Cape Girardeau, MO Climate


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Cape Girardeau, MO enjoys a humid subtropical climate with mild winters and hot, humid summers. The average yearly temperature is around 62°F, with January being the coldest month and July being the hottest month. Precipitation is abundant throughout the year, usually in the form of showers or thunderstorms. Snowfall in Cape Girardeau is light but can occasionally bring more substantial accumulations. Winters are generally mild with temperatures ranging between 40-60°F while summer temperatures can reach into the 90s on some occasions. Overall, the climate in Cape Girardeau is comfortable and inviting.

Cape Girardeau, Missouri gets 48 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Cape Girardeau averages 10 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 213 sunny days per year in Cape Girardeau. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Cape Girardeau gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 111 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.


Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 90 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 24
Rain: averages 48 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 10 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Cape Girardeau is 7.1 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Missouri.

6.9 Summer - 5.7 Winter
September, May and October are the most pleasant months in Cape Girardeau, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateCape Girardeau, MissouriUnited States
  48.3 in.38.1 in.
  10.3 in.27.8 in.
  110.7 days106.2 days
  213 days205 days
  89.5°85.8°
  24.0°21.7°
  7.17
  4.34.3
  354 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Cape Girardeau with an average high temperature of 89.5°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Missouri. In Cape Girardeau, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Cape Girardeau are May, September and October.
In Cape Girardeau, there are 41.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Missouri.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Cape Girardeau with an average of 24.0°. This is one of the warmest places in Missouri.
In Cape Girardeau, there are 91.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Missouri.
In Cape Girardeau, there are 1.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Missouri.
The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in Cape Girardeau during the summer months. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most humid months in Cape Girardeau.
May is the wettest month in Cape Girardeau with 5.2 inches of rain, and the driest month is August with 3.0 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 30% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Autumn, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 48.3 inches in Cape Girardeau means that it is one of the wettest places in Missouri.
May is the rainiest month in Cape Girardeau with 11.4 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 6.7 rainy days. There are 110.7 rainy days annually in Cape Girardeau, which is one of the rainiest places in Missouri. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 10.3 inches in Cape Girardeau means that it is less snowy than most places in Missouri. February is the snowiest month in Cape Girardeau with 3.8 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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Over 11 years ago

Great place to live. You can get from any point A to point B in 10 minutes. Easy to get spoiled with the  More

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Over 11 years ago

For a relatively small area (city permanent population of 37,000, swelling to 100,000 during the workweek when the university is in session), Cape Girardeau has multiple  More

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Over 15 years ago

It's a good mid sized  More

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