 1979–80, with 27.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00238754; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00238754. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Wasola?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Wasola, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.4 |
| February | 67% | 3.0 |
| March | 70% | 4.1 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 74% | 5.8 |
| June | 82% | 6.6 |
| July | 82% | 6.3 |
| August | 81% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 4.9 |
| October | 76% | 3.7 |
| November | 74% | 2.7 |
| December | 69% | 2.1 |
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 Wasola need?
A normal year in Wasola brings 4,526 heating degree days, 16% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,203 cooling degree days, 33% 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 3,970 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 989 | 0 |
| February | 774 | 0 |
| March | 586 | 4 |
| April | 285 | 18 |
| May | 105 | 82 |
| June | 8 | 235 |
| July | 1 | 362 |
| August | 2 | 335 |
| September | 50 | 141 |
| October | 263 | 24 |
| November | 577 | 2 |
| December | 887 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,526 | 1,203 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00238754. 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 Wasola been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 57.4°F, 1.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 55.8°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56.0°F | +0.2°F | 60.72 |
| 2022 | 54.9°F | −0.9°F | 50.55 |
| 2023 | 56.6°F | +0.8°F | 43.15 |
| 2024 | 57.8°F | +2.0°F | 60.22 |
| 2025 | 57.4°F | +1.6°F | 52.00 |
Over 43 complete years from 1942 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.2°F per century (+0.07°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00238754; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Wasola's climate compare?
Wasola is warmer than 82 of the other 133 places with their own NOAA record in Missouri, and wetter than 93. 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, Wasola is Cfa: temperate, 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.
Questions about Wasola's climate
What is the coldest month in Wasola?
January, with a normal high of 44°F and a normal low of 23°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Wasola?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Wasola's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Mansfield (17 miles away), records 8 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Wasola?
May, with 5.26 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.87 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wasola in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wasola in zone 7a in ZIP code 65715, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Wasola's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Wasola?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 10; in one year in ten it comes after April 26. Waiting until April 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Missouri climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Gentryville, MO12 miles from this station, 56.2°F a year
- Ava, MO14 miles from this station, 54.8°F a year
- Mansfield, MO17 miles from this station, 55.4°F a year
- Dora (3 mi SE), MO22 miles from this station, 57.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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