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United States / Missouri / No Metro Area / Monroe County / Paris / Zip Codes
Paris, MO has a humid subtropical climate with hot summers and mild winters. The average high temperature in July is 87°F and the average low temperature in January is 26°F. On average, Paris receives 48 inches of precipitation per year, with rain being more common in spring and summer than winter. Snowfall is also light to moderate, usually not amounting to more than 8 inches annually.

Paris, Missouri gets 41 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Paris averages 16 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 192 sunny days per year in Paris. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Paris gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 100 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 88 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 18
Rain: averages 41 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 16 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Paris is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Missouri.

8 Summer - 5.4 Winter
September, May and June are the most pleasant months in Paris, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateParis, MissouriUnited States
  41.4 in.38.1 in.
  16.1 in.27.8 in.
  99.9 days106.2 days
  192 days205 days
  87.5°85.8°
  17.6°21.7°
  7.27
  4.34.3
  692 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 Paris with an average high temperature of 87.5°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Missouri. In Paris, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Paris are September, May and June.
In Paris, there are 27.9 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Missouri.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Paris with an average of 17.6°. This is colder than most places in Missouri.
In Paris, there are 117.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Missouri.
In Paris, there are 5.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Missouri.
The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in Paris 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 Paris.
May is the wettest month in Paris with 5.0 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.8 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 31% of yearly precipitation and 15% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 41.4 inches in Paris means that it is drier than most places in Missouri.
May is the rainiest month in Paris with 11.7 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 6.1 rainy days. There are 99.9 rainy days annually in Paris, which is about average compared to other places in Missouri. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 31% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 16.1 inches in Paris means that it is snowier than most places in Missouri. January is the snowiest month in Paris with 4.7 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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Charles · Columbia, MO
Small town values in a beautiful setting.
Over 15 years ago

My father graduated from Paris and I from a nearby small town. While schools are desegregated everyone still sits with their "own kind" during lunches etc. This is no  More

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Thomas · Paris, MO
Taxi
Over 16 years ago

I would love to see Paris get at least one or two taxi cabs. Not everybody in town has a vehicle, or in case of an emergency when you are without a vehicle. One or two  More

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Thomas · Paris, MO
Paris, mo
Over 16 years ago

First of all, there's not enough to do for the young people in this community to keep them off the streets. This leads to drug use, and our teen pregnancy rate is on the  More

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