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Strafford, Missouri Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Marshfield 4 Wsw, 13.4 km from Strafford

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 88°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 22°F. A normal year brings 45.7 in of precipitation and 5.2 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Springfield (SGF), since 1940. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Strafford through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
77°F
Normal low
55°F
Record high
91°Fin 2016
Record low
32°Fin 1989
Chance of a wet day
27%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January42°F22°F76°F (1950)-13°F (1984)2.65 in7.91.7 in24.91,0270
February47°F25°F84°F (2017)-17°F (1979)2.47 in7.40.6 in19.88050
March57°F34°F90°F (2026)-8°F (1943)3.73 in10.30.6 in12.26083
April67°F44°F93°F (1963)18°F (1957)4.72 in10.70.0 in3.230722
May75°F54°F93°F (1972)29°F (1944)5.54 in12.50.0 in0.110594
June84°F63°F101°F (1953)42°F (1966)4.64 in10.30.0 in0.09254
July88°F67°F113°F (1954)44°F (1972)4.45 in9.60.0 in0.01386
August87°F66°F108°F (2011)44°F (1967)3.35 in8.90.0 in0.02356
September80°F58°F104°F (1947)30°F (1942)4.15 in8.10.0 in0.051161
October69°F46°F93°F (1976)18°F (1993)3.50 in8.70.0 in2.227031
November56°F34°F83°F (2023)4°F (1959)3.64 in8.50.1 in11.35992
December46°F26°F77°F (1991)-16°F (1989)2.81 in7.42.2 in21.59050
Year66°F45°F45.65 in1105.2 in954,6891,310

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

45.7 in in a normal year, most in May.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Strafford, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Marshfield 4 Wsw.

5.2 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Marshfield 4 Wsw. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around April 13 and the first fall freeze around October 24, a growing season of about 191 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 25, first October 14
Median at 32°F
last April 13, first October 24
Median at 28°F
last April 1, first November 2

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Strafford.

The muggiest month is July, when 72 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January26°F85%99%1%0%0%0%0%
February30°F82%99%1%0%0%0%0%
March38°F80%92%5%3%0%0%0%
April47°F78%74%14%10%2%0%0%
May58°F80%35%18%22%23%2%0%
June65°F78%7%13%20%36%25%0%
July67°F71%3%11%14%36%34%2%
August64°F68%9%15%23%32%20%0%
September57°F69%39%21%18%19%3%0%
October47°F72%76%13%6%4%0%0%
November37°F78%94%5%1%0%0%0%
December29°F84%98%1%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is September, with the sky 46 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 66 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is March, averaging 9.2 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 18, with 14 h 44 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 20, with 9 h 35 min.

Hours of daylight at Strafford through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Greene County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Greene County: 80.4°F (+4.1 °F against 1991-2020), the 11th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Greene County: 1.56 in (-1.99 in against 1991-2020), the 22nd driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Greene County: 61.5°F (+3.4 °F against 1991-2020), the 2nd warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Greene County: 30.68 in (-0.30 in against 1991-2020), the 53rd wettest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
83.8°F in 1936
Coolest August
68.4°F in 1915
Wettest August
9.96 in in 1928
Driest August
0.30 in in 2000

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Greene County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-4-20+2+41900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Missouri climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Strafford in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1940. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00235307 (Marshfield 4 Wsw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00013995, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.